CIL& blood- surgical terms not built from word parts

Question 1

aneurysmectomy

Answer 1

surgical excision of an aneurysm

Question 2

artificial cardiac pacemaker

Answer 2

battery-powered apparatus implanted under the skin with leads placed on the heart or in the chamber of the heart used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm, usually one that is too slow, secondary to an abnormal sinus node.

Question 3

automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator (AICD)

Answer 3

device implanted in the body that continuously monitors the heart rhythm. If life-threatening arrhythmias occur, the device delivers an electric shock to convert the arrhythmia back to a normal rhythm.

Question 4

catheter ablation

Answer 4

procedure in which abnormal cells that trigger abnormal heart rhythms are destroyed by using a device that heats or freezes the cells

Question 5

coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

Answer 5

surgical technique to bring a new blood supply to heart muscle by detouring around blocked arteries.

Question 6

coronary stent

Answer 6

supportive scaffold device placed in the coronary artery; used to prevent closure of the artery after angioplasty or atherectomy; used to treat an artery occluded by plaque.

Question 7

embolectomy

Answer 7

surgical removal of an embolus or clot, usually with a balloon catheter, inflating the balloon beyond the clot, then pulling the balloon back to the incision and bringing the clot with it

Question 8

femoropopliteal bypass

Answer 8

surgery to establish an alternate route from femoral artery to popliteal artery to bypass an obstruction

Question 9

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

Answer 9

procedure in which a balloon is advanced into a coronary artery to the area where plaque has formed. When the balloon is inflated, the vessel wall expands, allowing the blood to flow more freely.

Question 10

thrombolytic therapy

Answer 10

injection of a medication either intravenously or intra-arterially to dissolve blood clots. It is often used in emergency departments for acute myocardial infarction.

Question 11

bone marrow aspiration

Answer 11

procedure to obtain a sample of the liquid portion of the bone marrow, usually from the ilium (upper hip bone) for study; used to diagnose leukemia, infections, some types of anemia, and other blood disorders.

Question 12

bone marrow biopsy

Answer 12

procedure to obtain a sample of the solid portion of bone marrow, usually from the ilium, for study; used to diagnose leukemia, infections, some types of anemia, and other blood disorders. May be performed at the same time as bone marrow aspiration.

Question 13

bone marrow transplant

Answer 13

infusion of healthy bone marrow cells from a matched donor into a patient with severely diseased or damaged bone marrow; the donor cells may establish a colony of new, healthy tissue in the recipient’s bone marrow.