Word Parts
What combining form means heart?
Cardi/o
What is the largest of the arteries?
Aorta
What term means abnormal enlargement of the heart?
Cardiomegaly
What procedure is an x-ray of blood vessels?
Angiography
Carditis
What combining form means artery?
Arteri/o
What term means red blood cells?
Erythrocytes
What term means a balloon-like enlargement of an artery?
Aneurysm
What procedure is the surgical repair of a heart valve?
Valvuloplasty
What term means a pounding, racing heart?
Palpitation
What combining form means white?
Leuk/o
What term means the lining of the heart?
Endocardium
What term is known as a heart attack?
Myocardial Infraction
What procedure involves implanting a piece of vein on the heart?
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
What fatty substance builds up on the walls of arteries?
Cholesterol
What suffix means a mixture or blending?
-Crasia
What large veins return blood to the heart?
Venae Cavae
What term means inflammation of a vein?
Phlebitis
What procedure uses electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm?
Defibrillation
What term means to control bleeding?
Hemostasis
What combining form means vein?
Phleb/o
What are the upper chambers of the heart?
Atria
What is a foreign object circulating in the blood?
Embolus
What test measures electrical activity of the myocardium?
Electrocardiography
What procedure opens a partially blocked artery?
Ballon Angioplasty