Ch. 6.2 - Cardiovascular System

20 Question in total

Hight-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is considered “bad” cholesterol

False

term describe a condition “involving an enlarged heart”

cardiomegaly

combining form refers to the “aorta”

aort/o

result form severe infection and inflammation

septic shock

refer to “surgical repair of a blood vessel”

anioplasty

the Blood component made up mostly of red blood cells

hematocrit

combining form means vein and is a synonym for ven/o

phleb/o

refers to “an large, palpable type of spider vein that is usually purple”

venulectasia

combining forms refers to the heart

coron/o

terms refers to “inflammation of the arterioles”

arteriolitis

the thin layer of white blood cells and plates in a centrifuged blood sample

buffy coat

combining forms can refer generally to “a blood vessel, but also to the vas deferens in a different context”

vas/o

refer to “mass of blood”

hematoma

blood vessels transport blood throughout the body. They provide the physical site where gases, nutrients, and other substances are exchanged with body cells. A/An (1)______ is a blood vessels that carries blood away from the heart. It branches into smaller vessels called (2) ______, and they further branch into tiny (3) _____, where nutrients and wastes are exchanged. The capillaries then combine to form (4) ____, a larger blood vessel that returns blood to the heart.

1. artery

2. arterioles

3. capillaries

4. venules

the correct spelling for the liquid part of blood that consists of water, proteins, and hormones

plasma

procedures is an incision into the mediastinum

mediastinotomy

conditions refers to “hardening of the arteries”

arteriosclerosis

arteriosclerosis is characterized by a build-up of plaque along the walls of the arteries

True

refers to “blood” and is synonym of “ hem/o”

hemat/o