Definition Practice #2

Question 1

Development of blood vessels

Answer 1

Angiogenesis

Question 2

Surgery that involves cutting through the patient’s chest to get to the heart

Answer 2

Cardiothoracic surgery

Question 3

Dilation of the aorta

Answer 3

Aortectasia

Question 4

Quivering or spontaneous contraction of muscle fibers in the heart’s atrium

Answer 4

Atrial fibrillation

Question 5

Surgical removal of a coronary artery

Answer 5

Coronary arterectomy

Question 6

Procedure to look inside a blood vessel

Answer 6

Vascular endoscopy

Question 7

Bulge in a blood vessel

Answer 7

Aneurysm

Question 8

Puncture of the tissue around the heart

Answer 8

Pericardiocentesis

Question 9

Returning a heart to normal rhythm

Answer 9

Cardioversion