Med Term Ch. 4
What is the meaning of asystole?
Absence of heart beat
What is hemopericardium?
An effusion of blood within the pericardium
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
An emergency first-aid procedure used to reestablish heart and lung action
What is an arteriopathy?
Any disease of the arteries
Which of the following is a diagnostic procedure in which a catheter is introduced through an incision into a large blood vessel and threaded through the circulatory system to the heart?
Cardiac catheterization
What is inflammation of the valves of the heart?
Cardiovalvulitis
Which term means using electrical shock to restore the normal rhythm of the heart?
Cardioversion
What is a coronary thrombosis?
Formation of a blood clot in an artery that supplies blood to the myocardium
What do atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects have in common?
In both cases, there is an abnormal opening in the partition that separates the right and left sides of the heart.
What does thrombolymphangitis mean?
Inflammation of a lymphatic vessel caused by a blood clot
Which is true of ventricular fibrillation?
It is a cardiac arrhythmia marked by rapid, uncoordinated contractions
Which of the following describes the sequence of blood flow (not all structures are included)?
Right atrium, lungs, left ventricle, aorta
Which term means suture of the spleen?
Splenorrhaphy
What is lymphedema?
Swelling caused by an obstruction of the lymphatics
Which of the following means excision of the tonsils and adenoids?
Tonsilloadenoidectomy
Which of the following is a cardiac arrhythmia marked by rapid contractions of the ventricles?
Ventricular fibrillation
How is a heart murmur that is present at birth most likely classified?
a congenital heart defect
Which of the following vessels supplies blood to the myocardium?
a coronary artery
What is a lymphangioma?
a tumor composed of lymph vessels
To what does venular refer?
a venule
What is the record produced by ultrasonography of the heart?
an echocardiogram
What is a defibrillator?
an instrument used to stop fibrillation
Which term means a localized dilation or ballooning out of the wall of a blood vessel?
aneurysm
What is radiologic study of the heart and its great vessels called?
angiocardiography
What is the name of an agent that reduces high blood pressure?
antihypertensive
Which of the following means inflammation of the largest artery in the body?
aoritis
Which term means cardiac arrest?
asystole
Which term means abnormal enlargement of an atrium?
atriomegaly
What is the name of the lymph nodes located in the armpits?
axillary nodes
To what does cardiovascular pertain?
blood vessels and heart
Which term applies to one whose pulse rate at rest measures 40 beats per minute?
bradycardia
Which is the smallest blood vessel?
capillary
Which of the following is more likely to occur if the heart works harder to compensate for deficient cardiac function?
cardiomegaly
What is a general term that designates primary disease of the heart muscle itself?
cardiomyopathy
Which type of solution is commonly used to stop heart contractions when performing surgery on the heart itself?
cardioplegic
Which condition is characterized by occlusion of a vessel of the brain by an embolus, thrombus, or cerebrovascular hemorrhage or spasm?
cerebrovascular accident
The term ventricles pertains to what particular structures?
chambers of the heart or brain
What is the name of the instrument that records electrical currents generated by the heart?
electrocardiograph
What is the meaning of angiectomy?
excision of a blood vessel
Which of the following forms the basis for the term atherosclerosis?
fatty deposits on hardened arterial walls
Which of the following is a portable electrocardiograph?
holter monitor
What does hypertension mean?
increased (high) blood pressure
What does tachycardia mean?
increased pulse (heart) rate
What is thrombophlebitis?
inflammation of a vein associated with a blood clot
What is endocarditis?
inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
Which means formation of a blood clot within a vessel?
intravascular thrombosis
Which term means a decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part?
ischemia
Which term means any disease of a lymph node?
lymphadenopathy
Which of the following terms means produced from lymph or in the lymphatics?
lymphogenous
Which of the following is an x-ray image in which one might see lymph nodes?
lymphogram
Which of the following means a lymphatic tumor?
lymphoma
Which of the following is a word that means abnormal smallness of the heart?
microcardia
Which of the following terms means necrosis of a portion of the cardiac muscle caused by an obstruction or blood clot in a coronary artery?
myocardial infarction
What is the name of the middle and thickest tissue of the heart, which is composed of cardiac muscle?
myocardium
What does phlebotomy mean?
opening a vein for removal of blood
What is the general term for the management of coronary artery occlusions by any of the catheter-based techniques?
percutaneous coronary intervention
What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the heart?
pericardium
Which of the following combining forms refers to a vein?
phleb(o)
Which term means the same as venous stasis?
phlebostasis
What does diastole mean?
relaxation of the ventricles
Which of the following helps to eliminate superficial varicose veins by injection of an agent directly into the veins?
sclerotherapy
What is another term for the pulmonary and aortic valves?
semilunar valve
What are the three specialized lymphatic organs that contain lymphatic tissue?
spleen, thymus, and tonsils
Which is the same as splenomegaly?
splenic enlargement
What is the correct term for any disease of the spleen?
splenopathy
Which of the following means an expandable mesh-like structure that is used to keep partially occluded vessels open?
stent
What does angioplasty mean?
surgical repair of a blood vessel
What causes the heart to contract?
the sinoatrial node
How many flaps of tissue does a tricuspid valve have?
three
Which term means removal of the thymus?
thymectomy
Which of the following organs is closely associated with the maturation of T cells?
thymus
Which is the correct term for inflammation of the tonsils?
tonsillitis
Which term means pertaining to a valve?
valvular
Which term means a decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel?
vasoconstriction
Which of the following is an abnormal opening in part of the septum dividing the two ventricles?
ventricular septal defect