Circulatory System

Question 1

angi or angio

Answer 1

vessel

Question 2

brady

Answer 2

slow

Question 3

cardi or cardio

Answer 3

heart

Question 4

-cyte

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

hem, hemo, or emia

Answer 5

blood

Question 6

-penia

Answer 6

deficiency

Question 7

-stasis

Answer 7

to stop

Question 8

tachy

Answer 8

fast

Question 9

thromb

Answer 9

clot or clump

Question 10

veno or phlebo

Answer 10

vein

Question 11

cardiologist

Answer 11

a physician specializing in diseases of the heart and circulatory system

Question 12

hematologist

Answer 12

a physician specializing in the diseases of the blood

Question 13

electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)

Answer 13

a procedure to measure the electrical activity of the heart

Question 14

echocardiography

Answer 14

ultrasound imaging of the heart often involving doppler imaging

Question 15

cardiac catheterization

Answer 15

a long tube is threaded through a vessel and up to the heart, a procedure may be performed, or dye is injected for an imaging study

Question 16

phlebotomist

Answer 16

a specially trained nurse or technician who draws blood and starts IVs

Question 17

atherosclerosis

Answer 17

fatty plaques lining the blood vessels

Question 18

arteriosclerosis

Answer 18

hardening of the arteries usually due to atherosclerosis

Question 19

myocardial infarction

Answer 19

blood vessel blockage in the heart

Question 20

mitral prolapse

Answer 20

mitral valve in heart fails

Question 21

mitral stenosis

Answer 21

abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve

Question 22

mitral regurgitation

Answer 22

blood leaking back through the mitral valve

Question 23

angina pectoris

Answer 23

pain in the chest associated with insufficient blood flow to the heart

Question 24

arrhythmia

Answer 24

no heart rhythm

Question 25

dysrhythmia

Answer 25

abnormal rhythm of the heart

Question 26

ischemia

Answer 26

not enough blood flow to the heart leads to angina

Question 27

anaplastic anemia

Answer 27

bone marrow is unable to produce adequate cells

Question 28

anemia

Answer 28

group of deficiencies characterized by some sort of deficiency in blood cell production

Question 29

hypertension

Answer 29

high blood pressure

Question 30

aneurysm

Answer 30

bulging weak area of a vessel

Question 31

leukemia

Answer 31

a group of cancers affecting the white blood cells

Question 32

acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Answer 32

too many immature lymphocytes are in the blood and bone marrow

Question 33

acute myeloid leukemia

Answer 33

too many immature granulocytes are in the blood and bone marrow