Circulatory System

Question 1

brady

Answer 1

slow

Question 2

tachy

Answer 2

fast

Question 3

angi/o

Answer 3

vessel

Question 4

stasis

Answer 4

to stop

Question 5

cyte

Answer 5

cell

Question 6

hem/o, emia

Answer 6

blood

Question 7

Myocardial infarction

Answer 7

blockage of blood flow in a coronary artery resulting in death of heart muscle

Question 8

Atherosclerosis

Answer 8

formation of fatty plaques lining blood vessels

Question 9

mitral prolapse

Answer 9

flaps of atrioventricular valve tear away due to disease

Question 10

mitral regurgitation

Answer 10

leakage and backward flow due to prolapsed valve

Question 11

mitral stenosis

Answer 11

abnormally narrow causing partial obstruction constricting flow

Question 12

Angina pectoris

Answer 12

crushing pain associated with the heart that indicates not enough blood is getting to the heart muscle

Question 13

Angina pectoris symptoms

Answer 13

often accompanied by shortness of breath, fatigue and nausea

Question 14

nitroglycerine tablets

Answer 14

taken by people with a history of angina to relieve the pain by increasing blood flow to the heart muscle

Question 15

Arrhythmia

Answer 15

no rhythm

Question 16

dysrhythmia

Answer 16

abnormal rhythm

Question 17

Ischemia

Answer 17

not enough blood flow

Question 18

Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)

Answer 18

a printout recording of the electrical activity of the heart

Question 19

Echocardiography

Answer 19

using ultra high frequency sound waves to form an image of the inside of the heart

Question 20

What can echocardiography be used for?

Answer 20

procedure can demonstrate valve damage, congenital (before birth) defects and other abnormalities

Question 21

Cardiac catheterization

Answer 21

a long hollow tube (catheter) is threaded into an artery up into the heart, then material opaque to X-rays is released into the blood flow through the heart imaging the details of coronary arteries