Word Parts Anatomy Pathology Procedures Hodge Podge
100
What combing form means heart?
cardi/o
100
What is the largest of the arteries?
aorta
100
What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
cardiomegaly
100
What procedure is a radiographic study of blood vessels?
angiography
100
What term means rupture of the heart?
cardiorrhexis
200
What combining form means artery?
arteri/o
200
What term means red blood cells?
erythrocytes
200
What term means balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
aneurysm
200
What procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve?
valvuloplasty
200
What term means a pounding, racing heart?
palpitation
300
What combining form means white?
leuk/o
300
What term means the lining of the heart?
endocardium
300
What term is also known as a heart attack?
myocardial infarction
300
What procedure improves the blood supply to the heart muscle?
coronary bypass
300
What fatty substance builds up on the walls of the arteries?
cholesterol
400
What suffix means bursting forth?
-rrhage
400
What large veins return blood to the heart?
venae cavae
400
What term means inflammation of a vein?
phlebitis
400
What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm?
defibrillation
400
What term means to control bleeding?
hemostasis
500
What combining form means vein?
phleb/o
500
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
atria
500
What is a foreign object circulating in the blood?
embolus
500
What test measures electrical activity of the myocardium?
electrocardiography
500
What procedure opens a partially blocked artery?
balloon angioplasty






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