Cardiovascular System

Question 1

Blood vessels branching from the aorta to carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle:

• Capillaries
• Venae cavae
• Coronary arteries
• Carotid arteries
• Renal arteries

Answer 1

Coronary arteries

Question 2

The cause of essential hypertension is:

• Some secondary factor
• Pyelonephritis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Adrenal cortex adenoma
• Idiopathic

Answer 2

Idiopathic

Question 3

Widening of a vessel:

• vasodialation
• vassodialation
• vasodilation

Answer 3

Vasodilation

Question 4

Incision of a vein:

• Phebotomy
• Phlebitis
• Phlebotomy
• Vasoconstriction
• Ventriculotomy

Answer 4

Phlebotomy

Question 5

Blood clot forms in a large lower limb vessel:

• Aortic stenosis
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Acute coronary syndrome

Answer 5

Deep vein thrombosis

Question 6

Traveling clot that suddenly blocks a blood vessel:

• embulus
• embulos
• embolus

Answer 6

Embolus or emboli

Question 7

Digoxin is:

• A drug used to strengthen the heartbeat
• A calcium blocker
• Used to dissolve emboli
• Used to treat varicose veins
• A strong antibiotic

Answer 7

A drug used to strengthen the heartbeat

Question 8

Relaxation phase of the heartbeat:

• diastole
• diostole
• dieastole

Answer 8

Diastole

Question 9

The cause of essential hypertension:

• Some secondary factor
• Pyelonephritis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Adrenal cortex adenoma
• Idiopathic

Answer 9

Idiopathic

Question 10

Sensitive tissue in the right atrium wall that begins the heartbeat:

• Tricuspid valve
• Atrioventricular node
• Bundle of His
• Epicardium
• Sinoatrial node

Answer 10

Sinoatrial node

Question 11

Select from the following pathologic terminology to match its description.
“Listening for sounds using a stethoscope”

• Acute coronary syndromes
• angina
• anigotensin-converiting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
• auscultation
• beta-blocker
• biventricular pacemaker
• bruit

Answer 11

Auscultation

Question 12

Removal of plaque from inner lining of an artery:

• Endarterectomy
• Arteriography
• Aneurysmectomy
• Ventriculotomy
• Valvuloplasty

Answer 12

Endarterectomy

Question 13

Select from the following pathologic conditions to match the
definitions.
“Small holes in the wall between the atria or the wall between the ventricles”

• coarctation of the aorta
• septal defects
• coronary artery disease
• endocarditis
• heart block
• fibrillation
• flutter

Answer 13

Septal defects

Question 14

Angina is:

• Chest pain relieved with nitroglycerin.
• An extra heart sound.
• An abnormal heart rhythm.
• Caused by rheumatic fever.
• Associated with Raynaud phenomenon.

Answer 14

Cheat pain relieved with nitroglycerin

Question 15

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Largest artery in the body”

• aorta
• arteriole
• atrium
• mitral valve
• pulmonary artery
• pulmonary vein

Answer 15

Aorta

Question 16

Phlebitis:

• Narrowing of a valve with inflammation.
• Inflammation of a capillary
• Blockage of a heart valve.
• Inflammation of a vein.
• Narrowing of an artery.

Answer 16

Inflammation of a vein

Question 17

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Vessel carrying blood to the lungs”

• aorta
• arteriole
• atrium
• capillary
• mitral valve
• pulmonary artery
• pulmonary vein

Answer 17

Pulmonary artery

Question 18

Patent means:

• Deoxygenated
• Oxygenated
• Open
• Closed
• Half-closed

Answer 18

Open

Question 19

Match the meanings with their correct terms.
“Digoxin”

• contraction phase of the heartbeat
• drug used to reduce abnormal heart rhythms
• largest artery in the body
• tumor of blood vessels
• widening or dilation of a blood vessel
• lower chamber of the heart
• swollen, twisted veins in the rectal region

Answer 19

Drug used to reduce abnormal heart rhythms

Question 20

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Listening with a stethoscope”

• aneurysm
• auscultation
• claudication
• emboli
• essential hypertension
• petechiae
• secondary hypertension

Answer 20

Auscultation

Question 21

Select from the following pathologic terminology to match its
description.
Chest pain resulting from blood flow being held back from heart muscle

• acute coronary syndromes
• angina
• angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
• auscultation
• beta-blocker
• biventricular pacemaker
• bruit

Answer 21

Angina

Question 22

Select from the following pathologic conditions to match the
definitions.
“High blood pressure; essential and secondary are types”

• aneurysm
• deep vein thrombosis
• hypertension
• hypertensive heart disease
• mitral valve prolapse
• murmur
• pericarditis

Answer 22

Hypertension

Question 23

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Positioned between the left upper and lower heart chambers”

• electrocardiogram
• deoxygenated blood
• endothelium
• murmur
• myocardium
• mitral valve
• normal sinus rhythm

Answer 23

Mitral valve

Question 24

Match the terms with their correct meanings.
“Brings blood to heart from upper parts of the body”

• aorta
• arteriole
• atrium
• capillary
• superior vena cava
• pulmonary artery
• pulmonary vein

Answer 24

Superior vena cava

Question 25

Match the pathological conditions with their correct meanings.
“Congenital malformation involving four separate heart defects”

• coarctation of the aorta
• tetralogy of Fallot
• coronary artery disease
• fibrillation
• flutter
• hypertensive heart disease
• mitral valve prolapse

Answer 25

Tetralogy of fallot

Question 26

Instrument to measure blood pressure:

• Sphygmomanometer
• Electrocardiogram
• Stress test
• Stethoscope
• Cardiac catheterization

Answer 26

Sphygmomanometer

Question 27

Pertaining to the heart:

• coronery
• coronary
• corenary

Answer 27

Coronary