Units 9-11

Question 1

hardening of the arteries

Answer 1

arteriosclerosis

Question 2

pertaining to lack of indicators of disease

Answer 2

asymptomatic

Question 3

excision of fatty plaque

Answer 3

atherectomy

Question 4

hardening of fatty plaque

Answer 4

atherosclerosis

Question 5

pertaining to the atrium and ventricle

Answer 5

atrioventricular

Question 6

condition of a slow heart (rate)

Answer 6

bradycardia

Question 7

pertainng to the heart

Answer 7

cardiac

Question 8

originating in the heart

Answer 8

cardiogenic

Question 9

physician who studies and treats diseases of the heart

Answer 9

cardiologist

Question 10

study of the heart

Answer 10

cardiology

Question 11

enlargement of the heart

Answer 11

cardiomegaly

Question 12

disease of the heart muscle

Answer 12

cardiomyopathy

Question 13

record of the heart (strcuture and motion) using sound (waves)

Answer 13

echocardiogram

Question 14

process of recording the electrical activity of the heart (name of the procedure)

Answer 14

electrocardiography

Question 15

record of the electrical activity of the heart

Answer 15

electrocardiogram

Question 16

instrument used to record the electrical activity of the heart

Answer 16

electrocardiograph

Question 17

excision within the artery

Answer 17

endarterectomy

Question 18

inflammation of the inner (lining) of the heart

Answer 18

endocarditis

Question 19

abnormal reudction of red (blood) cells

Answer 19

erythrocytopenia

Question 20

physician who studies and treats diseases of the blood

Answer 20

hematologist

Question 21

study of the blood

Answer 21

hematology

Question 22

tumor of blood

Answer 22

hematoma

Question 23

formation of blood (cells)

Answer 23

hematopoiesis

Question 24

stoppage of bleeding

Answer 24

hemostasis

Question 25

condition of (body) temperature that is below (normal)

Answer 25

hypothermia

Question 26

pertaining to within a vein

Answer 26

intravenous

Question 27

abnormal condition of white (blood) cells

Answer 27

leukocytopenia

Question 28

inflammation of lymph nodes

Answer 28

lymphadenitis

Question 29

disease of lymph nodes

Answer 29

lymphadenopathy

Question 30

tumors of the bone marrow

Answer 30

multiple myeloma

Question 31

formation of bone marow

Answer 31

myelopoiesis

Question 32

inflammation of the muscle of the heart

Answer 32

myocarditis

Question 33

abnormal reduction of all (blood) cells

Answer 33

pancytopenia

Question 34

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the sac surrounding the heart

Answer 34

pericardiocentesis

Question 35

inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart

Answer 35

pericarditis

Question 36

excision of a vein

Answer 36

phlebectomy

Question 37

inflammation of a vein

Answer 37

phlebitis

Question 38

incision into a vein

Answer 38

phlebotomy

Question 39

removal of plasma

Answer 39

plasmapheresis

Question 40

inflammation of many arteries

Answer 40

polyarteritis

Question 41

excision of the spleen

Answer 41

splenectomy

Question 42

enlargement of the spleen

Answer 42

splenomegaly

Question 43

condition of a rapid heart (rate)

Answer 43

tachycardia

Question 44

abnormal reduction of (blood) clotting cells

Answer 44

thrombocytopenia

Question 45

dissolution of a clot

Answer 45

thrombolysis

Question 46

inflammation of a vein associated with a (blood) clot

Answer 46

thrombophlebitis

Question 47

abnormal condition of a (blood) clot

Answer 47

thrombosis

Question 48

(blood) clot (the clot itself, not the condition)

Answer 48

thrombus

Question 49

excision of the thymus (gland)

Answer 49

thymectomy

Question 50

tumor of the thymus (gland)

Answer 50

thymoma

Question 51

inflammation of a valve (of the heart)

Answer 51

valvulitis

Question 52

surgical repair of a valve

Answer 52

valvuloplasty

Question 53

radiographic image of a vein

Answer 53

venogram

Question 54

cancer of the lymph system

Answer 54

lymphoma

Question 55

surgical fixation of the spleen

Answer 55

splenopexy

Question 56

physician who studies and treats diseases of the immune system

Answer 56

immunologist

Question 57

the study of the immune system

Answer 57

immunology

Question 58

condition of cell eating (process by which a type of white blood cell surrounds and destroys a foreign substance)

Answer 58

phagocytosis

Question 59

radiographic imaging of blood vessels

Answer 59

angiography

Question 60

tumor composed of blood vessels

Answer 60

angioma

Question 61

surgical repair of a blood vessel

Answer 61

angioplasty

Question 62

instrument used for visual examination of (the inside of) a blood vessel

Answer 62

angioscope

Question 63

visual examination (of the inside) of a blood vessel (name of the procedure)

Answer 63

angioscopy

Question 64

narrowing of a blood vessel

Answer 64

angiostenosis

Question 65

narrowring, pertaining to the aorta

Answer 65

aortic stenosis

Question 66

radiographic image of the aorta

Answer 66

aortogram

Question 67

radiographc image of an artery

Answer 67

arteriogram