Exam 10: Cardiovascular System

Varicosities are dilations of veins.

Coarctation is another term for narrowing.

An accumulation and hardening of plaque in the coronary arteries is:

Paleness of skin is cyanosis.

Surgical repair of a valve is:

Which is a combining form for a vessel that carries blood away from the heart?

Difficult and/or painful breathing is called:

The use of a radionuclide to diagnose CAD, valvular or congenital heart disease, and cardiomyopathy is known as an exercise stress test.

An excessive amount of blood in the lungs is cardiomegaly.

A varicose condition of the external or internal rectal veins is:

The type of hypertension caused by another disease is:

A ____________________ monitor is a portable electrocardiograph that is worn to record the reaction of the heart to daily activities.

The bicuspid valve is the same as the ____________________ valve.

The plural of vena cava is ____________________.

Abnormal cardiac electrical pathways causing arrhythmias are destroyed during radiofrequency catheter ablation.

Which procedure stops the heart while surgery is accomplished through small incisions in the chest?

Which is NOT an area of the heart wall fed by the coronary arteries?

Lumin/o is a combining form for the ____________________.

The use of a cardiopulmonary machine to do the work of the heart during an open-heart procedure is:

A commissurotomy may be done to separate a stenosed mitral valve.