Chapter 7- Circulatory System

Question 0

Aort/o

Answer 0

Aorta

Question 1

Angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

Answer 1

Vessel

Question 2

Arter/o, arteri/o

Answer 2

Artery

Question 3

Arteriol/o

Answer 3

Arteriole

Question 4

Ather/o

Answer 4

Yellow fatty plaque

Question 5

Phleb/o, ven/o

Answer 5

Vein

Question 6

Venul/o

Answer 6

Venule

Question 7

Severe chest pain and constriction about the heart caused by insufficient supply of blood to the heart itself.

Answer 7

Angina Pectoris

Question 8

Irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat

Answer 8

Arrhythmia

Question 9

Enlarged size of heart

Answer 9

Cardiomegaly

Question 10

Abnormalities present in the heart at birth

Answer 10

Congenital heart defects

Question 11

Condition characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and edema in lower portions of the body

Answer 11

Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Congestive heart disease
Hearty failure

Question 12

Abnormal condition that affects the heart’s arteries and produces various pathologic effects, especially reduced flow of blood to the myocardium

Answer 12

Coronary artery disease (CAD)

Question 13

Heart damage resulting in from insufficient oxygen cause by pathologic changes in the coronary arteries

Answer 13

Coronary heart disease (CHD)

Question 14

Servere cardiac arrhythmia in which contractions are too rapid and uncoordinated for effective blood circulation

Answer 14

Fibrillation

Question 15

Soft blowing or rasping sound that may be heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope; not necessarily pathologic

Answer 15

Heart murmur

Question 16

Excessive lipids in the blood.

Answer 16

Hyperlipidemia

Question 17

Elevated blood pressure above the normal values of 120/80mm Hg in an adult over 18 years of age

Answer 17

Hypertension

Question 18

Necrosis of a localized area area of tissue caused by lack of blood supply to that area

Answer 18

Infarction

Question 19

A blood pressure below 95/60 mm Hg

Answer 19

Hypotension

Question 20

Deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium

Answer 20

Myocardial ischemia

Question 21

Defect in the wall separating the left and right sides of the heart.

Answer 21

Septal defect 
(Remember congenital or ASD or VSD)

Question 22

Serious condition in which blood flow to the heart is reduced to such an extent that body tissues do not receive enough blood. This condition can result in death.

Answer 22

Shock

Question 23

Adenoid/o

Answer 23

Adenoids

Question 24

Cervic/o

Answer 24

Neck (or the uterine cervix)

Question 25

Home/o

Answer 25

Sameness

Question 26

Lymphat/o

Answer 26

Lymphatics

Question 27

Splen/o

Answer 27

Spleen

Question 28

Thromb/o

Answer 28

Thrombus, blood clot