Pathology of Arteries

Question 1

accumulation of plaque

Answer 1

atherosclerosis

Question 2

an arterial disease

Answer 2

atherosclerosis

Question 3

what causes atherosclerosis?

Answer 3

smoking and eating fatty food

Question 4

what does atherosclerosis cause?

Answer 4

narrowing of lumen

Question 5

what forms over the plaque in atherosclerosis?

Answer 5

a cap

Question 6

in atherosclerosis, the plaque plus the cap is called a ____.

Answer 6

lesion

Question 7

is highly thrombogenic

Answer 7

the plaque in atherosclerosis

Question 8

what 2 things can happen when the atherosclerosis lesion ruptures?

Answer 8

1. its contents run downstream and cause an occlusion

2. the plaque becomes exposed and a thrombus forms to cause an occlusion

Question 9

when the artery tries to heal itself

Answer 9

intimal hyperplasia

Question 10

overgrowth of cells

Answer 10

-plasia

Question 11

an abnormal bulging

Answer 11

aneurysm

Question 12

cause is not exactly known, but risk increases if you smoke or eat fatty foods

Answer 12

aneurysm

Question 13

what does AAA stand for?

Answer 13

abdominal aortic aneurysm

Question 14

separation of layers of a blood vessel resulting in the formation of a true and false lumen

Answer 14

aortic dissection

Question 15

to quiver

Answer 15

fibrillate

Question 16

causes blood clots to form in the right atrium

Answer 16

atrial fibrillation

Question 17

where do blood clots from the right atrium travel?

Answer 17

pulmonary arteries (pulmonary embolism)

Question 18

where do blood clots from the left atrium travel?

Answer 18

brain (cerebral embolism;stroke)

Question 19

blood clots from the veins of the legs that travel to the pulmonary arteries

Answer 19

deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Question 20

what does PAD stand for?

Answer 20

peripheral arterial disease

Question 21

atherosclerosis in the arteries of the extremities(mostly lower)

Answer 21

PAD

Question 22

cramp-like pain in the legs due to PAD

Answer 22

claudication

Question 23

an interruption in blood supply to the brain

Answer 23

stroke

Question 24

what does CVA stand for?

Answer 24

cerebral vascular accident (stroke)

Question 25

what does TIA stand for?

Answer 25

transient ischemic attack

Question 26

what are the 2 types of stroke?

Answer 26

ischemic

hemorrhagic

Question 27

bleeding

Answer 27

hemorrhage

Question 28

stenosis of the aortic valve

Answer 28

aortic valve stenosis

Question 29

what does AVM stand for?

Answer 29

artiovenous malformation

Question 30

tumor of blood vessels; congenital

Answer 30

AVM