CCHI LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔leuk- - ✔✔white
✔✔eryth- - ✔✔red
✔✔cyan- - ✔✔blue
✔✔endo- / intra- - ✔✔within
✔✔inter- - ✔✔between
✔✔extra- - ✔✔outside
✔✔peri- - ✔✔around
✔✔trans- - ✔✔across
✔✔echo- - ✔✔using ultrasonic waves
✔✔-otomy - ✔✔making a cut in
✔✔-scopy - ✔✔using instrument for viewing
✔✔-stomy - ✔✔creating an opening
✔✔-emia - ✔✔blood condition
✔✔-itis - ✔✔inflamattion
✔✔-osis - ✔✔condition/disease
✔✔-pathy - ✔✔disease
✔✔muscle tissue - ✔✔produces voluntary and involuntary movt
✔✔epithelial tissue - ✔✔lining for internal organs
✔✔connective tissue - ✔✔supporting and protective tissue
✔✔nervous tissue - ✔✔allows nerve impulses between brain and body
,✔✔organs - ✔✔group of tissues
✔✔viscera - ✔✔internal organs
✔✔endiocardium - ✔✔layer within the heart
✔✔myocardium - ✔✔muscular layer in the middle
✔✔pericardial cavity - ✔✔layer surrounding heart
✔✔Oxygen-poor blood - ✔✔Enters the heart from the body and goes out to the lungs
✔✔oxygen-rich blood - ✔✔Enters the heart from the lungs and goes out to the body
✔✔systole - ✔✔ventricles contract, blood into lungs
✔✔diastole - ✔✔ventricles relax,
✔✔arteries - ✔✔blood away from heart
✔✔veins - ✔✔oxygen back to heart
✔✔capillaries - ✔✔connect arteries and capillaries
✔✔erythrocytes - ✔✔red blood cells
✔✔leukocytes - ✔✔white blood cells
✔✔platelets - ✔✔thrombocytes
✔✔myocardial infarction - ✔✔heart attack
✔✔cardiac arrest - ✔✔heart stops all together
✔✔angina - ✔✔Chest pain due to reduced blood flow
✔✔tachicardia - ✔✔heart beats too fast
✔✔arrhythmia - ✔✔heart beats irregularly
✔✔atrial filbrilation - ✔✔arrhythmia that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, etc.
✔✔cardiomyopathy - ✔✔diseases of the heart muscle
, ✔✔congenital heart defect - ✔✔problem in structure of heart
✔✔endocarditis - ✔✔infection of endocardium
✔✔heart murmur - ✔✔Turbulent blood flow in heart
✔✔heart failure - ✔✔When heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should
✔✔CCHI - ✔✔Certification commission for healthcare interpreters
✔✔Cardiovascular - ✔✔relating to the heart and the blood vessels
✔✔Blood vessel - ✔✔An elastic tube in body through which blood circulates
✔✔Artery - ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood (usually with oxygen) away from the
heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body
✔✔Vein - ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
✔✔Aorta - ✔✔main artery of body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory
system
✔✔Atrium - ✔✔a top chamber of the heart in which blood enters the heart
✔✔Ventricle - ✔✔a bottom chamber of the heart which pumps the blood out of the heart
✔✔Valve - ✔✔allows blood to flow through it in only one direction
✔✔Cholesterol - ✔✔Lipid found in certain foods and produced in body (liver and
intestines). The body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But high levels of
cholesterol in the blood can block arteries and increase the risk of heart disease.
✔✔Lipid - ✔✔a fat-like substance
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Build-up of fatty material, cellular waste products, calcium and other
substances on the inner lining of an arterial wall.
✔✔Atherosclerosis - ✔✔a disease when arteries harden and become narrower due to
the plaque.
✔✔High blood pressure Syn. Hypertension - ✔✔in an adult as a blood pressure greater
than or equal to 140 mm Hg systolic pressure or greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg
diastolic pressure.
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔leuk- - ✔✔white
✔✔eryth- - ✔✔red
✔✔cyan- - ✔✔blue
✔✔endo- / intra- - ✔✔within
✔✔inter- - ✔✔between
✔✔extra- - ✔✔outside
✔✔peri- - ✔✔around
✔✔trans- - ✔✔across
✔✔echo- - ✔✔using ultrasonic waves
✔✔-otomy - ✔✔making a cut in
✔✔-scopy - ✔✔using instrument for viewing
✔✔-stomy - ✔✔creating an opening
✔✔-emia - ✔✔blood condition
✔✔-itis - ✔✔inflamattion
✔✔-osis - ✔✔condition/disease
✔✔-pathy - ✔✔disease
✔✔muscle tissue - ✔✔produces voluntary and involuntary movt
✔✔epithelial tissue - ✔✔lining for internal organs
✔✔connective tissue - ✔✔supporting and protective tissue
✔✔nervous tissue - ✔✔allows nerve impulses between brain and body
,✔✔organs - ✔✔group of tissues
✔✔viscera - ✔✔internal organs
✔✔endiocardium - ✔✔layer within the heart
✔✔myocardium - ✔✔muscular layer in the middle
✔✔pericardial cavity - ✔✔layer surrounding heart
✔✔Oxygen-poor blood - ✔✔Enters the heart from the body and goes out to the lungs
✔✔oxygen-rich blood - ✔✔Enters the heart from the lungs and goes out to the body
✔✔systole - ✔✔ventricles contract, blood into lungs
✔✔diastole - ✔✔ventricles relax,
✔✔arteries - ✔✔blood away from heart
✔✔veins - ✔✔oxygen back to heart
✔✔capillaries - ✔✔connect arteries and capillaries
✔✔erythrocytes - ✔✔red blood cells
✔✔leukocytes - ✔✔white blood cells
✔✔platelets - ✔✔thrombocytes
✔✔myocardial infarction - ✔✔heart attack
✔✔cardiac arrest - ✔✔heart stops all together
✔✔angina - ✔✔Chest pain due to reduced blood flow
✔✔tachicardia - ✔✔heart beats too fast
✔✔arrhythmia - ✔✔heart beats irregularly
✔✔atrial filbrilation - ✔✔arrhythmia that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, etc.
✔✔cardiomyopathy - ✔✔diseases of the heart muscle
, ✔✔congenital heart defect - ✔✔problem in structure of heart
✔✔endocarditis - ✔✔infection of endocardium
✔✔heart murmur - ✔✔Turbulent blood flow in heart
✔✔heart failure - ✔✔When heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should
✔✔CCHI - ✔✔Certification commission for healthcare interpreters
✔✔Cardiovascular - ✔✔relating to the heart and the blood vessels
✔✔Blood vessel - ✔✔An elastic tube in body through which blood circulates
✔✔Artery - ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood (usually with oxygen) away from the
heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body
✔✔Vein - ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart
✔✔Aorta - ✔✔main artery of body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory
system
✔✔Atrium - ✔✔a top chamber of the heart in which blood enters the heart
✔✔Ventricle - ✔✔a bottom chamber of the heart which pumps the blood out of the heart
✔✔Valve - ✔✔allows blood to flow through it in only one direction
✔✔Cholesterol - ✔✔Lipid found in certain foods and produced in body (liver and
intestines). The body needs some cholesterol to work properly. But high levels of
cholesterol in the blood can block arteries and increase the risk of heart disease.
✔✔Lipid - ✔✔a fat-like substance
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Build-up of fatty material, cellular waste products, calcium and other
substances on the inner lining of an arterial wall.
✔✔Atherosclerosis - ✔✔a disease when arteries harden and become narrower due to
the plaque.
✔✔High blood pressure Syn. Hypertension - ✔✔in an adult as a blood pressure greater
than or equal to 140 mm Hg systolic pressure or greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg
diastolic pressure.
