Cardiovascular System
Which heart chamber pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta for systemic circulation?
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle
Left ventricle
Which of the following is a major organ of the lymphatic system?
a. Pancreas
b. Liver
c. Spleen
d. Stomach
Spleen
Which combining form refers to blood vessels?
A. ven/o
B. thromb/o
C. angi/o
D. sphygm/o
angi/o
Which combining form refers to the spleen?
A. aden/o
B. immun/o
C. thym/o
D. splen/o
splen/o
Which of the following conditions involves the localized inflammation of a vein?
a. Thrombophlebitis
b. Varicosities
c. Phlebitis
d. Sickle cell anemia
Phlebitis
Which device includes a small battery-powered pulse generator with electrode catheters inserted into a vein and threaded through the vena cava, one to the right atrium and the other into the right ventricle at the apex?
a. Defibrillator
b. Artificial pacemaker
c. Stent
d. Angioplasty
Artificial pacemaker
A diabetic patient is considered to have hypertension if the blood pressure is consistently elevated above:
a. 160/100.
b. 130/70.
c. 110/40.
d. 160/100.
140/90.
Which combining form refers to a blood clot?
A. sphygm/o
B. cardi/o
C. hem/o
D. thromb/o
thromb/o
Which combining form means protection or immunity?
A. tox/o
B. leuk/o
C. phag/o
D. immun/o
immun/o
Which structure provides a large surface area where oxygen and nutrients move into body tissues and waste products are removed?
a. Capillary bed
b. Vena cava
c. Arteriole branch
d. Infarction
Capillary bed
Which term describes an abnormality in the heart‛s rhythm, causing irregular, too fast, or too slow heartbeats?
a. Arrhythmia
b. Carditis
c. Aneurysm
d. Cardiac arrest
Arrhythmia
Which lymphatic structures intercept antigens invading the upper respiratory tract?
a. Tonsils or adenoids
b. Appendix and small intestine
c. Peyer‛s patches
d. Spleen and bone marrow
Tonsils or adenoids
Which combining form means pulse?
A. electrocardi/o
B. angi/o
C. sphygm/o
D. ven/o
sphygm/o
____________________ means thymus gland
a. aden/o
b. phag/o
c. sphygm/o
d. thym/o
thym/o
The tricuspid valve is located between the:
a. left atrium and right ventricle.
b. right atrium and left ventricle.
c. left atrium and ventricle.
d. right atrium and ventricle.
right atrium and ventricle.
Which type of T lymphocytes produce lymphokines, which assist other lymphocytes and phagocytes in performing their functions?
a. Memory T cells
b. Killer T cells
c. Helper T cells
d. Suppressor T cells
Helper T cells
The term “leukocyte” refers to a:
A. Platelet
B. White blood cell
C. Red blood cell
D. Antibody
White blood cell
Which term means surgical removal of the spleen?
A. Splenectomy
B. Splenopathy
C. Splenitis
D. Splenomegaly
Splenectomy
Which of the following is a disease in which the walls of the ventricles of the heart are markedly thickened?
a. Embolism
b. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
c. Myocardial infarction
d. Leukemia
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
About a month or two after infection with HIV, people may exhibit which of the following symptoms?
a. Rashes and dry skin
b. purplish blotches on the skin
c. Headache, fever, and fatigue
d. Yeast infection in the mouth and esophagus
Headache, fever, and fatigue
The term “hematology” is the study of:
A. Pulse rate
B. The heart
C. Blood
D. Blood vessels
Blood
The medical term “tonsillitis” means:
A. Inflammation of the tonsils
B. Enlargement of the tonsils
C. Infection of the spleen
D. Disease of the lymph nodes
Inflammation of the tonsils