Chapter 5 Med term
________ drugs are also known as "water pills."
Diuretic
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
All ________ carry blood away from the heart to the body or to the lungs.
arteries
The arrhythmia in which the heart beats too slowly is called ________.
bradycardia
ACE inhibitor drugs treat _________________ and hypertension.
congestive heart failure
The combining form necr/o- means ________.
dead
The resting period between the contractions of the ventricles is called _________.
diastole
ECG and EKG both stand for ________.
electrocardiography
The innermost layer of cells that lines the atria, ventricles, and heart valves is the ___________.
endocardium
When the blood enters the pulmonary circulation, it travels through the pulmonary valve, pulmonary trunk, and pulmonary arteries, arterioles, and capillaries in the ________.
lungs
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 __________ is the muscular layer of the heart.
myocardium
The combining form sten/o- means ________.
narrowness
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
Contraction of the ventricles is 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 combining form palpit/o- means ________.
to throb
The _________ valve is between the right atrium and the right ventricle.
tricuspid
The medical word ___________ refers to the blood vessels associated with a particular organ.
vasculature
The definition of the combining form phleb/o- is ________.
vein
The combining form for heart is _________.
cardi/o-
The prefix in the medical word endocarditis means ________.
innermost; within
The cardiovascular word tricuspid is pronounced ________.
try-KUS-pid
