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Anatomy
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Procedures
Hodge Podge
100
What combining 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 abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel?
angiostenosis
200
What combining form means artery?
arteri/o
200
What term means red blood cells?
erythrocytes
200
What term means a balloonlike 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 involves implanting a piece of vein on the heart?
coronary artery bypass graft
300
What fatty substance builds up on the walls of arteries?
cholesterol
400
What suffix means a mixture or blend?
-crasia
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