Exam 10: Cardiovascular System

A protrusion of one or both cusps of the valve on the left side of the heart back into the left upper chamber is:

A murmur is an abnormal heart sound.

An abnormal sound heard when auscultating an artery is a(n) ____________________.

In TS, the T refers to tachycardia.

Use of a cardiopulmonary machine to do the work of the heart during open-heart surgery is ____________________ circulation.

Removal of hemorrhoids is:

The abbreviation for multiple-gated acquisition scan is ____________________.

Aneurysms are dilations of arteries.

An abnormal sound heard when auscultating an artery is a:

Another name for the bicuspid valve is the ____________________ valve.

Which type of circulation takes blood to and from the cells of the lungs?

A mass of fat or lipids on the wall of an artery is a(n):

An excessive amount of blood in vessels of the lungs is called:

The A in CAD refers to angina.

The area of the chest wall anterior to the heart and lower thorax is referred to as the ____________________.

The SA node of the heart is also known as the natural pacemaker.

Stenosis and sclerosis have the same meaning.

Inflammation of the lining of the heart and its valves is:

The term for a profuse secretion of sweat is ____________________.

After leaving the right ventricle, the blood travels through the aortic semilunar valve.