Chapter 5 Questions Part 4

Darlene Nolan was diagnosed as having a deep vein thrombosis. Her doctor immediately prescribed a/an _______ to cause the thrombus to dissolve

thrombolytic

After his surgery, Ramon Martinez developed a deep vein________ in his leg.

thrombosis

mochromatosis is also known as iron overload disease. Correct! True

true

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

false

Alberta Fleetwood has a/an _______. This condition is a benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels.

hemangioma

The term ________________________ means to stop or control bleeding.

hemostasis

Inflammation of a vein is known as ___________________________.

phlebitis

A vasoconstrictor is a drug that enlarges the blood vessels.

False

Plasmapheresis is the removal of whole blood from the body, separation of its cellular elements, and reinfusion of these cellular elements suspended in saline or a plasma substitute.

True

The surgical removal of an aneurysm is a/an ___________________________.

aneurysmectomy

Thomas Wilkerson suffers from episodes of severe chest pain due to inadequate blood flow to the myocardium. This is a condition known as __________.

angina

Jason Turner suffered from cardiac arrest. The paramedics arrived promptly and saved his life by using ________(CPR).

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Hamilton Edwards Sr. suffers from _______. This is atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries that reduces the blood supply to the heart muscle.

coronary artery disease

Blood __________________________ is any pathologic condition of the cellular elements of the blood.

dyscrasia

Dr. Lawson read her patient's ________. This diagnostic record is also known as an ECG or EKG.

electrocardiogram

Juanita Gomez was diagnosed as having ________. This bone marrow disorder is characterized by the insufficient production of one or more types of blood cells.

myelodysplastic syndrome

When Mr. Klein stands up too quickly, his blood pressure drops. His physician describes this as postural or _________.

orthostatic hypotension