Chapter 5 (Cardiovascular)

Question 1

Arteries

Answer 1

Large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.

Question 2

Capillaries

Answer 2

Microscopic blood vessels joining arterioles and venules

Question 3

Congenital

Answer 3

Pertaining to presence of a disorder at the time of birth, which may result from genetic or environmental causes

Question 4

Metabolism

Answer 4

Sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism

Question 5

Veins

Answer 5

Vessels that return deoxygenated blood to the heart.

Question 6

Cardiology

Answer 6

Medical, surgical, and therapeutic treatments of heart diseases. Generally consists of 3 types of specialists: Cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons.

Question 7

Cardiologist

Answer 7

Specializes in treating adults with cardiovascular diseases

Question 8

Pediatric cardiologist

Answer 8

Specializes in treating infants, children, and adolescents with cardiovascular diseases.

Question 9

Cardiac surgeon

Answer 9

Surgeon specialized in cardiovascular disease surgeries such as coronary artery bypass, angioplasty, pacemaker insertion, valve replacement/repair, heart transplants, and repairs of congenital heart diseases.

Question 10

Cardiovascular (CV) System

Answer 10

Heart, extensive network of blood vessels [arteries, capillaries, veins]. Aka “Circulatory system”: deliver oxygen, nutrients, and other essential substances to body cells and remove waste products of cellular metabolism.

Question 11

Systole

Answer 11

Contraction of the heart (top number of blood pressure)

Question 12

Diastole

Answer 12

Resting period between contractions when the heart fills with blood. (Bottom number of blood pressure)

Question 13

Angioplasty

Answer 13

Surgical procedure that opens a blocked artery by inflating a small balloon within a catheter to widen and restore blood flow in the artery.
[angi/o=vessel; -plasty=surgical repair]