Medical Terminology Test 3
The radial pulse can be found at the ______________
Thumb side of the wrist
An aneurysm is an area of dilation and weakness in the wall of an artery
True
An autologous blood transfusion comes from the patient's own blood
True
Electrophoresis is a serum test used to determine the amount of immunoglobulin present in the blood
True
Hyperlipidemia refers to elevated levels of lipids in the blood including cholesterol and triglycerides
True
In the medical word depolarization, the combining form "polar/o-" means positive or negative charge
True
The medical term hemostasis means that bleeding ahs been controlled
True
Thrombolytic drugs are used to treat blood clots
True
When the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle does not close tightly, this condition is known as mitral valve prolapse
True
Which is the process of recording an image of the heart, it's chambers, it's valves, and it's function as it contracts and relaxes by using ultra high-frequency sound waves?
Two-dimensional echocardiography
The process of giving a vaccine is known as _____________
Vaccination
The abbreviation that refers to leukocytes is:
WBC (white blood cells)
A bronchodilator drug would be prescribed to ________ the bronchus
Widen
Idiopathic cardiomyopathy is:
A problem with the heart muscle with an unknown cause
Hyper-
Above; more than normal
-Ion
Action; condition
Pan-
All
The combining form ________________ means "other or strange"
All/o-
Bradycardia is defined as:
An arrhythmia in which the heart beats too slowly
The failure of the bone marrow to produce sufficient numbers of erythrocytes is:
Aplastic anemia
Peri-
Around
Arteri/o-
Artery
The procedure to remove red bone marrow from the posterior iliac crest of the hip is called bone marrow __________
Aspiration
Soft, fatty deposits and hardening of the arteries is known as ___________
Atheroclerosis
Atri/o-
Atrium; chamber that is open at the top
Phil/o-
Attraction to; fondness for
A-
Away from
A-
Away from; without
Phor/o-
Bear; carry; range
-Ation
Being; having; process
Hem/o-
Blood
Hemat/o-
Blood
Thromb/o-
Blood clot
Angi/o-
Blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
Myel/o-
Bone marrow; myelin; spinal cord
Lyt/o-
Break down; destroy
Aspir/o-
Breathe in; suck in
A ____________ is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart
Cardiologist
-Cyte
Cell
Cyt/o-
Cell
Agranulocyte
Cell without granules
Sin/o-
Channel; hollow cavity
A __________ blood count with differential includes RBC count and the percentage of the various types of WBCs
Complete
A balloon angioplasty is used to:
Compress atheromatous plaque
Arrhythmia
Condition away from rhythm
-Penia
Condition of deficiency
Hyperlipidemia
Condition of the blood with more than normal level of lipids
-Emia
Condition of the blood; substance in the blood
-Esis
Condition; process
-Osis
Condition; process
-Ia
Condition; state; thing
Cortic/o-
Cortex; outer region
Anastom/o-
Create an opening between two structures
A necrotic tissue is a tissue that is _____________
Dead
-Pathy
Disease
Path/o-
Disease
The combining form "path/o-" means
Disease
Cardiomyopathy
Disease of the heart muscle
Ech/o-
Echo of a sound wave
A diagnostic radiologic procedure that uses a transducer to produce ultra high frequency sound waves to image the heart is _____________
Echocardiography
Electr/o-
Electricity
A patient diagnosed with cardiomegaly has _____________ of the heart
Enlargement
A phagocyte is a cell that helps clot blood
False
An aneurysm can produce angina pectoris
False
Antihypertensive drugs are used to treat low blood pressure
False
Hypochromic means a red blood cell has increased color
False
Mononucleosis is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus
False
Splenomegaly means enlargement of the gallbladder
False
The clear, straw-colored liquid portion of the blood is known as serum
False
The combining form "angi/o-" refers to a stent inserted in a vein
False
The combining form "retr/o-" means "behind or backward"
False
The opposite of vasoconstriction is fibrillation
False
The prefix "morph/o-" means "many; much"
False
The suffix "-graphy" is an image or record
False
Lipid/o-
Fat; lipid
Plast/o-
Formation; growth
Tetr/a-
Four
Granul/o-
Granule
Scler/o-
Hard
Cardi/o-
Heart
A Holter monitor is a diagnostic recorder used to measure the:
Heart rate and rhythm continuously
The blood test that measures the percentage of RBC in a blood sample is the:
Hematocrit (HCT)
The medical specialty that studies the anatomy and physiology of blood is:
Hematology
___________ is an inherited abnormality that causes a deficiency of a specific clotting factor resulting in a reduced ability to clot blood
Hemophilia
Idi/o-
Individual; uknown
Medical term meaning the blood has too many white blood cells is known as ______
Leukemia
A hypotensive patient is one who has:
Low blood pressure
Lymph/o-
Lymph; lymphatic system
Which of the following abbreviations refers to a heart attack?
MI (myocardial infarction)
-Oma
Mass; tumor
the combining form that means "large" is:
Meg/a- (macr/o- also)
A cell (that is abnormally) small (RBC) is a __________
Microcyte
Which of the following diseases is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV):
Mononucleosis
My/o-
Muscle
A tumor of the bone marrow is known as ____________________
Myeloma
Polar/o-
Negative state; positive state
An-
Not; without
Decreased numbers of all blood cell types is known as ___________
Pancytopenia
Microorganisms that cause disease are known as:
Pathogens
-Al
Pertaining to
-Ic
Pertaining to
-Ous
Pertaining to
-Tic
Pertaining to
Arteriosclerotic
Pertaining to the hardening artery
Autologous
Pertaining to the study of the self
Small pinpoint hemorrhages of the skin are:
Petechiae
Lymphangiogram
Picture of the lymphatic vessel
-Gram
Picture; record
Another name for a thrombocyte is a/an:
Platelet
-Centesis
Procedure to puncture
-Ization
Process of creating; process of inserting; process of making
-Graphy
Process of recording
Echocardiography
Process of recording the echo of a sound wave of the heart
-Plasty
Process of reshaping by surgery
Electrophoresis
Process to carry electricity
The arteries, blood, capillaries, and veins that go in and out of the lungs but not to the rest of the body comprise the:
Pulmonary circulation
De-
Reversal of; without
Rrhythm/o-
Rhythm
___________ is the combining form for "hard"
Scler/o-
Aut/o-
Self
-Crit
Separation of
Medical term meaning an infection is present in the blood is known as ______________
Septicemia
The _________________ node is sometimes referred to as the pacemaker of the heart
Sinoatrial (SA)
Infarct/o-
Small area of dead tissue
-Stasis
Standing still; staying in one place
-Steriod
Steriod
Corticosteriod
Steriod of the cortex
-Logy
Study of
Log/o-
Study of; word
Which of the below listed answers correctly defines pericardiocentesis?
Surgical puncture of the pericardium to remove pericardial fluid
The definition of anastomosis is:
Suturing together of the two structures (arteries, veins, intestine, etc) creating an opening between them
In the condition known as ___________ of Fallot, there are four specific congenital heart defects
Tetralogy
-Gen
That which produces