Module 10 practice cardiovascular system

The inner lining of the:

endocardium

A varicose condition of the external or internal rectal veins is:

hemorrhoids

A synonym for the bicuspid valve is:

mitral valve

Both cusps of a patients mitral valve protrude back into the left atrium during ventricular systole, meaning she has___

mitral valve prolapse

Cardiac tissue death occurs when a coronary artery is occluded is:

myocardial infarction

Radionuclides are used in which diagnostic procedure:

myocardial perfusion imaging

Any abnormality of the sinus node is referred to as:

sick sinus syndrome

Choose the correct spelling of the term for the heart's natural pacemaker:

sinoatrial node

In___circulation, the blood traveling away from the heart first passes through the aorta on the ___ side of the heart:

system,left

The contactive phase of the heartbeat is:

systole

A physical examination technique of tapping and listening to internal body sounds is abbreviated:

A&P

Open-heart surgery in which a piece of a blood vessel from another location is grafted onto one of the coronary arteries to reroute blood around a blockage is:

CABG

The diagnostic imaging of the heart during exercise on a treadmill, with the use of radioactive taillium or technetium sestamibi is abbreviates:

EST

Which of the following procedures uses heat to destroy varicose veins:

Endovenous laser ablation

The diagnostic imaging procedure that images a beating heart by tagging red blood cells with a radioactive substance is:

MUGA scan

Which instrument allows intravenous access for delivery of chemotherapy, antibiotics, IV fluids, and feeding for a prolonged time:

PICC

What is the name of the catheter used to evaluate left ventricle function:

Swan-Ganz catheter

Pulmonary circulation begins with the right side of the heart sending blood to the lungs to absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide:

True

Paroxysmal chest pain often accompanied by shortness of breath and a sensation of impending doom is:

angina pectoris

Backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium in systole across a disease valve is called:

anuerysm

Localized dilation of an artery caused by a congenital or acquired weakness in the wall of a vessel is:

anuerysm

Oxygenated blood leaves the heart through the ___ and returns to the heart through the___:

aorta, vanae cavae

Oxygenated blood travels to the lungs through the:

aorta, venae cavaepulmonary arteries

Which is a combining form for a vessel that carries blood away from the heart:

arteri/o

A disease in which the arterial walls become thickened and lose their elastically without the presence of atheromas:

arteriosclerosis

A combining form for an upper chamber of the heart is:

arti/o

The most common type of cardiac arrhythmia, a serious of extremely rapid and irregular trial contractions, is called:

atrial fibrillation

Rapid, regular atrial rhythm is:

atrial flutter

Choose the correct alternative name for the bundle of His:

atrioventricular bundle

A sphgmomanometer measures:

blood pressure

The site of exchange between the cells fluid and the plasma of the circulatory system is at the:

capillaries

What is an external or implantable device that provides an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm:

cardiac defibrillator

A progressive disorder of the ventricles of the heart is:

cardiomyopathy

A lipid profile measures ___ in the circulating blood:

cholesterol and trigycerides

Cramp-like pains in the calves caused by poor circulation in the leg muscles are:

claudication

Choose the term for the surgical division of a fibrous band or ring connecting corresponding body parts that is sued to separate the thickened adherent leaves of a stenos-ed mitral valve:

commissurotomy

The___supply blood solely to the heart muscle:

coronary arteries

Lack of oxygen in the blood may be evidenced as a bluish or grayish discoloration of the skin, nail beds, and/or lips known as

cyanosis

The relaxation phase of the heartbeat is:

diastole

What is the use of ultrasonic waves directed through the heart to study structure and motion:

echocaridiography

Build a medical term meaning excision within the artery:

endo- + arter/o+_ectomy

The E in ECC stands for:

extra-

Digital subtraction angiography is the injection of a radiopaque substance during cardiac cauterization for the purpose of imaging the heart and related structures:

false

The worst part_means (to flow):

fluor?o

Which is a combining form for a vessel that carries blood towards the heart:

phleb/o

The tissue walls between the chambers of the heart are:

septa

The amount of blood expelled from the left ventricle compared with the total volume filling the ventricle is called:

stroke volume

A congenital anomaly that consists of four defects-pulmonic stenosis, ventricular septal defect malposition of the aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy-is called:

tetralogy of Fallot

An idiopathic disease of the peripheral vascular system that causes intermittent cyanosis and/or erythema of the distal ends if the fingers and/or toes is:

tetralogy of fallot

Build a term for a procedure to remove a blood clot along with part of the lining of his obstructed artery:

thromb/o + endo + arter/o + ectomy

Inflammation of either deep or superficial veins with the information of one or more blood clots is:

thrombophlebitis

In the term ischemia, the combining form isch/o means:

to hold back

Phlebotomy is the same thing as ventipuncture:

true

___have one-way valves to prevent a backflow of blood:

veins