test 47- heart and blood disorders

Question 1

the opposite of widening.

Answer 1

narrowing

Question 2

complete stoppage of the heart.

Answer 2

arrest

Question 3

inflammation of the heart muscle.

Answer 3

myocarditis

Question 4

tachycardia is a rapid ….

Answer 4

pulse

Question 5

irregularities in the heartbeat.

Answer 5

arrhythmias

Question 6

death of a muscle due to lack of blood.

Answer 6

infarction

Question 7

turbulent blood flow through a defective valve makes this sound.

Answer 7

murmur

Question 8

battery-operated device to make the heart beat normally.

Answer 8

pacemaker

Question 9

a healthy heart has 60-100 of these a minute.

Answer 9

beats

Question 10

…. veins are caused by defective valves in deep lower leg veins.

Answer 10

varicose

Question 11

angina pectoris chest pains are usually brought on by ….

Answer 11

exertion

Question 12

coronary heart disease is due to …. supply of blood to the heart.

Answer 12

restricted

Question 13

platelets and blood cells which collect on one site will cause this.

Answer 13

clot

Question 14

the person who provides a replacement heart.

Answer 14

donor

Question 15

the surgeon does this when he joins a piece of vein to the heart.

Answer 15

grafts

Question 16

one of these in a coronary artery will cause the muscle it supplies to die.

Answer 16

blockage

Question 17

atherosclerosis is a build up of fatty ….

Answer 17

deposits

Question 18

a completely new heart!

Answer 18

transplant

Question 19

abnormal swelling in a weakend arterial wall.

Answer 19

aneurysm

Question 20

insufficient …. and smoking can contribute to heart disease.

Answer 20

exercise

Question 21

a condition in which a valve outlet is too narrow.

Answer 21

stenosis

Question 22

it thickens arterial walls and narrows the artery.

Answer 22

plaque

Question 23

a gripping angina chest pain sometimes …. down the arms.

Answer 23

radiates

Question 24

air or liquid are used to …. the balloon in angioplasty.

Answer 24

inflate

Question 25

a section of the patient’s saphenous vein is normally used in …. surgery.

Answer 25

bypass