med terms app. 1- cardiovascular system

Question 1

angi/o

Answer 1

vessel

Question 2

aort/o

Answer 2

aorta

Question 3

coron/o

Answer 3

heart

Question 4

phleb/o

Answer 4

vein

Question 5

venul/o

Answer 5

venule

Question 6

aneurysm

Answer 6

local widening of an artery caused by weakness in the arterial wall

Question 7

angina

Answer 7

chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the hear

Question 8

arrhythmia

Answer 8

abnormal heartbeat

Question 9

congestive heart failure

Answer 9

inability of the heart to pump its required amount of blood

Question 10

hypertension

Answer 10

high blood pressure

Question 11

myocardial infarction

Answer 11

heart attack

Question 12

angiography

Answer 12

recording blood vesicles after the injection of contrast into bloodstream

Question 13

cardiac catheterization

Answer 13

introducing a catheter into a coronary blood vessel to measure pressure and flow patterns of the blood

Question 14

holter monitory

Answer 14

detection of abnormal heart rhythms

Question 15

lipid test

Answer 15

measurements of cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood

Question 16

lipoprotein test

Answer 16

measures of HDL and LDL’s in the blood

Question 17

MUGA scan

Answer 17

imaging the motion of the heart wall muscles and assessing the function of the heart via a multiple gated acquisition scan

Question 18

PET scan

Answer 18

radioactive chemicals, release radioactive particles are injected into the blood stem, and travel to the heart, show flow of blood and function activity of the heart muscle

Question 19

stress test

Answer 19

electrocardiogram plus blood pressure and heart rate measurements shows the hearts response to physical exertion

Question 20

technetium Tc 99 sestamibi test

Answer 20

radioactive pharmaceutical inject intravenously to show perfusion of the blood in the heart muscle

Question 21

Thallium-201 scan

Answer 21

radioactive test that shows where injected 201 localizes in the heart muscle

Question 22

cardiac catheter ablation

Answer 22

flexible tube is threaded through blood vessels into the heart to destroy abnormal tissue that causes arrhythmias

Question 23

cardioversion

Answer 23

brief discharges of electricity passing across the chest to stop cardiac arrhythmia

Question 24

CABG

Answer 24

vessels taken from pts. legs or chest connected to coronary Arties to make detours around blockages

Question 25

endarterectomy

Answer 25

surgical removal of the innermost lining of an artery to remove fatty deposits and clots

Question 26

PCI

Answer 26

ballon tipped catheter is threaded into a coronary artery to compress fatty deposits to open the artery

Question 27

thrombolytic therapy

Answer 27

drugs (tPA- tissue plasminogen activator) and streptokinase are injected into a pt.s bloodstream to dissolve clots