Word Parts
Cardi/o
What part of the heart describes the membrane that encloses the heart?
Orthostatic Hypotension
Which term describes low blood pressure that occurs in a standing position?
Atherectomy
What procedure means the surgical removal of plaque buildup from the interior of an artery?
Varicose
What term is an abnormally swollen vein in the leg?
What combining form means blood vessels?
Epicardium
What part of the heart is the external layer of the heart?
Sepsis
What condition is known as an infection caused by the presence of bacteria in the blood?
Defibrillation
What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm?
Hemostasis
What term means to control bleeding?
Leuk/o
What combining form means white?
Myocardium
What is the middle and the thickest of the hearts three layers?
Embolism
What term means a sudden blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object, such as a blood clot?
Cardiac catheterization
What procedure is a record of the electrical activity of the myocardium?
Cardiomyopathy
What term is used to describe all diseases of the heart muscles?
-penia
What suffix means lack or deficiency
Atria
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
Phlebitis
What terms means inflammation of a vein?
Balloon angioplasty
What procedure is where a small balloon on the end of a catheter is used to open a partially blocked coronary artery?
Hemoglobin
What term is an iron-containing pigment of the erythrocytes that transports oxygen from the lungs to all the body tissues?
Phleb/o
What combining form means vein?
Venae Cavae
What large veins return blood to the heart?
Thrombosis
What term is a condition in which a blood clot forms within a blood vessel?
Carotid endarterectomy
What procedure means the surgical removal of the lining of the portion of a clogged carotid artery?
Sickle Cell anemia
What condition is when the red blood cells assume an abnormal sickle (cresent) shape