Week 3

Question 1

Angi/o

Answer 1

Blood vessel

Question 2

Di

Answer 2

Both, two

Question 3

Hyper

Answer 3

Excessive, above, more than

Question 4

Hypo

Answer 4

Deficient, below, less than

Question 5

Penia

Answer 5

Deficiency

Question 6

Sclerosis

Answer 6

Hardening

Question 7

Vaso

Answer 7

Pertaining to blood vessels

Question 8

Arrhythmia

Answer 8

An irregular rate of rhythm of you heart beat

Question 9

Blood pressure

Answer 9

Measurements of the pressure of blood on the wall of the arteries dependent on the action of the heart

Question 10

Diastole

Answer 10

The stage in the cardiac cycle during which the ventricle are relaxed and filling with blood

Question 11

Fibrillation

Answer 11

An uncontrollable twitching of muscle fiber of the heart

Question 12

Hypertension

Answer 12

Elevated blood pressure

Question 13

Ischemia

Answer 13

Decrease or lack of blood supply to an organ or part due to a constriction or obstruction of the blood vessel

Question 14

Systole

Answer 14

The stage of the cardiac cycle during with the ventricle contract

Question 15

Tachycardia

Answer 15

An accelerated heart rate

Question 16

Vasoconstriction

Answer 16

The narrowing of blood vessels

Question 17

Vasodilation

Answer 17

The enlargement of blood vessels