Med Term Exam 3 (Ch. 8)

Front 1

T/F: An abnormal bulging of an arterial wall is called an angiocarditis.

Back 1

False

Front 2

T/F: The relaxed stage of the heart muscle is measured by the diastolic blood pressure.

Back 2

True

Front 3

The term coronary found in the coronary artery derives means in Latin

Back 3

garland-like

Front 4

Select the combining form that means sound.

Back 4

ech/o

Front 5

A recording of a procedure in which the electrical events associated with the beating of the heart are evaluated is an:

Back 5

electrocardiogram

Front 6

The patient has a bulging of an arterial wall, caused by an acquired weakness of the arterial wall as blood is pushed against it. The patient has a diagnosis of an ________.

Back 6

aneurysm

Front 7

According to some ancient physicians, blood contains

Back 7

pneuma

Front 8

A term used to describe a lack of a regular heart rhythm is:

Back 8

dysrhythmia

Front 9

study of the heart

Back 9

cardiology

Front 10

Select the term that means inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.

Back 10

endocarditis

Front 11

T/F: Endarterectomy is surgical removal of a floating blood clot or embolus.

Back 11

False

Front 12

T/F: The primary symptom of an insufficient supply of oxygen to the heart is chest pain called angina pectoris.

Back 12

True

Front 13

T/F: Homer's epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, show lack of understanding of the appropriate function of the heart.

Back 13

True

Front 14

The upper chambers of the heart are called the:

Back 14

atria

Front 15

The term mitral means

Back 15

crown

Front 16

By analyzing word parts, you know that a thrombolytic medicine is used to dissolve blood ________.

Back 16

clots

Front 17

T/F: The combining form that means narrowness or constriction is thromb/o.

Back 17

False

Front 18

T/F: The most common term for chest pain is, simply, chest pain, abbreviated CP.

Back 18

True

Front 19

The medical term for a blood clot or foreign particle that moves through the bloodstream is:

Back 19

embolism

Front 20

The medical term for enlargement of the heart is ________.

Back 20

cardiomegaly

Front 21

This is an artificial scaffold used to prevent closure of an artery.

Back 21

stent

Front 22

The medical term for abnormally low blood flow to tissues is:

Back 22

ischemia

Front 23

A congenital defect in which the opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta that allows blood to pass across during fetal circulation before birth fails to close after birth is known as:

Back 23

patent ductus arteriosus

Front 24

simultaneous inflammation of many arteries

Back 24

polyarteritis

Front 25

The prefix tachy- means fast or ________

Back 25

rapid