wotd vocab 1 - (wotd, heart, case study 1)

Question 1

cardiomegaly

Answer 1

cardio + megaly
heart + big (enlarged)
enlarged heart

Question 2

echocardiogram

Answer 2

echo + cardio + gram
reflected sound + heart + record
ultrasound of the heart

Question 3

amniocentisis

Answer 3

amnio + centisis
fetal membrane + to puncture
take sample of amniotic fluid for testing

Question 4

cirrhosis

Answer 4

cirrh + osis
yellow + condition
yellowing of skin and white of eyes (caused by disease liver + scar tissue)

Question 5

hyperlipemia

Answer 5

hyper + lip + emia
high + lipid + blood
high amounts of fat in the blood

Question 6

latrogenic

Answer 6

Iatro + genic
healer + caused by
illness caused by treatment/examiner

Question 7

polymyositis

Answer 7

poly + myos + itis
many + muscle + inflammation
inflammation of muscles

Question 8

xerostomia

Answer 8

xero + stom/a + ia
dry + mouth + condition
dry mouth condition

Question 9

erythrocyte

Answer 9

erythro + cyte
red + cell
blood cell

Question 10

hematemesis

Answer 10

hemat/o + emesis
blood + vomiting
vomiting blood

Question 11

polydipsia

Answer 11

poly + dips + ia
many + thirst + condition
excess thirst

Question 12

histology

Answer 12

hist + ology
tissue + study of
study of tissue

Question 13

otorhinolaryngology

Answer 13

oto + rhino + laryngo + logy
ear + nose + throat + study of
study of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat

Question 14

arteriomalacia

Answer 14

arterio + malacia
artery + abnormal softening
softening of the arteries

Question 15

cyanosis

Answer 15

cyan + osis
blue + condition
bluing of skin (due to lack of blood circulation)

Question 16

dysphagia

Answer 16

dys + phag + ia
difficult/painful + eating + condition

Question 17

aorta

Answer 17

large valve that carries oxygenated blood to the body

Question 18

superior vena cava

Answer 18

brings deoxygenated blood to heart from upper body

Question 19

pulmonary artery

Answer 19

brings deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

Question 20

pulmonary veins

Answer 20

brings oxygenated blood back from lungs to the heart

Question 21

right atrium

Answer 21

receives deoxygenated blood and empties into right ventricle

Question 22

tricuspid valve

Answer 22

lets blood flow from right atrium to right ventricle

Question 23

right ventricle

Answer 23

pumps deoxygenated blood to lungs

Question 24

inferior vena cava

Answer 24

bring deoxygenated blood from lower body to heart

Question 25

left atrium

Answer 25

receives oxygenated blood from lungs and empties into left ventricle

Question 26

bicuspid (mitral / atrioventricular) valve

Answer 26

lets blood flow from left atrium to left ventricle

Question 27

aortic valve

Answer 27

controls blood flow from heart to the rest of the body

Question 28

left ventricle

Answer 28

pumps oxygenated blood into aorta to body

Question 29

blood cholesterol

Answer 29

waxy substance in blood (fat)

Question 30

hypercholesterolemia

Answer 30

hyper + cholesterol + emia high + cholesterol + blood high cholesterol in blood

Question 31

cardiac ischemia

Answer 31

cardiac + isch + emia heart + oxygen + blood decrease in blood flow and oxygen supply

Question 32

collateral vessels

Answer 32

bypass channels

Question 33

angina pectoris

Answer 33

angina + pectoris pain + chest chest pain

Question 34

plaque

Answer 34

fats collect on artery walls

Question 35

myocardial infarction

Answer 35

heart attack

Question 36

right coronary artery

Answer 36

supplies blood to right side of heart

Question 37

left anterior descending coronary artery

Answer 37

supplies blood to the left front side of the heart

Question 38

left circumflex artery

Answer 38

supplies blood to back of heart (stems off left anterior descending coronary artery)

Question 39

thrombus

Answer 39

blood clot

Question 40

artery spasm

Answer 40

constriction of artery muscles

Question 41

necrosis

Answer 41

cell death

Question 42

zone of ischemia

Answer 42

outermost affected area

Question 43

cardiogenic shock

Answer 43

heart is too weak to pump blood

Question 44

pulmonary edema

Answer 44

weakened heart causes blood backup and leakage of plasma into lungs

Question 45

arrhythmia

Answer 45

rupture of heart wall/valve

Question 46

atherosclerosis

Answer 46

hardened, narrowed arteries

Question 47

the 2 types of lipoproteins

Answer 47

HDL and LDL

Question 48

HDL

Answer 48

high-density lipoproteins (good)

Question 49

LDL

Answer 49

low density lipoproteins (bad)

Question 50

platelets

Answer 50

blood-clotting system

Question 51

fibrinogen

Answer 51

protein produced by the liver

Question 52

embolism

Answer 52

obstruction of an artery by a blood clot

Question 53

inflammatory response

Answer 53

tissue is injured