Review- Cardiovascular

Question 1

Tiny Vessels are known as?

Answer 1

Capillaries

Question 2

What is the definition of phlebophlebostomy?

Answer 2

Procedure to create an opening between two veins

Question 3

The surgical removal of a coronary artery is called

Answer 3

coronary arterectomy

Question 4

A bulge in a blood vessel is called an

Answer 4

aneurysm

Question 5

What is the medical term that describes a blockage of blood to the heart muscle?

Answer 5

myocardial ischemia

Question 6

A murmur is

Answer 6

an abnormal heart sound

Question 7

The closing or blockage of a passage is called

Answer 7

occlusion

Question 8

The narrowing of the aorta is known as

Answer 8

aortic stenosis

Question 9

Which term describes a hardening of an artery due to build-up of fatty plaque?

Answer 9

atherosclerosis

Question 10

Term that describes a stone forming in the wall of a blood vessel?

Answer 10

angiolith

Question 11

Which term means a loss of blood?

Answer 11

hemorrhage

Question 12

Identify the correct definition for diaphoresis

Answer 12

profuse sweating

Question 13

Statements that are true about a heart valve:

Answer 13

• The common root is valvul/o
• The heart has 4 valves
• The purpose of heart valves is to prevent blood from flowing backward