What is the term for abnormal loss of blood from the circulation?
hemorrhage
100
What term is used to describe chest pain?
angina pectoris
100
What is the medical term for the presence of air in the thoracic cavity?
pneumothorax
100
A severe allergic reaction that can be fatal. It involves rapid inflammation and system wide spasm is called?
anaphylaxis
100
A pt has surgical repair of the nose. What is the surgery called?
rhinoplasty
200
Which blood component is responsible for carrying oxygen through the blood stream?
red blood cells
200
Which term in the scenario means “insertion of a narrow tube through a coronary vessel into the heart?”
cardiac catheterization
200
Any disease that involves an obstruction of air flow to and from the lungs is called:
COPD
200
Abnormal enlargement of the spleen is called what?
splenomegaly
200
Surgical removal of a lobe of the lung is called?
lobectomy
300
Which word indicates a blood disease that is transmitted by the bites of mosquitoes?
malaria
300
What is the correct word or word part to fill in the blank.
a-___________-ia: condition of loss of normal heart rhythm.
rrhythm/o
300
When referring to an upper respiratory infection, which body parts are affected?
nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx
300
The medical term for whooping cough is?
pertussis
300
A lab used to determine the amount of oxygen present in the arterial blood is called?
ABGs
400
A patient has a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood through the body, leading to congestion and edema in the tissues. This condition is called:
congestive heart failure
400
What is the correct word or word part to fill in the blank.
__________sclerosis: hardening or thickening of the arteries.
arteri/o
400
What is the medical term for collapsed alveoli?
atelectasis
400
What is the the correct spelling of the medical term for a common cold.
coryza
400
CXR is the abbreviation for:
chest x-ray
500
Rupture of RBCs that occurs when incompatible blood is transfused is called?
hemolysis
500
A procedure in which a blood vessel from another part of the body is used to channel blood around an occluded coronary artery is called?
CABG
500
An inability to breathe lying down, causing pt to sit straight up is called?
orthopnea
500
What word means literally, “without blood?” Types include sickle cell, deficiency, aplastic, pernicious.