Exam 5: Cardiology /Cardiovascular System

Endocarditis is inflammation and ________ infection of the endocardium lining a heart valve.

A myocardial infarction is ________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four valves in the heart?

Which is the primary accented syllable in the word vasculature (vas-kyoo-lah-chur)?

Auscultation of the heart is done at the PMI.Where is this located?

In what procedure is a balloon inflated within an artery to compress atheromatous plaque?

Inflammation and bacterial infection of the inner lining of a heart valve is called ________.

Of the following,which is the largest blood vessel.

The combining form angi/o- means "blood vessel;lymphatic vessel."

The combining form atri/o- means "atrium ________.________."

Which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word angioplasty (an-jee-oh-plas-tee)?

________ is the study of the heart and related structures.

In the pathway of the flow of blood,oxygenated blood in the pulmonary artery comes back to the heart and enters the heart at the ________.

If an EKG tracing shows bigeminy,there was a repeating pattern of ________.

All ________ carry blood away from the heart.

The purpose of the coronary arteries is to bring oxygenated blood to the ________.

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "inflammation of a vein"?

A sudden,temporary,but self-correcting decrease in the systolic blood pressure that occurs when the patient goes from a lying to a standing position is called ________.

The combining form vascul/o- means ________.

The combining forms phleb/o- and ven/o- both mean "________."