Exam 10: Cardiovascular System

A rare cancer of the cells that line the blood vessels is:

A disease in which the arterial walls become thickened and lose their elasticity, but atheromas are not present, is:

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve.

Removal of a vein is ____________________.

The amount of blood expelled from the left ventricle compared with the total volume filling the ventricle is called:

X-ray imaging of a vein using a contrast dye is ____________________.

Drugs that relax blood vessels by preventing the formation of a vasoconstrictor are:

Angiocardiography measures the electrical activity of heart muscle.

The tricuspid valve is on the left side of the heart.

Profuse secretion of sweat is:

Diuretics help the body form and excrete urine.

Mitral regurgitation refers to a backflow of blood into the left atrium.

A hole in the wall between the top chambers of the heart is:

Which type of medication acts on plasminogen, causing clots to disintegrate?

What is the waste product excreted by the lungs?

The inferior and superior venae cavae return blood to the left side of the heart.

Injection of a chemical solution into varicosities to cause inflammation and destruction of the lining of the veins so that blood flow is rerouted through adjoining vessels is:

The parietal pericardium is another term for the epicardium.

A rapid heartbeat is called:

The term for cardiac tissue death is myocardial ____________________.