Heart And Blood Disorder

Question 1

Narrowing

Answer 1

The opposite of widening

Question 2

Arrest

Answer 2

Complete stoppage of the heart

Question 3

Mayocarditis

Answer 3

Inflammation of the heart muscle

Question 4

Pulse

Answer 4

Tachycardia is rapid

Question 5

Arrhythmia

Answer 5

Irregularities in the heartbeat

Question 6

Infarction

Answer 6

Death of muscle due to lack of blood

Question 7

Murmur

Answer 7

Turbulent blood flow through a defective valve makes this sound

Question 8

Pace maker

Answer 8

Battery-operated devices to make the heart beat normally

Question 9

Beats

Answer 9

A healthy heart has 60-100 of these in a minute

Question 10

Varicose veins

Answer 10

These are caused by defective valves in deep lower leg veins

Question 11

Exertion

Answer 11

Angina pectorals chest pains are usually brought on by

Question 12

Coronary heart disease is due to ___ supply of blood to the heart

Answer 12

Restricted

Question 13

Clot

Answer 13

Platelets and blood cells which collect on one site will cause this

Question 14

Donor

Answer 14

The person who provides a replacement heart

Question 15

Grafts

Answer 15

The surgeon does this when he joins a piece of vein to the heart

Question 16

Blockage

Answer 16

One of these in a coronary artery will cause the muscle it supplies to die

Question 17

Deposits

Answer 17

Eros is is a build up of fatty

Question 18

Transplant

Answer 18

A completely new heart

Question 19

Aneurysm

Answer 19

Abnormal swelling in a weakened arterial wall

Question 20

Insufficient ___ and smoking can contribute to heart disease

Answer 20

Exercise

Question 21

Stenosis

Answer 21

A condition in which a valve outlet is too narrow

Question 22

Plaque

Answer 22

It thickens arterial walls and narrows the artery

Question 23

A gripping angina chest pain sometimes ____ down the arms

Answer 23

Radiates

Question 24

Air or liquid are used to ___ the balloon in angioplasty

Answer 24

Inflate

Question 25

A section of the patient’s saphenous vein is normally used in ___ surgery

Answer 25

Bypass