WORD WORK - CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question 1

Polycythaemia

Answer 1

Abnormal condition of increased number of RBC

Question 2

Haemostasis

Answer 2

Process of stopping bleeding

Question 3

Chezia

Answer 3

Elimination of waste/defecation

Question 4

Ptysis

Answer 4

Spitting up

Question 5

What is the abnormal condition of blood in urine?

Answer 5

Haematuria

Question 6

Thromb

Answer 6

Clotting

Question 7

Clotting

Answer 7

Thromb

Question 8

Stenosis

Answer 8

Narrowing

Question 9

Narrowing

Answer 9

Stenosis

Question 10

Sclerosis

Answer 10

Pathological HARDENING of tissue

Question 11

Pathological HARDENING of tissue

Answer 11

Sclerosis

Question 12

What is a MI?

Answer 12

MI = Heart Attack

Reduced blood flow in a coronary artery -> loss of oxygen supply to the heart

Question 13

Thrombus

Answer 13

Blood clot formed inside a blood vessel

Question 14

What is a cardiac arrest?

Answer 14

Heart stops contracting

Question 15

Leukocytosis

Answer 15

Abnormal condition of increased WBC

Question 16

Abnormal condition of increased WBC

Answer 16

Leukocytosis

Question 17

Anaemia

Answer 17

Abnormal condition of lack of/ no RBC

Question 18

Haemoglobin

Answer 18

Protein within RBC responsible for carrying oxygen

Question 19

Haematochezia

Answer 19

Abnormal condition of fresh blood in faeces/rectum