Chapter 9: Cardiovascular System

Question 1

ang/i or angi/o

Answer 1

Vessel

Question 2

card/i

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

claudicat/o

Answer 3

To limp; claudicate

Question 4

cyan/o

Answer 4

Dark blue

Question 5

ech/o

Answer 5

Reflected sound

Question 6

glyc/o

Answer 6

Sweet, sugar

Question 7

hem/o

Answer 7

Blood

Question 8

infarct/o

Answer 8

Infarct, necrosis of an area

Question 9

ox/i

Answer 9

Oxygen

Question 10

thromb/o

Answer 10

Clot of blood

Question 11

Heart

Answer 11

The Center of the cardiovascular system, wt. 300g, circulated the blood through the heart, lungs, and the rest of the body.

Question 12

Arteries

Answer 12

Branching system of vessels that transports blood from the right and left ventricles to all body parts. Transports blood away from the heart.

Question 13

Veins

Answer 13

Transports blood from peripheral tissues back to the heart

Question 14

Capillaries

Answer 14

Microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles with venues; facilitate passages of life-sustaining fluids containing oxygen and nutrients to cell bodies and the removal of accumulated waste and carbon dioxide

Question 15

Blood

Answer 15

Fluid consisting of formed elements and plasma. Specialized bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body’s cells. Blood is circulated through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart.

Question 16

Endocardium

Answer 16

Inner lining of the heart.

Question 17

Myocardium

Answer 17

Muscular middle layer of the heart

Question 18

Pericardium

Answer 18

The outer membranous sac surrounding the heart

Question 19

Septum

Answer 19

The divider of the right and left sides of the heart

Question 20

Atria

Answer 20

The upper chambers of the heart

Question 21

Ventricles

Answer 21

The lower chambers of the heart

Question 22

Right atrium

Answer 22

Upper right portion of the heart.

Question 23

Superior vena cava and inferior vena cava

Answer 23

Bring deoxygenated blood into the right atrium

Question 24

Rt. ventricle

Answer 24

Right lower portion of the heart. It receives blood from the rt. atrium through the tricuspid valve

Question 25

Pulmonary artery

Answer 25

The only artery in the body to carry deoxygenated blood.

Question 26

Left atrium

Answer 26

Receives oxygen rich blood from the lungs via the right and left pulmonary veins. The pressure from the oxygen forces open the bicuspid (mitral) valve and fills the left ventricle

Question 27

Left Ventricle

Answer 27

Left lower portion of the heart. It receives blood from the left atrium through the mitral valve or bicuspid valve. The oxygenated blood from the LV flows through the aortic valve and into the aorta to all parts of the body.

Question 28

Tricuspid or right atrioventricular valve

Answer 28

Guards the opening between the right atrium and right ventricle

Question 29

Pulmonary (semilunar) valve

Answer 29

The exit point for blood leaving the right ventricle

Question 30

Bicuspid or mitral valve

Answer 30

The valve between the left atrium and ventricle

Question 31

Aortic or semilunar valve

Answer 31

Blood exits the left ventricle through this between the left ventricle and aorta

Question 32

Anastomosis

Answer 32

Surgical condition between blood vessels or the joining of one hollow or tubular organ to another.

Question 33

Aneurysm

Answer 33

Abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of a artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel.

Question 34

Angiogram

Answer 34

X-Ray record of the size, shape and location of the heart and it's blood vessels after radiopaque contrast

Question 35

Angioplasty

Answer 35

Surgical repair of a blood vessel

Question 36

Arrhythmia

Answer 36

Loss of rhythm of the heartbeat, also called dysrhythmia.

Question 37

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 37

Hardening of arteries.

Question 38

Atheroma

Answer 38

Tumor of a artery containing a fatty substance

Question 39

Auscultation

Answer 39

Method of physical assessment using a stephoscope to listen to the sounds within the chest.