Chapter 5

Question 1

a, an

Answer 1

without

Question 2

cardi/o

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

electro

Answer 3

electric

Question 4

-emia

Answer 4

blood, blood condition

Question 5

endo-

Answer 5

within

Question 6

-gram

Answer 6

picture or record

Question 7

-us, -um

Answer 7

noun ending

Question 8

-ic, -al

Answer 8

pertaining to

Question 9

-ia, -ism

Answer 9

condition

Question 10

hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 10

blood

Question 11

-itis

Answer 11

inflammation

Question 12

peri-

Answer 12

around

Question 13

my/o

Answer 13

muscle

Question 14

-ologist

Answer 14

specialist

Question 15

brady-

Answer 15

abnormally slow

Question 16

leuk/o

Answer 16

white

Question 17

-cytes

Answer 17

cells

Question 18

septic

Answer 18

rotten or infected

Question 19

tachy-

Answer 19

fast/ rapid

Question 20

erythr/o

Answer 20

red

Question 21

-pathy

Answer 21

disease

Question 22

-megaly

Answer 22

abnormal enlargement

Question 23

-plasty

Answer 23

surgical repair

Question 24

angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

Answer 24

blood vessels

Question 25

arteri/o

Answer 25

artery

Question 26

valvul/o

Answer 26

valve

Question 27

capill/o

Answer 27

capillaries

Question 28

aort/o

Answer 28

aorta

Question 29

phleb/o, ven/o

Answer 29

veins

Question 30

-globin

Answer 30

protein

Question 31

embol

Answer 31

something inserted/ foreign

Question 32

-penia

Answer 32

deficiency

Question 33

thromb/o

Answer 33

clot

Question 34

ather/o

Answer 34

plaque/ fatty substance

Question 35

infarction

Answer 35

sudden insufficiency of blood

Question 36

septic

Answer 36

infection or rotten

Question 37

angioplasty

Answer 37

surgical repair of a blood vessel

Question 38

angiostenosis

Answer 38

narrowing of a blood vessel

Question 39

angiitis or vasculitis

Answer 39

inflammation of a blood vessel

Question 40

arteriosclerosis

Answer 40

thickening/ hardening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls

Question 41

arteriostenosis

Answer 41

narrowing of an artery

Question 42

atherectomy

Answer 42

surgical removal of plaque buildup from the interior of an artery

Question 43

bradycardia

Answer 43

abnormally slow heart beat

Question 44

arteriectomy

Answer 44

surgical removal of part of an artery

Question 45

electrocardiogram

Answer 45

the record of the electrical activity of the myocardium

Question 46

embolus

Answer 46

foreign object that is circulating in the blood (air, clot, etc)

Question 47

carditis

Answer 47

inflammation of the heart

Question 48

leukocytes

Answer 48

white blood cells

Question 49

cardiomegaly

Answer 49

abnormal enlargement of the heart

Question 50

cardiomyopathy

Answer 50

any disease of the heart muscle

Question 51

endocarditis

Answer 51

inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

Question 52

valvuloplasty

Answer 52

surgical repair of the heart valves

Question 53

erythrocytes

Answer 53

red blood cells

Question 54

hematologist

Answer 54

specialist that treats diseases and disorders of the blood

Question 55

leukopenia

Answer 55

abnormally low number of white blood cells

Question 56

leukemia

Answer 56

malignancy affecting leukocytes

Question 57

myocardial infarcation

Answer 57

heart attack

Question 58

myocarditis

Answer 58

inflammation of the heart muscle

Question 59

myocardium

Answer 59

heart muscle

Question 60

pericarditis

Answer 60

inflammation of the surrounding of the heart

Question 61

phlebitis

Answer 61

inflammation of a vein

Question 62

tachycardia

Answer 62

abnormally rapid heart beat

Question 63

thrombocyte

Answer 63

platelet, helps clot the blood

Question 64

thrombocytopenia

Answer 64

abnormally small number of platelets

Question 65

septicemia

Answer 65

blood condition where toxins are present (infection of blood)

Question 66

aneurysm

Answer 66

a weak spot or balloonlike enlargement of the wall of an artery

Question 67

aneurysmectomy

Answer 67

surgical removal of an aneurysm