Exam 5: Cardiology /Cardiovascular System

When you build a medical word that means "process of recording higher sound," you would use all of the following word parts EXCEPT ________.

The largest artery in the body is the pulmonary artery.

The medical language definition of the word cardiomegaly is ________.

A patient that has phlebitis,by definition,has an inflammation of the blood vessels.

The artery in the upper leg is known as the ________ artery.

The patient had surgery to remove a weakness in the wall of an artery.This surgery is known as a/an ________.

In a patient with mitral valve prolapse,blood flows backward into the left atrium.This is known as regurgitation.

The heart has an extensive electrical system that initiates and coordinates its contractions.

The word electrocardiography contains what word parts?

Which structure is a double-layered membrane that secretes a slippery,watery fluid around the heart?

The contraction of the heart is known as ________.

Which of the following is NOT categorized as a blood vessel?

The word cardiothoracic contains what word parts?

The combining form ather/o- means "hard."

The words angioplasty and valvuloplasty both end in the suffix -plasty.How are these two surgical procedures alike and how are they different?

The brachial artery supplies blood to the ________.

The ________ valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle.

Angina pectoris is to myocardial infarction as ________.

The systemic circulation includes the arteries,capillaries,and veins everywhere in the body,EXCEPT the lungs.

A supraventricular beat means that an electrical impulse originated from an ectopic site that was ________ the ventricles.