Exam 5: Cardiovascular System

Blood flows through the lumen of a blood vessel.

Which of the following combining forms means chest?

The combining form that means fatty substance is ________.

Regurgitation means to flow backward.

Which of the following surgical procedures uses a blood vessel obtained from another part of the body?

Angina pectoris may be a symptom of a heart attack.

Cardiac catheterization is used to record the electrical activity of the heart muscle.

Describe the three layers of the heart wall.

The abbreviation PDA stands for a congenital heart anomaly in which the connection between the aorta and pulmonary artery fails to close at birth.

Bradycardia means fast heartbeat.

The pulmonary valve is an atrioventricular valve.

The tip of the heart at the lower edge is called the apex.

Doppler ultrasonography is used to measure blood pressure.

Which arteries carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs?

A medical term that refers to the smallest of the arteries is ________.

The smallest arteries are called:

Which of the following terms is misspelled?

The leaflets that compose the flaps of valves are called cusps.

The largest artery in the body is the:

Myocardial infarction is a heart attack.