Medical Terminology Chapter 5
Which term means high pressure?
hypertension
Which of the following abbreviations stands for a heart attack?
MI
Which abbreviation is an arrhythmia?
Vfib
Which term means process of recording a vessel?
angiography
Which term means a yellow fatty deposit of lipids in an artery?
plaque
Which of the following terms means to flow backward?
regurgitation
Which of the following is also known as the pacemaker of the heart
sinoatrial node
Which abbreviation stands for high blood pressure?
HTN
The complete stopping of heart activity is called:
cardiac arrest
Which term is misspelled?
fribillation
Which therapeutic device is used to treat ventricular fibrillation?
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Which surgical procedure is used to treat varicose veins?
ligation and stripping
The aorta carries
oxygenated blood to the body
Which of the following diagnostic procedures measures cardiac fitness?
stress test
Which term means fast heartbeat?
tachycardia
In which of the following conditions is a heart valve too loose?
valve prolapse
Which of the following medications does NOT treat hypertension?
vasoconstrictors
Which of the following abbreviations stands for a surgical procedure?
CABG
The mitral valve is also called the ___ valve
bicuspid
Which term means pertaining to between the atria?
interatrial
The narrowest blood vessels are called
Capillaries
The most common form of arteriosclerosis is:
atherosclerosis
Which term means listening to the sounds within the body?
auscultation
The heart receives its blood supply from the
coronary arteries
Which surgical procedure uses a blood vessel obtained from another part of the body?
coronary artery bypass graft
Which of the following diagnostic procedures is able to visualize internal cardiac structures?
echocardiography
the lining of the heart is called
endocardium
Which layer of the heart is responsible for contracting in order to pump blood?
myocardium
Which of the following terms means pounding, racing heartbeat?
palpitations
Which combining form means chest
steth/o
Fibrillation means that:
the heartbeat is dangerously irregular
A weakened and ballooned artery is called a(n):
aneurysm
A heart specialist would be called a:
cardiologist
Which term means enlarged heart?
cardiomegaly
Which medication increases the force of cardiac muscle contractions?
cardiotonic
In which condition is the heart muscle too weak to pump efficiently?
congestive heart failure
Which term is misspelled
phleboitis
Which term is misspelled?
angiplasty
Which of the following diagnostic procedures is a blood test?
cardiac enzymes
What is the name of the steel tube placed within a blood vessel?
stent
