medical terminology chapter 11
The combining form that means lower heart chamber:
ventricul/o
An angiogram is a record (-gram) of a/an _______ (angi/o).
vessel
The term vascular means pertaining to (-ar) a ________ (vascul/o).
vessel
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing (-constriction) of ________ (vas/o).
vessels
Specialized tissue in the wall between the atria:
AV node
Disease of the arteries surrounding the heart:
CAD coronary artery disease
Condition in which the heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood:
CHF
High blood pressure:
HTN
An ECG device is worn during a 24-hour period to detect cardiac arrhythmias:
Holter monitoring
A procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a coronary artery to open the artery and then a stent is put in place:
PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention
A disease in which there are recurrent episodes of pallor and cyanosis, primarily in fingers and toes:
Raynaud disease
Pacemaker of the heart:
SA node
A combining form that means vessel: 1
angi/o
X-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material:
angiography
Largest artery in the body:
aorta
Atherosclerosis is hardening (-sclerosis) of ________ (arteri/o).
arteries
Largest type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body.
artery
The combining form that means yellowish plaque:
ather/o
One of two upper chambers of the heart:
atrium
Cyanosis is an abnormal condition (-osis) of ________ (cyan/o) due to poor oxygenation of blood.
blue (bluish discoloration)
Specialized muscle fibers that connect the atria with the ventricles and transmit electrical impulses between them:
bundle of his
Smallest blood vessel:
capillary
A combining form that means heart:
cardi/o
A procedure in which a thin, flexible tube is guided into the heart via a vein or an artery:
cardiac catheterization
Brief delivery of radiofrequency energy to destroy areas of heart tissue that may be causing arrhythmias:
catheter ablation
A stethoscope is an instrument to examine (-scope) the ________ (steth/o).
chest
Thrombolysis is the destruction (-lysis) of ________ (thromb/o).
clots
Blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle:
coronary arteries
A procedure in which arteries and veins are anastomosed to coronary arteries to detour around blockages:
coronary artery bypass grafting
The combining form that means blue:
cyan/o
Relaxation phase of the heartbeat:
diastole
Images of the heart produced by echoes generated by high-frequency sound waves:
echocardiography
Recording of electricity flowing through the heart
electrocardiography
Surgical removal of plaque from the inner layer of an artery:
endarterectomy
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart:
endocarditis
Innermost lining of blood vessels:
endothelium
A procedure in which a heart-lung machine diverts blood from the heart and lungs while the heart is repaired:
extracorporeal circulation
Very rapid, random and irregular contractions of the heart:
fibrillation
Rapid but regular contractions, usually of the atria:
flutter
Cardiomegaly is enlargement (-megaly) of the ______ (cardi/o).
heart
Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle:
mitral valve
Extra heart sound heard between normal beats:
murmur
Muscular, middle layer of the heart:
myocardium
The combining form that means mucus:
myx/o
Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart:
pericardium
Pericardiocentesis is surgical puncture (-centesis) of the ________ (pericardi/o) to remove fluid.
pericardium
A combining form that means vein:
phleb/o
Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries:
pulse
Partition or wall dividing a cavity, such as between the right and left atria:
septum
A combining form that means chest:
steth/o
Contraction phase of the heartbeat:
systole
Congenital malformation involving four distinct heart defects:
tetralogy of Fallot
A combining form that means clot:
thromb/o
Valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle:
tricuspid valve
Abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually occurring in the legs:
varicose veins
A combining form that means vessel: 2
vascul/o
A phlebotomy is an incision (-tomy) of a/an ________ (phleb/o).
vein
Thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart:
vein
Largest vein in the body
vena cava
One of two lower chambers of the heart:
ventricle