Exam 5: Cardiovascular System

Antilipidemic medication lowers cholesterol levels in the bloodstream.

A medical term that means pertaining to the aorta is________.

Which blood vessels have the thickest smooth muscle wall?

A medical term that means record of a vessel is ________.

Which of the following surgical procedures removes the damaged inner lining of an artery?

Which of the following conditions involves severe chest pain caused by a deficiency of oxygen to the heart muscle?

Which of the following terms means enlarged heart?

A medical term that means pertaining to the atrium is ________.

The superior vena cava carries blood away from the heart.

Hypertension means low blood pressure.

Which of the following abbreviations stands for high blood pressure?

A murmur may or may not indicate a heart abnormality.

A medical term that means pertaining to between ventricles is ________.

Which of the following statements regarding the heart is FALSE?

Which of the following therapeutic devices is used to treat ventricular fibrillation?

The combining form that means artery is ________.

What is the name of the steel tube placed within a blood vessel?

A medical term that means narrowing of a vessel is ________.

The ventricles are the upper,pumping chambers of the heart.

Which of the following terms means process of recording a vessel?