Week 5/6 Terminology

Question 1

aneurysm

Answer 1

widening/ballooning of an artery from weakness of the arterial wall

Question 2

angiography

Answer 2

process of recording a blood vessel

Question 2

angioplasty

Answer 2

surgical repair of a blood vessel

Question 3

angina

Answer 3

chest pain from decreased blood flow (oxygen) to the heart

Question 4

arrhythmia

Answer 4

irregular heartbeat

Question 5

arteriosclerosis

Answer 5

abnormal condition of arteries hardening (hardening of arteries)

Question 6

atherosclerosis

Answer 6

abnormal condition of fatty plaque hardening (form of arteriosclerosis)

Question 7

bradycardia

Answer 7

heart condition of slow (slow heart rate)

Question 8

bruit

Answer 8

abnormal heart sound from blood rushing past arterial obstruction

Question 9

cardiomegaly

Answer 9

enlargement of the heart

Question 10

cardiomyopathy

Answer 10

disease of heart muscle

Question 11

cardioversion

Answer 11

turning of the heart (procedure to convert heart rate to normal rhythm)

Question 12

dysrhythmia

Answer 12

abnormal electrical activity in the heart causing abnormal heartrate

Question 13

ectopy

Answer 13

extra heart beats seen on an ECG tracing

Question 14

echocardiogram

Answer 14

record of repeated sound waves of the heart (heart ultrasound)

Question 15

electrocardiogram

Answer 15

record of the electrical activity of the heart

Question 15

embolus

Answer 15

mass (clot/plaque) that travels through blood/becomes lodged in a blood vessel

Question 16

endarterectomy

Answer 16

removal of the lining of an artery

Question 17

gallop

Answer 17

extra abnormal heart sounds heart on a cardiac exam

Question 18

hyperlipidemia

Answer 18

blood condition of excess fats (high cholesterol)

Question 19

hypertension

Answer 19

high blood pressure

Question 20

hypotension

Answer 20

low blood pressure

Question 21

ischemia

Answer 21

to hold back blood (inadequate blood supply due to blockage of blood flow)

Question 22

murmur

Answer 22

abnormal heart sounds produced by turbulent blood flow though heart

Question 23

pacemaker

Answer 23

small, implanted device that uses electrical impulses to correct arrythmias

Question 24

palpitations

Answer 24

sensations of abnormal heart rate (skipped/extra beats, heart is “racing

Question 25

pericardium

Answer 25

structure around the heart

Question 26

phlebitis

Answer 26

inflammation of a vein

Question 26

rub

Answer 26

abnormal heart sound (usually pericarditis)

Question 27

sclerotherapy

Answer 27

treatment of hardening (injection treatment for varicose veins)

Question 28

stenosis

Answer 28

narrowing, stricture

Question 29

syncope

Answer 29

fainting

Question 29

tachycardia

Answer 29

heart condition of fast (fast heart rate)

Question 30

thrombolysis

Answer 30

destruction, loosening of a blood clot

Question 31

thrombus

Answer 31

blood clot

Question 32

varicose

Answer 32

pertaining to a dilated vein

Question 33

vasospasm

Answer 33

involuntary contraction, twitching of a vessel

Question 34

agglutination

Answer 34

process of clumping, gluing

Question 35

anaphylaxis

Answer 35

against protection

Question 36

anemia

Answer 36

blood condition of without, not (deficiency of red blood cells)

Question 37

embolectomy

Answer 37

excision, removal of an embolus (plug)

Question 38

hematoma

Answer 38

tumor (collection) of blood

Question 39

erythrocyte

Answer 39

red blood cell

Question 40

hemophilia

Answer 40

attraction for blood (bleeding disorder from lack of blood clotting)

Question 41

hemophobia

Answer 41

fear of blood

Question 42

hemopoiesis

Answer 42

formation, production of blood

Question 43

hemostasis

Answer 43

standing still blood (stagnant blood)

Question 44

leukemia

Answer 44

blood condition of white (cancer developing from leukocytes – white blood cells

Question 45

leukocyte

Answer 45

white blood cell

Question 46

lymphadenitis

Answer 46

inflammation of lymph gland (node)

Question 47

lymphangiography

Answer 47

process of recording a lymph vessel

Question 48

lymphangioma

Answer 48

tumor of a lymph vessel

Question 49

lymphedema

Answer 49

swelling of lymph

Question 50

lymphopoiesis

Answer 50

formation, production of lymph

Question 51

macrophage

Answer 51

large swallowing, eating (type of white blood cell, phagocyte)

Question 52

mononucleosis

Answer 52

abnormal condition of one nucleus (“mono” acute viral infection)

Question 53

myelogenic

Answer 53

formed or produced in the bone marrow

Question 54

splenomegaly

Answer 54

enlargement of the spleen

Question 55

phagocyte

Answer 55

swallowing, eating cell (cell that carries out phagocytosis)

Question 56

thalassemia

Answer 56

blood condition of the sea (type of anemia, in people of Mediterranean origin)

Question 57

thrombolysis

Answer 57

separation, destruction, loosening of a blood clot

Question 58

thymoma

Answer 58

tumor of the thymus