Chapter 6: Cardiovascular System

A patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) most likely has which of the following symptoms?

• Diarrhea

• Menorrhagia

• Dyspnea

• Euphagia

Which of the following is most likely to cause a stroke (by occlusion) or a heart attack (infarction)?

• Bruit

• Varicose veins

• Embolus

• Mononucleosis

Which of the following abbreviations represents a test or procedure?

• MR

• INR

• bpm

• MVP

Which of the following abbreviations means heart attack?

• HF

• LA

• RA

• MI

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• Anemia: reduction in the mass of circulating red blood cells (RBCs)

• Bruit: soft blowing sound caused by turbulent blood flow in a vessel

• Disseminated intravascular coagulation: serious condition in which widespread, microvascular blood clotting occurs while the patient has symptoms of hemorrhage

• Raynaud’s disease: a chronic disorder marked by increased numbers and mass of all bone marrow cells, especially RBCs, with increased blood viscosity and the tendency to develop blood clots

Which of the following terms would be used to describe a mouthlike opening into a ventricle?

• Ventriculostomy

• Ventricular

• Venoplasty

• Ventrolithiasis

The term electrocardiography means:

• Recording of the heart

• Electrical movement of the heart

• Record of heart activity

• Process of recording electricity of the heart

All of the following combining forms are matched with the correct definition EXCEPT:

• angi/o: thick

• hem/o: blood

• arteri/o: artery

• phleb/o: vein

All of the following combining forms are matched with the correct definition EXCEPT:

• aort/o: aorta

• cardi/o: heart

• hemat/o: blood

• vas/o: vascular

All of the following abbreviations are matched with the correct definition EXCEPT:

• PTT: partial thromboplastin time

• EKG: electrocardiogram

• LV: left ventricle

• BP: bradypnea