Circulatory System

Question 1

varices/varicose veins

Answer 1

enlarged, tortuous and dilated veins.

Question 2

aneurysm

Answer 2

bulging out of the wall of the heart, aorta or any other artery.

Question 3

ischemia

Answer 3

deficiency of blood in a portion of the body.

Question 4

infarct

Answer 4

an area of tissue death secondary to loss of blood supply

Question 5

embolus

Answer 5

a foreign body obstructing a blood vessel. This foreign body becomes lodged in a vessel when the vessel is too small to allow it to pass through.

Question 6

thrombus

Answer 6

a clot of blood which forms inside of a vessel of the heart. It may partly or completely block the vessel.

Question 7

cerebral thrombosis

Answer 7

the presence of a thrombus in one of the cerebral blood vessels.

Question 8

coronary thrombosis

Answer 8

a thrombus in one of the coronary blood vessels of the heart.

Question 9

phebitis

Answer 9

inflammation of a vein.

Question 10

hypotension

Answer 10

low blood pressure.

Question 11

hypertension

Answer 11

high blood pressure

Question 12

transposition

Answer 12

the heart on the right side with the apex close to the right nipple and base directed to the left.

Question 13

stenosis

Answer 13

narrowing

Question 14

palpitation

Answer 14

a rapid action of the heart which is felt by the patient.

Question 15

coagulation

Answer 15

the clotting of blood

Question 16

pulmonary embolism

Answer 16

an obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches, usually caused by an embolus from throbosis in a lower extremity