EMBOLISM

Question 1

When a solid mass is transported from one part of the body to another through the circulatory system, the process is called?

Answer 1

EMBOLISM

Question 2

the solid mass is called

Answer 2

EMBOLUS

Question 3

plural of embolus?

Answer 3

EMBOLI

Question 4

fragments of thrombi

Answer 4

THROMBOEMBOLI

Question 5

Valvular thrombosis of the left chamber of the heart usually produces

Answer 5

EMBOLI IN SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION

Question 6

Valvular thrombosis of the in the right chamber, the
emboli are at the?

Answer 6

LUNGS

Question 7

can cause multiple embolisms in the kidneys.

Answer 7

BACTERIAL VALVULAR ENDOCARDITIS

Question 8

A reduction in the flow of arterial blood to an organ or tissue result to a condition called

Answer 8

ISCHEMIA

Question 9

The reduction of blood supplies maybe partial and is called

Answer 9

HYPOXIA

Question 10

complete reduction in the oxygen supplied to tissues called

Answer 10

ANOXIA

Question 11

Ischemia may be caused by

Answer 11

1. compression of the blood vessels
2. obstruction
3. functional lesion

Question 12

– ischemia due to reduced flow of oxygenated blood as
in hypovolemic shock;

Answer 12

STAGNANT ANOXIA

Question 13

result from insufficient oxygenation of blood as may
occur in severe pneumonia;

Answer 13

ANOXIC ANOXIA

Question 14

– caused by low hemoglobin or reduced capacity of blood
to carry oxygen as in carbon monoxide poisoning;

Answer 14

ANEMIC ANOXIA

Question 15

note that tissue is normal, but the tissues cannot utilize oxygen due to damage to certain critical cellular respiratory processes such as that seen in cyanide poisoning.

Answer 15

HISTOTOXIC ANOXIA