1. Cardiovascular Chapter
Quiz Review – Medical Terminology

2. Which term means rapid, random and ineffective contractions of the heart?
fibrillation
Which term describes the surgical removal of an artery?
arter/ectomy

3. thrombosis – abnormal condition of having a clot
thrombus – clot is attached to the interior wall of a blood vessel
embolus – a foreign object, such as a clot, that is circulating in the blood.
embolism – blockage of a vessel by an embolus.

4. What is the term for an abnormally slow heart beat?
bradycardia
Which term describes the hardening of an artery?
arterio/sclerosis

5. Which condition is inflammation of a vein with a thrombus?
thrombo/phleb/itis
Which term means blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object circulating in the blood vessel?
embolism

6. What is the term for inflammation of any blood vessel?
angi/itis
Which term means tissue death of the walls of blood vessels?
arterio/necrosis

7. Which term means the closing off of a coronary artery that results in tissue death of the affected myocardium (heart attack)?
myocardial infarction
Severe episodes of choking or suffocating-type chest pain?
angina pectoris

8. Which term describes a radiographic study to look at the size of the heart and large blood vessels?
angio/cardio/graphy
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the heart?
peri/cardio/centesis

9. Which term means inflammation of the tissue around the heart?
peri/card/itis
Which term is the name for the inner layer of the heart wall?
endo/cardium

10. Which term describes a localized, balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
aneurysm
What is another term for platelets?
thrombo/cytes

11. Which form of cardiac arrhythmia is fatal / life-threatening unless reversed?
ventricular fibrillation
True or False:
Systolic pressure is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels.
False

12. T or F: Another term for ‘heart attack’ is myocardial infarction.
True
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) is the “good” cholesterol.

13. T or F: With ‘congestive heart failure’, the patient’s symptoms include fluid ‘pooling’ in the legs, ankles and lungs.
True
T or F: Leukocytes are also known as platelets.
False

14. T or F: The right ventricle pumps the blood into the aorta to be sent to the rest of the body.
False
T or F: The left atrium receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs.
True

15. T or F: Blood gases include oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen.
True
T or F: Hypertension is another term for high blood pressure.

16. T or F: The surgical repair of a heart valve is known as ‘cardiorrhexis’.
False
T or F: Inflammation of a vein is known as phleb/itis.
True

17. Define:
valvuloplasty
phleb/otomy
ather/ectomy
ECG or EKG
angio/necrosis
angio/graphy
myo/card/itis

18. tachy/cardia
sinoatrial (SA) node