MED TERM c5

Question 1

What is another name for the pericardium?

Answer 1

The pericardial sac

Question 2

What is the name for the inner layer of the pericardium?

Answer 2

The Visceral Pericardium

Question 3

How many layers are there in the walls of the heart?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

What are the three layers of the heart?

Answer 4

epicardium, myocardium, endocarduim

Question 5

What type of tissue is the endocardium made of?

Answer 5

epithelial tissue

Question 6

Which arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium?

Answer 6

the coronary arteries

Question 7

What is the name of the wall that divides the two atria of the heart?

Answer 7

the interatrial septum

Question 8

Where is the tricuspid valve located?

Answer 8

between the right atrium and the right ventricle

Question 9

What node is located in the posterior wall of the right atrium near the entrance of the superior vena cava?

Question 10

What is pulmonary circulation?

Answer 10

The flow of blood only between the lungs and the heart.

Question 11

What are the three types of blood vessels?

Answer 11

Arteries, Capillaries, Veins

Question 12

What are the major arteries that carry blood upward to the head?

Answer 12

Carotid Arteries

Question 13

What percent of plasma is water?

Answer 13

91%

Question 14

Where are superficial veins located?

Answer 14

Near the body surface

Question 15

What are erythrocytes?

Answer 15

Red Blood Cells

Question 16

Where are neutrophils formed?

Answer 16

In Red bone marrow

Question 17

What is the most common type of white blood cell?

Answer 17

Neutrophils

Question 18

What is the least common type of white blood cell?

Answer 18

Basophils

Question 19

What is another name for thrombocytes?

Answer 19

Platelets

Question 20

What are the four major blood types?

Answer 20

A, AB, B, O

Question 21

About what percent of Americans have the Rh antigen?

Answer 21

85%

Question 22

What are the major blood gasses?

Answer 22

Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen

Question 23

What does CAD stand for?

Answer 23

Coronary Artery Disease

Question 24

What is coronary artery disease also known as?

Answer 24

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)

Question 25

What is the proper name for a heart attack?

Answer 25

Myocardial Infarction

Question 26

What is another name for CHF?

Answer 26

congestive heart failures

Question 27

What is the inflammation of the lining or valves of the heart?

Answer 27

Bacterial Endocarditis

Question 28

What is asystole?

Answer 28

The complete lack of electrical activity in the heart

Question 29

What is another name for supraventricular tachycardia?

Answer 29

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Question 30

What is another name for V-fib?

Answer 30

Ventricular fibrillation

Question 31

What is the abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel called?

Answer 31

angiostenosis

Question 32

What is embolism?

Answer 32

The sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus

Question 33

What is hypertension also known as?

Answer 33

Iron-deficiency anemia

Question 34

What is the most common form of anemia?

Answer 34

High blood pressure

Question 35

What is the radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium?

Answer 35

Angiography

Question 36

What does DSA stand for?

Answer 36

Digital subtraction angiography

Question 37

What medication is administered to lower blood pressure?

Answer 37

antihypertensive

Question 38

What is administered to control irregularities of the heartbeat?

Answer 38

antiarrhythmic

Question 39

What medication causes blood vessels to expand?

Answer 39

vasodilator

Question 40

What does CPB stand for?

Answer 40

cardiopulmonary bypass

Question 40

What does TST stand for?

Answer 40

Thallium stress test

Question 41

What is the acronym for automated external defibrillator?

Answer 41

AED

Question 42

Who is the physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating abnormatlies, diseases, and disorders of the blood and blood forming tissues?

Answer 42

Hematologist

Question 43

What is an abnormally slow resting heart rate referred to as?

Answer 43

Bradycardia

Question 44

What is orthostatic hypotension also known as?

Answer 44

Postural hypotension

Question 45

What test is performed to assess cardiovascular health and function during and after stress?

Answer 45

Stress Test

Question 46

What is the surgical repair of a heart valve?

Answer 46

Valvuloplasty

Question 47

What does PVD stand for?

Answer 47

peripheral vascular disease

Question 48

What is the term for the lower tip of the heart?

Answer 48

the apex