Exam 7: Circulatory System

A general term that designates primary myocardial disease is:

Hypotension is:

Tachycardia is:

An excessive quantity of fat in the blood is called:

Tumors consisting principally of blood vessels or lymph vessels are called:

The mitral valve is also referred to as the _____ valve.

The sudden blocking of an artery or lymph vessel by foreign material that has been brought by the circulating blood is called:

_____ means blockage.

A severe cardiac arrhythmia in which contractions are rapid, uncoordinated, and ineffective is called:

A 74-year-old man underwent which operation when the blockages in his coronary arteries were too severe for a percutaneous procedure to be effective?

Removal of the tonsils is a(n) _____.

A term for a fat or fatlike substance is:

Severe pain and constriction around the heart caused by insufficient blood supply is called:

The membrane that forms the lining inside the heart is the:

A patient has excessive swelling in the external reproductive organs and the legs caused by obstruction of the lymphatic vessels by parasites. This is referred to as:

A 67-year-old woman had a stroke in which a blood vessel burst and a large amount of blood seeped into the brain tissue. The type of stroke she had was considered:

The smallest blood vessel is the _____.

A thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of the arteries is called:

Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart is termed:

Electric shock used to terminate cardiac arrhythmias is called: