Chabner chapter 11 medical terminology
Cramp like pain in the calf muscle cause by exercise and relieved by rest is called
Intermittent claudication
Sphygm/o
Pulse
Formation of fatty deposits on the inner lining of the coronary arteries is
Atherosclerosis
A(n) _______ test is used to find evidence of a heart attack
Cardiac biomarker
Thromb/o
Clot
After 3 months of regular measurement, mr. Jackson's blood pressure ranges from 170/90 to 180/100. This is indicative of ______
Hypertension
In systemic circulation, blood flows to the ____ after it leaves the left side of the heart
Aorta
AV is the abbreviation for:
Atrioventricular
Beaming magnetic waves at the heart to produce an image and obtain information about heat and large vessel pathology is called:
Cardiac MRI
Introducing a thin, flexible tube into a vein or artery and guiding it into the heart to detect pressured and patterns of blood flow is:
Cardiac catheterization
Impression of the heart caused by fluid in the pericardial cavity is
Cardiac tamponade
Hyper_____ means increased cholesterol in the blood
Cholesterolemia
Deficient blood supply to the myocardium
Ischemia
Heart valves are necessarily designed to
Keep the blood flowing in one direction
The cause of essential hypertension is
Not readily apparent or known
PCI is the abbreviation for:
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Small, pinpoint hemorrhages are called:
Petechiae
PAC is the abbreviation for:
Premature atrial contractions
Valvul/o
Valve
Damaged or incompetent venous valves that fail to prevent backward flow of blood can lead to the development of:
Varicose veins
The inter ____ septum is the wall between the ventricles of the heart
Ventricular
Focusing sound waves on a blood vessel to measure the velocity of blood flow is:
Doppler ultrasound
Using high frequency sound waves to show the structure and movement of the heart chambers and valves is:
Echocardiography
Rapid, random, inefficient contraction of the atria or ventricles is called
Fibrillation
MVP is the abbreviation for
Mitral valve prolapse
Chest pain secondary to oxygen deprivation to the myocardium is
Angina pectoris
Injecting radiopaque dye to obtain x-ray visualization if the heart and large blood vessels is:
Angiography
"Blue babies" due to the bluish cast of skin from lack of oxygen in the blood is called
Cyanosis
Removal of plaques or fatty deposits from the innermost lining of an artery is called:
Endarterectomy
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart that occurs when microorganism a invade its surface is called _____itis
Endocard
A ____ is an abnormal, prolonged heart sound caused by incomplete closure of the heart valves
Murmur
Advanced atherosclerosis could likely lead to:
Myocardial infarction
Mr. Smithson is diagnosed with a complete (third degree) AV heart block. To restore normal rhythm, the cardiothoracic surgeon schedules mr smithson for insertion of a :
Pacemaker
Uncomfortable sensations in the chest related to cardiac arrhythmias are:
Palpitations
To describe a vessel as being open, use the term:
Patent
The instrument used to measure blood pressure is called
Sphygmomanometer
The circuit that the blood follows from the heart to the body's tissues and back is called ______ circulation
Systemic
Mrs. Thompson is scheduled for same-day surgery. Her resting blood pressure is 112/78. The ______ pressure of this reading is 112.
Systolic
Blocking of an artery by a blood clot is
Thrombotic occlusion
Damage to the heart valves produces lesions called ____ that can break off into the bloodstream as ______, material that travels through the blood
vegetations, emboli