Chapter 5 Flashcards
Chapter 5
Which medication is taken in small daily dose to reduce the ability of the blood to clot?
aspirin
A____ is administered within a few hours after a heart attack or stroke to dissolve the damaging blood clots.
Tissue plasminogen activator
______ is inflammation of the heart muscle.
Myocarditis
Which specialist treats diseases and disorders of the blood and blood-forming tissues?
hematologist
A/An _____ is the condition of having a blood clot attached to the wall of a deep vein.
deep vein thrombosis
The _______ are only one cell in thickness and are the smallest blood vessels in the body.
capillaries
The condition of having an abnormally slow resting heartbeat is known as ____.
bradycardia
Which term describes a fatty deposit on an artery wall?
plaque
The ______ carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
pulmonary arteries
The highest pressure against the artery walls, which occurs when the ventricles contract, is known as ______.
Systolic pressure
Which of these tests uses sound waves to image the structures of the blood vessels and the flow of the blood through these vessels?
duplex ultrasound
which of these conditions is also known as a flat line?
asystole
_____ is plasma fluid after the blood cells and clotting proteins have been removed.
Serum
An abnormal increase in the number of platelets in the circulating blood is known as_____.
thrombocyteosis
The chronic condition in which the heart is unable to pump out all of the blood it receives is known as ______.
heart failure
Which medication is administered to control irregularities of the heart?
antiarrhythmic
A wire mesh tube placed in an artery to provide support to the arterial wall is known as a ______.
stent
Which condition is a form of vasculitis involving several small and medium arteries at the same time?
Polyarteritis
A/ An ________ is medication administered to rid the body of excess sodium and water.
diuretic
A deposit of plaque on or within the arterial wall is known as a/an ______.
atheroma
A/An _____is a serious and potentially fatal complication that occurs when the patient’s blood and the donates blood do not mathch.
transfusion reaction
A/an _______ is the surgical removal of plaque form the interior lining of an artery
Atherectomy
A/An _______ is commonly known as heart attack
Myocardial infarction
The term ________ is used to describe all the diseases of the heart muscles.
Cardiomyopathy
A/ An _______ blocks the enzyme that causes the blood vessels to contract.
Ace inhibitor
embolism
sudden blockage of a blood vessel
embolus
foreign object circulating in the blood
thrombosis
abnormal condition of having a blood clot on the anterior wall of a blood vessel
thrombotic occlusion
blocking of an artery by a blood clot
thrombus
blood clot attached to the interior wall of a blood vessel
erythr/o
red
luek/o
white
pheb/o
vien
tahy-
fast, rapid
thromb/o
clot
cardi/o
heart
-crasia
mixture or blending
-emia
blood condition
ven/o
vein
hem/o
blood
angina
episodes of severe chest pain
arrhythmia
abnormal heart rhythm
