which term means listening to the sounds within the body?
murmur
auscultation
sethoscope
bruit
the watery part of blood is called:
white cells
platelets
red cells
plasma
which term means a yellow fatty deposit of lipids in an artery?
stent
plaque
perfusion
which of the following terms means to flow backwards?
regurgitation
infarct
palpitation
which term means fast heart beat?
tachycardia
fibrillation
hypercardia
bradycardia
what is the name of the steel tube placed within a blood vessel?
cardioverter
the complete stopping of heart activity is called:
cardiac arrest
angina pectoris
bundle branch block
which conditions severe chest pain with a sensation of constriction caused by deficiency of oxygen to the heart is
coronary artery disease
congestive heart failure
myocardial infarction
in which condition is the heart muscle too weak to pump efficiently?
myocarditis
heart valve prolapsed
endocarditis
fibrillation means that:
the heart has suffered a heart attack
the heart is beating too fast
the heart has stopped beating
the heart beat is dangerously irregular
which term means blood destruction?
hemolytic
hematolytic
hemolysis
hemolytic and hemolysis
valve stenosis means the valve is:
too stiff
too large
too loose
which of the following is a floating clot that has broken off a clot somewhere else in the body?
thrombus
embolus
thrombophlebitis
hemangioma
blood cells are produced in the:
liver
spleen
thymus gland
red bone marrow
a weakened and ballooned artery is called a(n):
aneurysm
arteriosclerois
atherosclerosis
varicosity
which of the following conditions is a blood cancer?
leukemia
pernicious anemia
polycythemia vera
septicemia
which of the following conditions is caused by inflamed veins causing the formation of blood clots within the vein?
varicose veins
polyarteritis
which of the following diagnostic procedures measures cardiac fitness?
cardiac enzymes
stress test
coronary angiography
serum lipoprotein test
which term means red (cell) production?
leukopoiesis
erythropoiesis
thrombopoiesis
hematopoiesis
which of the following conditions is swelling caused by a blockage of lymph flow?
lymphangiography
lymphadenitis
lymphangioma
lymphedema
which term means pertaining to blood?
hematic
hematologic
sanguinous
both sanguinous and hematic
which term means fiber producing?
fibrogenic
fibrinolysis
fibrinogen
fibrotic
which term means clotting cell?
thrombocyte
erythrocyte
leukocyte
granulocyte
which term means too many white cells?
pancytopenia
leukocytosis
hematocytosis
leukocytopenia
which term means lymph gland inflammation?
lymphangiitis
lymphadenopathy
lympangiogram
which term means to cut into the spleen?
splenopexy
splenoplasty
splenectomy
splenotomy
