Exam 9: Cardiovascular System

The lipid profile test determines levels of:

Describe the blood flow through the heart.Start from where the blood enters at the right atrium to where it leaves the heart.

Another name for the mitral valve is:

The bundle of His forms a part of the ________ system of the heart.

A pulse pressure over ________ points and under ________ points is considered abnormal.

Write the correct abbreviation for congestive heart failure:

The proper spelling for the term describing hardening of the arteries is:

An abnormally slow heartbeat is called:

A type of medication that increases the tone of the heart is called:

The average adult heartbeat is:

The term systole means ________ phase of the heart cycle.

The most common site for taking an adult's pulse in the doctor's office is the ________ artery.

________ pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries.

In the term telangiectasis,the suffix -ectasis means :

A waxy,fatty substance found in the bloodstream is called:

The SA node is the pacemaker of the heart.

The meaning of the abbreviation DVT is ________.

Thin nerve filaments that go to the ventricular muscle tissue are the ________.

The process of removing a blood sample from a vein is called:

The ventricles receive blood from the body.