Med Term Quiz 5: Cardiovascular System
Which condition is the severe chest pain associated with myocardial ischemia?
Angina pectoris
Which of the following abbreviations stands for a surgical procedure?
CABG
Which surgical procedure removes the damaged inner lining of an artery?
Endarterectomy
Which procedure uses a heart-lung machine?
Extracorporeal circulation
Which abbreviation stands for high blood pressure?
HTN
Which of the following abbreviations stands for a heart attack?
MI
Which of the following conditions is periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities of the body?
Raynaud's phenomenon
Which of the following statements regarding blood flow through the heart is not true?
The left ventricle pumps blood to the lungs
Which of the following conditions is caused by an inflamed vein causing the formation of blood clots within the vein?
Thrombophlebitis
A weakened and ballooned artery is called an
aneurysm
Which term means process of recording a vessel?
angiography
Blood exits the left side of the heart into the:
aorta
What is the most common form of arteriosclerosis?
atherosclerosis
Which term means listening to the sounds within the body?
auscultation
The mitral valve is also called the ___ valve
bicuspid
Which term means enlarged heart?
cardiomegaly
What increases the force of cardiac muscle contraction?
cardiotonic
The pulmonary artery:
carries blood away from the heart
The heart receives its blood supply from:
coronary arteries
What surgical procedure uses a blood vessel from another part of the body?
coronary artery bypass graft
What procedure is used to visualize internal cardiac structures?
echocardiography
What is the therapeutic device to treat ventricular fibrillation?
implantable cardio defibrillator
Which term means pertaining to between the atria?
interatrial
Which heart valve has two cusps?
mitral
Which of the following term means pound, racing heartbeat?
palpitations
Which combining form is for a structure not found inside the heart?
phleb
Which term means a yellow fatty deposit of lipids in an artery?
plaque
Which of the following terms means to flow backward?
regurgitation
Word meaning chest?
steth
Heart valve stenosis mean the valve is too
stiff
What is used to measure cardiac fitness?
stress test
Which term means fast heartbeat?
tachycardia
Fibrillation means that
the heartbeat is dangerously irregular
Steptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator are used for:
thrombolytic therapy
Blood is returned the right side of the heart by the:
vena cavae
Which of the following is also known as the pacemaker of the heart?
Sinoatrial node (SA node)
What surgical procedure joins two arteries?
arterial anastomosis
Which term means hardened artery?
arteriosclerosis
What condition refers to the heart muscle being too weak to efficiently pump blood?
congestive heart failure
Which of the following is a floating clot that has broken off a clot somewhere else in the body?
embolus
What is the surgical procedure to treat varicose veins?
ligation and stripping
The aorta carries:
oxygenated blood to the body
What is the name of the steel tube placed within a blood vessel?
stent
Which of the following statements regarding blood pressure is not true?
Blood pressure is highest when the heart is relaxed
In which of the following conditions is a heart valve to loose?
Valve prolapse
Which abbreviation is an arrhythmia?
Vfib
