Cardiovascular System

Question 1

angi/o

Answer 1

vessel

Question 2

aort/o

Answer 2

aorta

Question 3

arteri/o

Answer 3

artery

Question 4

arteriol/o

Answer 4

arteriole

Question 5

cardi/o

Answer 5

heart

Question 6

coron/o

Answer 6

heart

Question 7

phleb/o

Answer 7

vein

Question 8

ven/o

Answer 8

vein

Question 9

venul/o

Answer 9

venule

Question 10

aneurysm

Answer 10

widening of an artery caused by weakness in arterial wall

Question 11

angina

Answer 11

chest pain cause by decreased blood flow to heart

Question 12

arrhythmia

Answer 12

abnormal heartbeat; ex. fibrilation, flutter

Question 13

atherosclerosis

Answer 13

hardening of arteries with cholesterol-like plaque

Question 14

congestive heart failure

Answer 14

inability of heart to pump required amount of blood

Question 15

pulmonary edema

Answer 15

collection of blood in the lungs

Question 16

hypertension

Answer 16

high blood pressure

Question 17

myocardial infarction

Answer 17

heart attack

Question 18

shock

Answer 18

group signs and symptoms indicating poor oxygen supply to tissues and insufficient return of blood to heart

Question 19

angiography

Answer 19

x-ray recording of blood vessels after injection of contrast into bloodstream

Question 20

cardiac catherization

Answer 20

introducing a catheter into coronary blood vessels

Question 21

cardiac catheter ablation

Answer 21

flexible tube threaded through blood vessels into heart to destroy abnormal tissue causing arrhythmias.

Question 22

cardioversion / defibrillation

Answer 22

brief discharges of electricity passing across the chest to stop a cardiac arrhythmia

Question 23

coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

Answer 23

vessels taken from pateints’ legs or chest connected to coronary arteries to make detours around blockages

Question 24

endarterectomy

Answer 24

surgical removal of the innermost lining of an artery to remove fatty deposits and clots

Question 25

heart transplantation

Answer 25

donor heart transferred to a recipient

Question 26

percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Answer 26

balloon-tipped catheter threaded into a coronary artery to compress fatty deposits and open the artery

Question 27

stents

Answer 27

expandable slotted tubes that create wider openings that make blockage recurrence less likely

Question 28

thrombolytic therapy

Answer 28

drugs injected into a patients bloodstream to dissolve clots that may cause a heart attack

Question 29

AAA

Answer 29

abdominal aortic aneurysm

Question 30

ACS

Answer 30

Acute coronary syndrome

Question 31

AED

Answer 31

automated external defibrillator

Question 32

AMI

Answer 32

acute myocardial infarction

Question 33

BP

Answer 33

blood pressure

Question 34

CABG

Answer 34

coronary artery bypass grafting

Question 35

CAD

Answer 35

coronary artery disease

Question 36

CCU

Answer 36

coronary care unit

Question 37

CHF

Answer 37

congestive heart failure

Question 38

CPR

Answer 38

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Question 39

ECG

Answer 39

electrocradiography

Question 40

ECHO

Answer 40

echocardiography

Question 41

HDL

Answer 41

high-density lipoprotein

Question 42

HTN

Answer 42

hypertentison

Question 43

ICD

Answer 43

implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Question 44

LDL

Answer 44

low-density lipoprotein

Question 45

MI

Answer 45

myocardial infarction

Question 46

PCI

Answer 46

percutaneous coronary intervention