Ch 8 - Circulatory System Self Test

Question 1

The upper chambers of the heart are called the:

Answer 1

atria

Question 2

The lower chambers of the heart are called the:

Answer 2

ventricles

Question 3

The valve located between the left atrium and ventricle is the:

Answer 3

mitral

Question 4

_______ is an inflammation of the serous membrane lining inside the myocardium of the heart.

Answer 4

Endocarditis

Question 5

The combining forms angio- and vaso- all means:

Answer 5

vessel

Question 6

The combining forms that mean “vein” are:

Answer 6

veno- and phlebo-

Question 7

______ is the presence of an elevated number of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood.

Answer 7

monocytosis

Question 8

What abnormal heart sound is described as a low-pitched murmur?

Answer 8

rumble

Question 9

The suffix -graph in the term cardiograph means:

Answer 9

instrument used to record

Question 10

Angina Pectoris literally means:

Answer 10

vessel : in chest

Question 11

A non-controllable risk factor for heart attack is:

Answer 11

age

Question 12

The diagnostic term Aortic Stenosis means:

Answer 12

narrowing of the aorta

Question 13

The diagnostic term Coronary Ischemia actually means:

Answer 13

deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart

Question 14

The diagnostic term that means hardening of the arteries is:

Answer 14

arteriorscleraosis

Question 15

The literal meaning of the diagnostic term Cardiomyopathy is:

Answer 15

heart/muscle/disease/condition

Question 16

The inability of the heart to pump enough blood through the body to supply the tissues and organs is called:

Answer 16

congestive heart failure

Question 17

The diagnostic term Arrhythmia means:

Answer 17

variation in normal heart rhythm or contraction

Question 18

Hemorrhage means:

Answer 18

blood bursting forth

Question 19

The diagnostic term for the ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall is:

Answer 19

aneurysm

Question 20

What abnormal heart sound can be felt as a vibration?

Answer 20

thrill

Question 21

A controllable risk factor for heart attack is:

Answer 21

inadequate exercise

Question 22

Which of the following isn’t a vital sign?

Answer 22

muscle response

Question 23

The diagnostic term Anemia means:

Answer 23

decrease in normal RBC numbers, iron, or hemoglobin levels

Question 24

_____ collected throughout the body drains into the blood through two ducts in the neck.

Answer 24

lymph

Question 25

_____ collected throughout the body drains into the blood through two ducts in the neck.

Answer 25

lymph

Question 26

What is obstruction of blood vessels by a clot or any foreign substance called?

Answer 26

embolism

Question 27

The surgical term Angioplasty means:

Answer 27

surgical repair of a blood vessel

Question 28

Which of the following isn't an antihypertensive drug?

Answer 28

penicillin

Question 29

The surgical technique that brings a new blood supply to heart muscles by detouring around blocked atherosclerotic coronary arteries is called a:

Answer 29

Coronary artery bypass

Question 30

_______ is local or generalized swelling caused by excessive tissue fluids.

Answer 30

edema

Question 31

A stroke is also known as:

Answer 31

apoplexy

Question 32

Macrophage literally means:

Answer 32

large/eater

Question 33

The device or instrument that is used to measure arterial blood pressure by hand is a:

Answer 33

sphygmomanometer

Question 34

The study that uses ultrasound to determine the velocity of the flow of blood within a vessel is:

Answer 34

Doppler Flow Studies

Question 35

The medical term Cardiology means:

Answer 35

the science and study of the heart

Question 36

With ______, blood flows backward through an incomplete pulmonic valve from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle.

Answer 36

pulmonic regurgitation

Question 37

Which of the following is not a congenital heart defect?

Answer 37

cerebral vascular accident

Question 38

Irregular and large hemorrhages under the skin is called:

Answer 38

ecchymosis

Question 39

What is coagulated or clotted material that develops inside the vascular system?

Answer 39

thrombus

Question 40

Septicemia is derived from the Greek work septikos, which means:

Answer 40

poison or putrefying

Question 41

What is coronary artery disease most commonly caused by?

Answer 41

atherosclerosis

Question 42

The _____ is a double membranous fibrous sac that encloses the heart.

Answer 42

pericardium

Question 43

The medical term Sy/stole actually means:

Answer 43

cardiac cycle phase where chambers contract raising blood pressure

Question 44

The phase in the cardiac cycle in which chambers relax between contractions is called

Answer 44

diastole

Question 45

What is a stricture of the carotid arteries in the neck that can lead to stroke called?

Answer 45

carotid stenosis

Question 46

Rheumatic fever is most commonly caused by:

Answer 46

streptococcus pyogenes

Question 47

The word part conio- means:

Answer 47

dust

Question 48

Cardiomyopathy refers to having a problem with the ____ of the heart.

Answer 48

muscle

Question 49

The medical term Hypertension means:

Answer 49

blood pressure that is above normal

Question 50

An embolism literally means:

Answer 50

state of a lump within

Question 51

A pulmonary infarction actually means:

Answer 51

lung blood flow blockage

Question 52

The term ____ refers to the lack of development of normal numbers of erythrocytes in the blood.

Answer 52

Aplastic Anemia

Question 53

A macrophage can also be classified as a

Answer 53

leukocyte

Question 54

Atherosclerosis is a type of

Answer 54

arteriorsclerosis

Question 55

The word part atelo- means

Answer 55

incomplete

Question 56

The word part phlebo- means

Answer 56

vein

Question 57

Coronary Thrombosis may be a cause of:

Answer 57

myocardial infarction

Question 58

The most important longitudinal heart study in the world is being conducted in what American City since 1946:

Answer 58

Framingham, Mass.

Question 59

Tiny blood vessels in the back of the ____ are viewed with a Ophthalmoscope to help diagnosis arteriosclerosis, diabetes, kidney disease, and many other disease

Answer 59

eye

Question 60

A stethoscope is placed over the heart to listen to the:

Answer 60

pulmonary valve

Question 61

Sickle Cell Anemia includes the:

Answer 61

clumping of blood in vessels causing ischemia, infarction, and tissue necrosis

Question 62

Your pt has a "pericardial" tamponade. The term pericardial indicates that the tamponade is located in the:

Answer 62

double sac enclosing the heart

Question 63

Your pt was reported to have a "serosanguinous" drainage from their surgical wound site. This drainage would resemble:

Answer 63

blood

Question 64

Which of the following is not a form of arteriosclerosis?

Answer 64

hypotensive

Question 65

A defect in the sinoatrial node is most likely to result in a:

Answer 65

arrhythmia

Question 66

A patient diagnosed with "orthostatic hypotension" must be in what position in order to be diagnosed?

Answer 66

standing

Question 67

A patient with an "infarction" due to "stenosis" leading to "necrosis" means that the patient has a:

Answer 67

blockage leading to tissue death

Question 68

An embolism results from:

Answer 68

a detached thrombus

Question 69

A patient may display an ecchymosis after a:

Answer 69

motor vehicle accident

Question 70

Ischemia of the myocardium may result in:

Answer 70

angina pectoris

Question 71

The Epstein-Barr virus causes a disease whose literal name is "one/nut or kernel/" This disease is:

Answer 71

mononucleosis

Question 72

The term for a pt with the condition which literally means "heart/muscle/disease/process of" has:

Answer 72

cardiomyopathy