Lesson 3 Quiz Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is the medical term for a heart attack?
myocardial infarction
What combining form means plaque or fatty substance?
arther/o
What supplies oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium?
coronary arteries
What is the term for an abnormal heart rhythm?
arrythmia
What term means abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel?
angiostenosis
What is a clot that is circulating in the blood?
hemangioma
What veins are located near the body surface?
superficial
What is the term for a patient who fails to follow the doctor’s advice?
noncompliant
What is the sac enclosing the heart?
pericardium
What is the prefix that means against?
anti-
Which of the following is known as the natural pacemaker of the heart?
sinoatrial node
What blood vessels carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart?
arteries
What is a diagnostic test that uses sound waves to produce images of the heart?
echocardiography
What is the medical term for a red blood cells?
erythrocyte
What does the prefix hyper- mean?
increased
The pulmonary circulation is the flow of blood between which organs?
heart and lungs
What is the use of electric shock to change abnormal heart rhythm back to normal rhythm?
cardioversion
What is the suffix that means blood condition?
-emia
What is the term for a localized area of dead tissue caused by a lack of blood?
infarct
What is a suffix that means surgical suturing?
-rrhaphy
What ensures the one-way flow of blood in the heart?
valves
Coumadin is what type of drug?
anticoagulant
What term means present at birth?
congenital
What does the term arteritis mean?
inflammation of an artery
