Exam 5: Cardiology /Cardiovascular System

Plaque on the arterial walls is characteristic of ________.

A patient undergoing a valvuloplasty is having surgery to reshape a heart ________.

________ are the smallest blood vessels in the body.

The smallest blood vessel in the body is a ________.

Because of the meaning of the suffix,a patient scheduled for an aneurysmectomy is going to have a ________.

Which section of the electrical conduction system of the heart is located just after the AV node?

The combining form carot/o-,as seen in carotid artery,means ________.

The two major veins of the body are the superior and inferior ________.

The combining form ventricul/o- means "________;ventricle."

How do calcium channel blocker drugs work and what are they used to treat?

In a patient suffering from pericarditis,the inflammation occurs inside the heart chambers.

The word endarterectomy contains what word parts?

All of the following would be part of a lipid profile blood test EXCEPT ________.

The outer wall of the pericardial sac is the ________ pericardium.

In mitral regurgitation,the blood flows ________.

The procedure to remove plaque from an occluded carotid artery is known as a carotid ________.

The largest artery in the body is the ________.

The ________ artery brings oxygenated blood to the shoulder and goes underneath the clavicle.

Which word means "elevated blood pressure"?

The prefix dys- has three meanings;but in the word dysrhythmia,the most accurate meaning of dys- is ________.