Blood
What is the study of blood?
What is hematology?
What is intravenous (IV)?
What is pertaining to within a vein?
What would you call a doctor who specializes in treating the heart?
What is the combining form for artery?
What is arteri/o?
What would you use to visually examine blood vessels?
What is an angioscope?
Define thrombosis
What is an abnormal condition of (blood) clot?
What is the medical term for an incision into a vein?
What is phlebotomy?
What is the medical term for a fast heart beat?
What is tachycardia?
Hardening of the arteries or hardening of the fatty plaque
What is Arteriosclerosis?
What is an arteriogram?
What is radiographic image of an artery?
What is the term for an abnormal reduction of white blood cell count?
What is leukocytopenia?
What combining forms are used for veins?
What is ven/o or ven/i?
What is myocarditis?
What is inflammation of the muscle of the heart?
Define polyarteritis
What is inflammation of many arteries?
Define aortagram
What is a radiographic image of the aorta?
Define hemostasis
What is the stoppage of bleeding?
What is a superficial vein?
What is a vein lying close to the surface of the skin?
Define pericardiocentesis
What is a surgical puncture to aspirate fluid surrounding the heart?
What is the difference between an artery and a vein?
What is the arteries that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and are thicker, while veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart?
Define echocardiography
What is the process of recording the sound of the heart?
What is the medical term for the formation of blood cells?
What is hematopoiesis?
Define thrombophlebitis
What is inflammation of the vein due to blood clotting?
What is the medical term for pertaining to the atrium and ventricle?
What is atrioventricular?
What is an endarterectomy?
What is an excision within the artery?
Define Electrocardiogram
What is a record of electrical activity of the heart?