Exam 4: Circulatory System

What is the name of the instrument used when a long, flexible tube is inserted into the heart chambers by way of a vein in the arm, leg, or neck?

Which term means removal of the thymus?

Which term means a decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel?

Pulmonary arteries transport deoxygenated blood to which part of the body?

What class of drug reduces cholesterol in the blood?

What is the name of the instrument that records electrical currents generated by the heart?

Which term means suture of the spleen?

What is the purpose of antihypertensives?

What is the meaning of asystole?

What is a general term that designates primary disease of the heart muscle itself?

Which term means any disease of a lymph node?

Syllables are shown for the following term. Indicate the primary accented syllable in the term by typing which numbered syllable receives the primary accent: 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. Effusion (uh-f -zhun)

Which of the following describes the sequence of blood flow (not all structures are included)?

Which of the following is a portable electrocardiograph?

Write the meaning of the abbreviation: SA ____________________

Which term applies to a pulse rate of 40 beats per minute at rest?

What is a coronary thrombosis?

All of the following are atrioventricular valves except which one?

What class of drug is commonly referred to as a "clot buster"?

If the following word is spelled correctly, write "Correct" as the answer. If not, correctly spell the misspelled word. Defibrilation ____________________