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