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100

What is the inner most heart layer tissue?

Endocardium



100

Aort/o

Aorta

100

What is the term for inflammation of the muscle layer of heart wall?

Myocarditis

100

The suffix -cardia is in reference to?

heart condition

100

The vessel with a thick smooth muscle layer is?

arteries

200

What are the 4 chambers of the heart?

Left Atrium

Right Atrium 

Left Ventricle 

Right Ventricle

200

Angi/o

Vessel

200

What is the general term for disease of the myocardium?

Cardiomyopathy

200

The meaning of the suffix in cardiomegaly — (-megaly)

enlarged

200

This is the largest artery in the body

aorta

300

What divides the left and right chambers of the heart?

Septum

300

Fibrin/o

Fibers

300

What is the definition of a cardiac arrest?

the complete stopping of heart activity

300

Identify the meaning of the prefix in tachycardia

fast

300

This structure sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs for oxygenation

pulmonary arteries

400

Which system carries blood from the heart to the body and from the body to the heart?

Systemic circulation

400

Sphygm/o

Pulse

400

What is Cardiomegaly?

enlarged heart

400
What is the suffix for destruction?

-lytic

400

The valves that separate the chambers from arteries are?

the semilunar pulmonary valve and the semilunar aortic valve

500

What is the term that describes the networks of tiny thin-walled blood vessels that connect arteries and veins?

Capillaries

500

Thromb/o

clot

500

Define coronary artery disease

Poor blood supply to heart muscle due to obstruction of coronary arteries

500

What is the meaning of the prefix ultra?

Beyond

500

The left atria and ventricle contain what kind of blood?

oxygenated blood