Word Parts | Anatomy | Pathology | Procedures | Hodge Podge |
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What combing form means heart?
cardi/o
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What is the largest of the arteries?
aorta
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What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
cardiomegaly
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What procedure is a radiographic study of blood vessels?
angiography
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What term means rupture of the heart?
cardiorrhexis
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What combining form means artery?
arteri/o
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What term means red blood cells?
erythrocytes
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What term means balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
aneurysm
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What procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve?
valvuloplasty
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What term means a pounding, racing heart?
palpitation
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What combining form means white?
leuk/o
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What term means the lining of the heart?
endocardium
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What term is also known as a heart attack?
myocardial infarction
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What procedure improves the blood supply to the heart muscle?
coronary bypass
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What fatty substance builds up on the walls of the arteries?
cholesterol
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What suffix means bursting forth?
-rrhage
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What large veins return blood to the heart?
venae cavae
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What term means inflammation of a vein?
phlebitis
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What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm?
defibrillation
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What term means to control bleeding?
hemostasis
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What combining form means vein?
phleb/o
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What are the upper chambers of the heart?
atria
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What is a foreign object circulating in the blood?
embolus
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What test measures electrical activity of the myocardium?
electrocardiography
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What procedure opens a partially blocked artery?
balloon angioplasty
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