Chapters 5 and 6

Question 1

Which term means red blood cells?

Answer 1

Erythrocyte

Question 2

Which condition is commonly known as a heart attack?

Answer 2

Myocardial Infarction

Question 3

Which structure us the natural pacemaker of the heart?

Answer 3

Sinoatrial (S-A) node

Question 4

Which term describes a foreign object circulating in the blood?

Answer 4

Embolus

Question 5

Which combining form means vein?

Answer 5

Phelb/o

Question 6

Which term describes rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart?

Answer 6

Fibrillation

Question 7

Which procedure is performed to open a partially blocked coronary artery?

Answer 7

Angioplasty

Question 8

Which diagnostic study records the electrical activity of the myocardium?

Answer 8

Electrocardiogram

Question 9

Which form of anemia is marked by an absence of all formed blood elements?

Answer 9

Aplastic

Question 10

The substance is also known as bad cholesterol?

Answer 10

LDL

Question 11

Which condition is diagnosed using a scratch test?

Answer 11

Allergy

Question 12

Which term describes the new site that results from the spreading of cancer?

Answer 12

Metastasis

Question 13

Which term describes any substance that the body regards as foreign?

Answer 13

Antigens

Question 14

Which form of cancer occurs in epithelial tissue?

Answer 14

Carcinoma

Question 15

Which type of cell eats invading cells?

Answer 15

Macrophages

Question 16

Which type of pathogen causes infectious mononucleosis?

Answer 16

Virus

Question 17

Which therapy uses radioactive materials implanted into or very near the body?

Answer 17

Brachytherapy

Question 18

Which term means bleeding from the spleen?

Answer 18

Splenorrhagia

Question 19

Which lymph nodes are located in the groin?

Answer 19

Inguinal

Question 20

Which term is used interchangeably with antibody?

Answer 20

Immunoglobulin