HSC3537 Final Exam Questions With Accurate Answers

HSC3537 Final Exam Questions With
Accurate Answers

bicuspid - ANSWER The valve located between the left atrium and ventricle is the:

bicuspid

pulmonary

semilunar

tricuspid

S-A node - ANSWER The Pace-Maker is found in the right atria and is also called the:

V-A Node

A-V Node

A-S Node

S-A Node

Aorta - ANSWER The blood vessel that carries blood containing oxygen and nutrients
away from the heart to the body tissues (except the lungs) is the:

duct

venule

aorta

vein

vessel - ANSWER The combining forms angi/o- and vaso- all mean:

vein

valve

heart

vessel

steth/o-, pectero-, and thoroco- - ANSWER The combining forms that mean "chest" are:

steth/o-, pectero-, and thoroco-

,ech/o- and sond-

sterno- and omo-

masto- and mammo-

vessel : chest - ANSWER Angina Pectoris literally means:

vessel : clot

vein : pain

vessel : chest

artery : pain

apheresis - ANSWER The term that means separation or removal is:

crit

odynia

apheresis

poiesis

bradycardia - ANSWER The diagnostic term that means abnormal state of a slow heart
rate is:

arteriorrhexis

endocarditis

bradycardia

tachycardia

narrowing of the aorta - ANSWER The diagnostic term Aortic Stenosis means:

pain in the heart

narrowing of the aorta

hardening of the arteries

deficiency of blood cells

deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart - ANSWER The
diagnostic term Coronary Isch/emia actually means:

tumor composed of blood vessels

abnormal condition of a clot in a blood vessel of the heart

,deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart

inflammation of the lymph glands

arterio/scler/o/sis - ANSWER The diagnostic term that means hardening of the arteries
is:

arterio/scler/o/sis

cardio/valvul/itis

angio/card/itis

coronary thromb/o/sis

heart/muscle/disease/condition - ANSWER The literal meaning of the diagnostic term
Cardio/myo/path/y is:

a condition that causes poor blood circulation to the heart muscle

heart/muscle/disease/condition

poor blood flow/trauma

circulation/problems

congestive heart failure - ANSWER The inability of the heart to pump enough blood
through the body to supply the tissues and organs is called:

coronary occlusion

congenital heart disease

coronary thrombosis

congestive heart failure

aneurysm - ANSWER The diagnostic term for the ballooning of a weakened portion of an
arterial wall is:

varicose vein

myocardial infarction

aneurysm

embolus

leuk/emia - ANSWER The diagnostic term for a type of cancer characterized by an
abnormal increase in white blood cells is:

sarcoma

, hemophilia

leuk/emia

Hodgkin's Disease

phleb/otomy - ANSWER The surgical term for the incision into a vein to remove blood, to
give blood, or to give intravenous fluids is:

phleb/ectomy

phleb/otomy

spleen/opexy

angio/plasty

suturing of a vessel or to repair a vessel - ANSWER The surgical term Angi/o/rrhaphy
means:

surgical excision of a vein

suturing of a vessel or to repair a vessel

artery cutting

surgical fixation of the spleen

surgical repair of a blood vessel - ANSWER The surgical term Angioplasty means:

surgical excision of a vein

surgical repair of a blood vessel

suturing of a blood vessel

surgical fixation of the spleen

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty - ANSWER The surgical term for a
procedure in which a balloon is passed through a blood vessel to the area in which
plaque is formed is:

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

femoropopliteal bypass

venal ligation and stripping

aneurysmectomy



angiograph/y - ANSWER The procedural term for X-ray of the blood vessels after an