Assignment: 5. Chapter Homework

Peripheral vascular disease are disorders of the blood vessels that are located outside of the heart and brain

True

Plasmaphresis is the removal of whole blood from the body, separation of its cellular elements, and rein fusion of these cellular elements, and rein fusion of these cellular elements suspended in saline or a plasma substitute

True

A/An ___ reduces the workload of the heart by slowing the rate of the heartbeat.

beta blocker

an abnormally slow resting heart rate is described as

bradycardia

The surgical removal of the lining of a portion of a clogged carotid artery leading to the brain is known as a/an

carotid endarterectomy

The diagnostic procedure that images the structures of the blood vessels and the flow of blood through these vessels is known as ____________

duplex ultrasound

A bacterial infection of the lining or valves of the heart is known as bacterial ______

endocarditis

the highest pressure against the blood vessels is ____ pressure, and it occurs when the ventricles contract

systolic

having an abnormally small number of platelets in the circulating blood is known as

thrombocytopenia

The blood disorder characterized by anemia in which the red blood cells are larger than normal is known as

megaloblastic anemia

the medication __________ is prescribed to prevent or relieve the pain of angina by dilating the blood vessels to the heart

nitroglycerin

plasma with the clotting proteins removed is known as ______

serum

The abnormal protrusion of a heart valve that results in the inability of the valve to close completely is known as a/an

valvular prolapse

in _____ fibrillation, instead of pumping strongly, the heart muscle quivers ineffectively

ventricular

A/An ___________________ is a class of drugs administered to lower high blood pressure.

Antihypertensive

A thrombus is a clot or piece of tissue circulating in the blood

False

A vasoconstriction is a drug that enlarges the blood vessels

False

_________ cholesterol is also known as good cholesterol

High-density lipoprotein

Hemochromatosis is also known as iron overload disease

True

The systematic condition often associated with severe infections caused by the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream is known as

Sepsis