Medical terminology Chapter 5
The heart contracts approximately _______ times each day
100,000
The fetal heart begins to beat _________ weeks after conception
4
The medical abbreviation AAA stands for ________.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
The prefix in the medical word supraventricular means _________.
Above
An area of dilation and weakness in the wall of an artery is _________.
An aneurysm
The combining form axill/o- means __________.
Armpit
The correct spelling of the word that refers to an type of irregularity in the rate or rhythm of the heart is __________.
Arrhythmia
All ________ carry blood away from the heart to the body or to the lungs
Arteries
The complete absence of a heartbeat is called _________.
Asystole
The arrhythmia in which the heart beats too slowly is called __________.
Bradycardia
The procedure known as _________ takes over the functions of the heart and lungs during open heart surgery
Cardiopulmonary bypass
ACE inhibitor drugs treat _________ and hypertension
Congestive heart failure
The inability of the heart to pump sufficient amounts of blood is known as _______.
Congestive heart failure
Oxygenated blood first travels through the _________ arteries to the heart muscle
Coronary
The combining form necr/o- means _________.
Dead
The process of _________ reverses the normal, slightly negative charge of the cell
Depolarization
The resting period between the contractions of the ventricles is called ________.
Diastole
The suffix in the medical word cardiomyopathy means __________.
Disease
ECG and EKG both stand for ___________.
Electrocardiography
Which medical word has word parts that mean inflammation of the innermost (layer of the) heart?
Endocarditis
The correct spelling of the medical word that refers to the innermost layer of cells that lines the atria, ventricles, and heart is __________.
Endocardium
The innermost layer of cells that lines the atria, ventricles, and heart valves is the
Endocardium
The procedure during which the patient's heart rate and rhythm are continuously monitored as an outpatient for 24 hours is called a/an ________.
Holter monitor
The prefix in the medical word endocarditis means ________.
Innermost
When the blood enters the pulmonary circulation, it travels through the pulmonary valve, pulmonary trunk, and pulmonary arteries, arterioles, and capillaries in the _______.
Lungs
The irregularly shaped, central area in the thoracic cavity that lies between the lungs is the _________.
Mediastinum
In the systemic circulation through the arteries, the blood travels from the left atrium through the _________ valve and into the left ventricle.
Mitral
The combining form in the medical word defibrillator means _________.
Muscle fiber
The medical word that means pertaining to the muscle (layer) of the heart is __________.
Myocardial
The _________ is the muscular layer of the heart
Myocardium
The combining form sten/o- means _______.
Narrowness
On an ECG, a normal tracing shows a _______ wave, QRS complex, and _______ wave that correspond to depolarization and repolarization changes going on in the heart
P, T
This automated device is implanted to control the heart rate and rhythm is a patient with an arrhythmia. The _______ uses a wire positioned on the heart to coordinate the heartbeat with an electrical impulse
Pacemaker
_______ is an uncomfortable sensation felt in the chest, often described as a "thump"
Palpitation
The procedure that uses a needle to puncture the pericardium and withdraw inflammatory fluid accumulated in the pericardial sac is called _________.
Pericardiocentesis
The outermost layer of the heart is the
Pericardium
The fetus receives oxygenated blood and nutrients from the mother through the _________.
Placenta
The process of ________ restores the slightly negative charge of a resting myocardial cell
Repolarization
The ________ divides the heart into right and left sides.
Septum
The combining form carot/o means ________.
Sleep
Contractions of the ventricles in known as ________.
Systole
What is the medical word meaning condition of a fast heartbeat?
Tachycardia
The ________ artery brings oxygenated blood to the front and back of the lower leg
Tibial
The cardiovascular system consists of the heart and blood vessels connected in a common pathway that carries blood to and from ________.
To all parts of the body
The combining form palpit/o- means ________.
To throb
The ________ valve is between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Tricuspid
The medical word that means resembling three projections or points is _________.
Tricuspid
The correct spelling of the word that refers to the blood vessels associated with a particular organ is__________.
Vasculature
The medical word _________ refers to the blood vessels associated with a particular organ
Vasculature
Which medical word is spelled correctly?
Vasoconstriction
The definition of the combining form phleb/o- is __________.
Vein
The lower chamber of the heart is the________.
Ventricle
The correct pronunciation of the word arteriole is __________.
ar-TEER-ee-ohl
The combining form that refers to a blood vessel that is in the arm is _________.
brachi/o-
The combining form for heart is _________.
cardi/o-
Which combining form means movement is a circular route?
circulat/o-
________ drugs are also known as "water pills"
diuretic
The combining form that means outside of a place is ________.
ectop/o
The correct pronunciation of the medical term that means pertaining to the wall of a cavity is __________.
pah-RY-eh-tal
The combining form associated with a blood vessel for the kidney is ________.
ren/o-
The correct pronunciation of the medical word that means the body as a whole is __________.
sis-TEM-ik
The cardiovascular word tricuspid is pronounced _________.
try-KUS-pid
The definition of the combining form ven/o- is ________.
vein
