Exam 6: Diseases of the Cardiovascular System

The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle is named because it has _____.

The superior and inferior _____ deliver systemic blood to the right atrium.

Partitions called the interatrial and interventricular _____ separate oxygenated blood from deoxygenated blood in the atria and ventricles, respectively.

Cholesterol is transported throughout the systemic circulation by transport proteins called _____.

_____ is the major cholesterol carrier in the blood, and is also known as "bad" cholesterol.

_____ is a life-threatening emergency, a form of cardiac arrest.

The signs and symptoms of rheumatic fever begin approximately 2 _____ following the infection.

Endocarditis _____ consists of the infectious organisms and cellular debris enmeshed in a fibrous clot.

Infants born with Down syndrome and Turner syndrome have an increased risk for congenital heart disease.

A small patch of tissue called the _____ acts as the pacemaker of the heart.

In Raynaud's disease, the arteries suddenly contract, a phenomenon called _____.

Kidney disease can result in primary hypertension.

_____ is a thickening, narrowing, and hardening of the arteries.

_____, or lightheadedness, is a symptom of cardiac rhythm disorders.

Aneurysms are caused by blood pooling within the veins because of decreased, stagnated blood flow.

In _____ hypertension, the elevation in blood pressure results from some other disease.

Any condition that reduces the heart's ability to pump effectively or decrease venous return can cause shock.

Arteries continue to divide into smaller and smaller arteries, and eventually into vessels called _____, the smallest arteries.

Abnormal heart rhythms, or _____, develop from irregularity in impulse generation and impulse conduction.

Symptoms of atherosclerosis do not appear until the interior of the vein is occluded.