Combined Set 8-14

The upper chambers of the heart are called the:
A. atria
B. pericardia
C. bicuspids
D. ventricles

atria

The lower chambers of the heart are called the:
A. bicuspids
B. pericardia
C. ventricles
D. atria

ventricles

The valve located between the left atrium and ventricle is the:
A. mitral
B. pulmonary
C. semilunar
D. tricuspid

mitral

_____ is an inflammation of the serous membrane lining inside the myocardium of the heart.
A. Cardiomyopathy
B. Carotid Stenosis
C. Endocarditis
D. Vascular Occlusion

Endocarditis

The combining forms angi/o- and vaso- all mean:
A. vein
B. valve
C. heart
D. vessel

vessel

The combining forms that mean "vein" are:
A. arterio- and vaso
B. ven/o- and phleb/o
C. atri/o- and athero
D. angio- and phlebo

ven/o- and phleb/o

__is the presence of an elevated number of mononuclear leukocytes in the blood.
A. monocytosis
B. septicemia
C. mononucleosis
D. cardiomyopathy

monocytosis

What abnormal heart sound is described as a low-pitched murmur?
A. bruit
B. rub
C. rumble
D. thrill

rumble

The suffix -graph in the term cardio/graph means:
A. formation
B. to separate
C. instrument used to record
D. abnormal reduction in number

instrument used to record

Angina Pectoris literally means:
A. vessel : clot
B. vein : pain
C. vessel : in chest
D. artery : pain

vessel : in chest

A non-controllable risk factor for heart attack is:
A. obesity
B. smoking
C. age
D. alcohol

age

The diagnostic term Aortic Stenosis means:
A. pain in the heart
B. narrowing of the aorta
C. hardening of the arteries
D. ballooning of the aorta

narrowing of the aorta

The diagnostic term Coronary Isch/emia actually means:
A. tumor composed of blood vessels
B. abnormal condition of a clot in a blood vessel of the heart
C. deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart
D. inflammation of the lymph glands

deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart

The diagnostic term that means hardening of the arteries is:
A. arterio/sclera/o/sis
B. cardio/valvul/itis
C. angio/card/itis
D. coronary thromb/o/sis

arterio/sclera/o/sis

The literal meaning of the diagnostic term Cardio/myo/path/y is:
A. heart/muscle/blood/condition
B. heart/muscle/disease/condition
C. poor blood flow/trauma
D. circulation/problems

heart/muscle/disease/condition

The inability of the heart to pump enough blood through the body to supply the tissues and organs is called:
A. coronary occlusion
B. congenital heart disease
C. coronary thrombosis
D. congestive heart failure

congestive heart failure

The diagnostic term Ar/rhythmia means:
A. obstruction of an artery in the heart
B. heart abnormality present at birth
C. vascular inflammatory disorder
D. variation in normal heart rhythm or contraction

variation in normal heart rhythm or contraction

Hemorrhage means:
A. blood bursting forth
B. pus overflowing
C. many red blood cells
D. internal bleeding

blood bursting forth

The diagnostic term for the ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall is:
A. varicose vein
B. myocardial infarction
C. aneurysm
D. embolus

aneurysm

What abnormal heart sound can be felt as a vibration?
A. thrill
B. gallop
C. rub
D. rumble

thrill

A controllable risk factor for heart attack is:
A. age
B. genetics
C. homocysteine
D. inadequate exercise

inadequate exercise

Which of the following isn't a vital sign?
A. respiration rate
B. blood pressure
C. muscle response
D. heart rate

muscle response

The diagnostic term An/emia means:
A. decrease in normal RBC numbers, iron, or hemoglobin levels
B. increase in RBC numbers, with varied shapes "crenated"
C. increase in hemoglobin and iron levels in RBCs
D. decrease in numbers of WBCs and crenated WBCs

decrease in normal RBC numbers, iron, or hemoglobin levels

_____ collected throughout the body drain(s) into the blood through two ducts in the neck.
A. lymphocytes
B. lymph
C. monocytes
D. stem cells

lymph

What is obstruction of blood vessels by a clot or any foreign substance called?
A. aneurysm
B. embolism
C. ischemia
D. hemorrhage

embolism

The surgical term Angioplasty means:
A. surgical excision of a vein
B. surgical repair of a blood vessel
C. suturing of a blood vessel
D. surgical fixation of the spleen

surgical repair of a blood vessel

Which of the following isn't an antihypertensive drug?
A. penicillin
B. calcium channel blockers
C. cardiotonics
D. diuretics

penicillin

The surgical technique that brings a new blood supply to heart muscles by detouring around blocked atherosclerotic coronary arteries is called a(n):
A. coronary artery bypass
B. cardiac tuning
C. venal bypass
D. mitral commissurotomy

coronary artery bypass

_____ is local or generalized swelling caused by excessive tissue fluids.
A. hypotension
B. edema
C. congestive heart failure
D. aneurysm

edema

The procedural term for X-ray of the blood vessels after an injection of contrast medium dye is:
A. angiograph/y
B. lymphangiograph/y
C. arterio/gram
D. aorto/gram

angiograph/y

ATHER- means _____, and refers to yellow fat.
A. fatty
B. porridge
C. bloating
D. blockage

porridge

A stroke is also known as:
A. ecchymosis
B. apoplexy
C. cardiac arrhythmia
D. patent ductus arteriosus

apoplexy

Macro/phage literally means:
A. Large/eater
B. Big/suction
C. Larger/cell
D. Large/bacteria

Large/eater

The device or instrument that is used to measure arterial blood pressure by hand is a:
A. cardiac catheterization
B. treadmill stress test
C. sphygmomanometer
D. sphygmostasis

sphygmomanometer

The study that uses ultrasound to determine the velocity of the flow of blood within a vessel is:
A. Cardiac Scan
B. Cardiac Catheterization
C. Treadmill Stress Test
D. Doppler Flow Studies

Doppler Flow Studies

The medical term Cardiology means:
A. physician who studies and treats disease of the heart
B. the science and study of the heart
C. pertaining to the heart
D. physician who studies and treats diseases of the blood

the science and study of the heart

With _____, blood flows backward through an incomplete pulmonic valve from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle.
A. pulmonic regurgitation
B. mitral regurgitation
C. tricuspid regurgitation
D. aortic regurgitation

pulmonic regurgitation

Which of the following is not a congenital heart defect?
A. atrial septal defect
B. cerebral vascular accident
C. tetralogy of Fallot
D. ventricular septal defect

cerebral vascular accident

Irregular and large hemorrhages under the skin is called:
A. angina pectoris
B. ecchymosis
C. edema
D. pulmonary artery thrombosis

ecchymosis

What is coagulated or clotted material that develops inside the vascular system?
A. thrombus
B. infarction
C. atheroma
D. embolism

thrombus

Septicemia is derived from the Greek word septikos, which means:
A. rotting
B. gangrenous or green
C. bloody
D. poison or putrefying

poison or putrefying

What is coronary artery disease most commonly caused by?
A. atherosclerosis
B. infarction
C. edema
D. congestive heart failure

atherosclerosis

The ______ is a double membranous fibrous sac that encloses the heart.
A. myocardium
B. epicardium
C. pericardium
D. visera

pericardium

The medical term Sy/stole actually means:
A. agent or nerve that enlarges the lumen of blood vessels
B. cardiac cycle phase where chambers contract raising blood pressure
C. abnormal or pathological condition of the blood
D. agent or nerve that narrows the lumen of blood vessels

cardiac cycle phase where chambers contract raising blood pressure

The phase in the cardiac cycle in which chambers relax between contractions is called:
A. lumen
B. dia/stole
C. auscult/ation
D. oc/clus/ion

dia/stole

What is a stricture of the carotid arteries in the neck that can lead to stroke called?
A. carotid edema
B. carotid athroma
C. carotid prolapse
D. carotid stenosis

carotid stenosis

Rheumatic fever is most commonly caused by:
A. septicemia
B. mononucleosis
C. herpes zoster
D. streptococcus pyogenes

streptococcus pyogenes

The word part conio- means:
A. heart
B. watery
C. vessel
D. dust

dust

Cardiomyopathy refers to having a problem with the _____of the heart.
A. muscle
B. valves
C. coronary arteries
D. purkinje fibers

muscle

The medical term Hyper/tension means:
A. to close tightly
B. blood pressure that causes a rapid heart rate
C. blood pressure that is below normal
D. blood pressure that is above normal

blood pressure that is above normal

An Em/bol/ism literally means:
A. state of oxygen deprivation within
B. state of a lump within
C. state of a localized clot
D. state of a moving clot

state of a lump within

A Pulmonary Infarction actually means:
A. pulmonary incompetence
B. slowed blood flow
C. lung blood flow blockage
D. pulmonary valve stenosis

lung blood flow blockage

The term _____ refers to the lack of development of normal numbers of erythrocytes in the blood.
A. Sickle Cell An/emia
B. Iron Deficiency An/emia
C. A/plastic An/emia
D. Sidero/blastic An/emia

A/plastic An/emia

A Macro/phage can also be classified as a/(an):
A. Erythrocyte
B. Leukocyte
C. Thrombocyte
D. Blastocyte

Leukocyte

Athero/sclerosis is a type of:
A. Coronary Ischemia
B. Arteriosclerosis
C. Lymphangitis
D. Angina Pectoris

Arteriosclerosis

The word part atelo- means:
A. incomplete
B. arteriole
C. blood serum
D. vein

incomplete

The word part phlebo- means:
A. blood
B. artery
C. vessel
D. vein

vein

Coronary Thrombosis may be a cause of:
A. mitral valve insufficiency
B. pulmonary valve atresia
C. aortic valve stenosis
D. myocardial infarction

myocardial infarction

The most important longitudinal heart study in the world is being conducted in what American City since 1946:
A. Dallas, Texas
B. Framingham, Massachusetts
C. Chicago, Illinois
D. Knoxville, Tennessee

Framingham, Massachusetts

The leading Cardiac Risk Factors are:
A. smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and hyper/cholesterol/emia
B. aging and loss of libido
C. hyperglycemia and anoxia
D. hypo/tension and high fat diets

smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and hyper/cholesterol/emia

Tiny blood vessels in the back of the _____ are viewed with a Ophthalmo/scop/e to help diagnosis Arterio/sclerosis, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and many other diseases.
A. eye
B. bladder
C. mouth
D. rectum

eye

A Stethoscope is placed over the heart to listen to the:
A. electrical impulses
B. blood pressure
C. coronary thrombosis
D. pulmonary valve

pulmonary valve

Sickle Cell Anemia includes the:
A. overproduction of platelets
B. overproduction of white blood cells
C. clumping of platelets vessels causing ischemia, infarction, and tissue necrosis
D. clumping of blood in vessels causing ischemia, infarction, and tissue necrosis

clumping of blood in vessels causing ischemia, infarction, and tissue necrosis

Your patient has a "pericardial" tamponade. The term pericardial indicates that the tamponade is located in the:
A. double sac enclosing the heart
B. great blood vessels of the heart
C. heart muscle
D. inside the serous layer of the heart

double sac enclosing the heart

Your patient was reported to have a "serosanguinous" drainage from their surgical wound site. This drainage would resemble:
A. blood
B. phlegm
C. pus
D. stool

blood

Which of the following is not a form of arteriosclerosis?
A. hypotensive
B. Moenckeberg medial
C. nodular form
D. retinal obliterans

hypotensive

A defect in the sinoatrial node is most likely to result in a/an:
A. arrhythmia
B. cardiomyopathy
C. endocarditis
D. myocardial infarction

arrhythmia

A patient diagnosed with "orthostatic hypotension" must be in what position in order to be diagnosed?
A. lying flat
B. lying with feet above head level
C. sitting
D. standing

standing

A patient with an "infarction" due to "stenosis" leading to "necrosis" means that the patient has a:
A. blockage leading to new blood vessel formation
B. blockage leading to tissue death
C. hemorrhage leading to tissue death
D. tumor leading to new blood vessel formation

blockage leading to tissue death

An embolism results from:
A. a detached thrombus
B. a stenosis
C. an occlusion
D. edema

a detached thrombus

A patient may display an ecchymosis after a/an:
A. arrhythmia
B. cerebral thrombosis
C. motor vehicle accident
D. myocardial infarction

motor vehicle accident

Ischemia of the myocardium may result in:
A. aneurysm
B. angina pectoris
C. atheroma
D. ecchymoses

angina pectoris

The Epstein-Barr virus causes a disease whose literal name is "one/nut or kernel." This disease is:
A. malaria
B. mononucleosis
C. rheumatic fever
D. trypanosomiasis

mononucleosis

The term for a patient with the condition which literally means "heart/muscle/disease/process of" has:
A. cardiomyopathy
B. endocarditis
C. lymphoreticulosis
D. rheumatic fever

cardiomyopathy

The lymphoid tissues located behind the nasal cavity are called:
bronchioles
adenoids
tonsils
paranasal sinuses

adenoids

Blebs are:
blood-filled blisters
puss-filled wounds
fluid-filled cavity
mucus-filled papules

blood-filled blisters

The double-sac membrane that covers each lung and lines the thoracic cavity is the:
pleura
peritoneum
mediastinum
pericardium

pleura

The medical term hypoxia means:
deficient oxygen in the blood
deficient carbon dioxide in the blood
excessive oxygen in the blood
excessive carbon dioxide in the blood

deficient oxygen in the blood

The area in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged is called the:
pleura
alveoli
bronchus
bronchioles

alveoli

What is the emergency procedure for dislodging bolus or other objects from the trachea or throat?
Heimlich Maneuver
Tracheostomy
Endoscopy
Schick Test

Heimlich Maneuver

Silicosis is also known as:
Grinder's disease
Pneumonoconiosis
Whooping cough
Croup

Grinder's disease

How is cryptococcosis diagnosed?
Endoscopy
Schick test
Mantoux test
Spinal tap and X-ray

Spinal tap and X-ray

The term Trache/os/tom/y actually means:
A. instrument used for visual examination of throat
B. stretching out, dilatation, or expansion of the lung
C. creation of an artificial mouth-like opening in the throat and neck
D. cut into or incision into neck

creation of an artificial mouth-like opening in the throat and neck

The word septum means:
fence or partition
nose
both nostrils
airway

fence or partition

The word parts Pleuro- and Costo- both mean:
Chest
Rough or Windpipe
Lung
Rib, Side

Rib, Side

The condition where the bronchi of the lungs are dilated outward is:
bronchi/ect/asis
pulmono/spasm
bronch/itis
broncho/pneumonia

bronchi/ect/asis

When lung tissue swells as a result of distention and loss of elasticity in the alveoli, the condition is called:
croup
asthma
pertussis
emphysema

emphysema

Colds are treated symptomatically, which means:
symptoms are unobservable
symptoms run their course
symptoms are ignored
symptoms are treated with medications

symptoms are treated with medications

The diagnostic term that is also referred to as whooping cough is:
emphysema
cystic fibrosis
asthma
pertussis

pertussis

The diagnostic term for a chronic respiratory disease characterized by paroxysms of coughing, wheezing, panting with shortness of breath is:
pertussis
influenza
asthma
croup

asthma

The word part Nario- means:
Nose
Throat
Diaphragm
Opening to nose

Opening to nose

Which of the following muscles are not involved in the breathing process?
scalene muscles
diaphragm
iliacus
intercostal muscles

iliacus

The word part Caputo- means:
Neck
Dilation
Tonsils
Head

Head

The word bronchus means:
trachea-like
windpipe-like
respiration
side

windpipe-like

A nebulizer produces a mist that causes:
hypoxia
bronchodilation
bronchoconstriction
vomiting

bronchodilation

The word part Laryngo- means:
Lip
Neck
Voice box
Tongue

Voice box

The medical term Emphysema literally means:
panting
puffed up
swollen
congested

puffed up

The medical term Asthma literally means:
gasping
panting
puffed up
hard to breathe

panting

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited exocrine gland disorder that causes thick secretions of _____ to accumulate in the lungs.
sweat
bile and pus
saliva and pus
mucus and pus

mucus and pus

The medical term diphther/ia literally means:
mucus/condition
covering/state
pus/disease
membrane/refers

membrane/refers