Exam 5: Cardiovascular System

An aneurysm is a ballooning (localized widening)of a vein.

Which of the following terms means to flow backward?

Which of the following conditions is NOT a congenital anomaly?

Which of the following statements regarding the conduction system of the heart is FALSE?

A medical term that means condition of fast heart is ________.

Which of the following abbreviations indicates an arrhythmia?

Which of the following conditions is caused by an inflamed vein causing the formation of blood clots within the vein?

Which of the following diagnostic procedures measures cardiac fitness?

A medical term that means pertaining to heart muscle is ________.

In which of the following conditions is the heart muscle too weak to pump efficiently?

Blood exits the left side of the heart into the:

A medical term that means pertaining to between the atria is ________.

Which layer of the heart is responsible for contracting to pump blood?

An embolectomy is a surgical procedure used to remove an aneurysm.

A weakened and ballooned artery is called a(n):

Which of the following conditions involves periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities of the body?

A suffix that means small is ________.