Exam 5: Cardiology /Cardiovascular System

Which artery is at the back of the knee?

The combining form claudicat/o-,as seen in intermittent claudication,means ________.

Vena cava is a Latin singular noun,and its plural is venae cavae.

The combining form my/o- means ________.

The combining form transplant/o-,as in the phrase heart transplantation,means ________.

Which layer of the heart is the muscular layer?

By the definition of the combining form,we can tell that endothelium is a ________.

Which is the primary accented syllable in the word angiogram (an-jee-oh-gram)?

The abbreviation for which surgery is pronounced as "cabbage"?

The combining form cardi/o- means ________.

Which of the following is one of the four heart defects seen in tetralogy of Fallot?

Which arrhythmia requires the insertion of a permanent cardiac pacemaker?

An electrophysiologic study is used to map the heart's conduction system in a patient with an arrhythmia.

The words arrhythmia and dysrhythmia are both spelled correctly.

Paroxysmal,as in the phrase paroxysmal tachycardia,refers to an episode that occurs suddenly and then goes away without treatment.

The part of the pericardium that is next to the wall of a cavity is called the visceral pericardium or the epicardium.

All of the following abbreviations refer to diseases of the blood vessels EXCEPT ________.

All of the following are used to treat an aneurysm,EXCEPT ________.

The tricuspid valve and mitral valve have chordae tendineae attached to their valve leaflets.

A ________ is a harsh,rushing sound made by blood passing through an artery narrowed and roughened by atherosclerosis.