MMSC 200 LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔hypercholesterolemia - ✔✔excessive/high levels of cholesterol in the blood (hi-per-
ko-les-ter-ol-E-me-a)
✔✔hypoxia - ✔✔deficiency of oxygen in tissues (hi-POK-se-a)
✔✔interventricular septum - ✔✔wall between the ventricles of the heart (in-ter-ven-
TRIK-u-lar SEP-tum)
✔✔mitral valve - ✔✔value between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart;
prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium; alternative name is
bicuspid valve (MI-tral valv)
✔✔mitral valvulitis - ✔✔inflammation of the mitral valve (MI-tral val-vu-LI-tis)
✔✔myocardium - ✔✔Thick middle muscle layer of the heart; heart muscle (mi-o-KAR-
de-um)
✔✔myxoma - ✔✔benign tumor the connective tissue in the heart tissue; these rare
tumors occur most frequently in the left atrium. (mik-SO-ma)
,✔✔normal sinus rhythm - ✔✔normal heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node;
usually 60 to 100 beats per minute (NOR-mal SI-nus RI-them)
✔✔oxygen - ✔✔gas inhaled and entering the bloodstream through the lungs (OK-si-jen)
✔✔pacemaker - ✔✔specialized nervous tissue (sinoatrial node) in the right atrial wall; it
beings the heart beat; a device that delivers electrical impulses to the heart to regulate
the heartbeat (PAS-ma-ker)
✔✔pericardiocentesis - ✔✔surgical puncture to remove fluid within the pericardial space
surrounding the heart
(per-i-kar-de-o-sen-TE-sis)
✔✔pericardium - ✔✔Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart (per-i-KAR-de-
um)
✔✔phlebotomy - ✔✔incision of a vein (for the removal of blood); incision of a vein (fle-
BOT-o-me)
✔✔pulmonary artery - ✔✔blood vessel carrying oxygen poor blood from the right
ventricle of the heart to the lungs (PUL-mo-ner-e AR-ter-e)
✔✔pulmonary circulation - ✔✔flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the
heart (PUL-mo-ner-e ser-ku-LA-shun)
✔✔pulmonary valve - ✔✔valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
(PUL-mo-ner-e valv)
✔✔pulmonary vein - ✔✔one of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the
lungs to the left atrium of the heart (PUL-mo-ner-e van)
✔✔pulse - ✔✔Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries (puls)
✔✔septum (septa pl) - ✔✔wall or partition; the interatrial septum lies between the atria
of the heart and the interventricular septum is between the ventricles of the heart (SEP-
tum; SEP-ta)
✔✔sinoatrial node - ✔✔sensitive nervous tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the
heart; pacemaker (si-no-A-tre-al nod)
✔✔sphygmomanometer - ✔✔instrument to measure blood pressure (sfig-mo-ma-NOM-
e-ter)
✔✔stethoscope - ✔✔instrument for listening to sounds in the chest (STETH-o-skop)
,✔✔systemic circulation - ✔✔flow of blood from body tissues to the heart and from the
heart back to the tissues (sis-TEM-ik ser-ku-LA-shun)
✔✔systole - ✔✔Contraction phase of the heart (SIS-to-le)
✔✔tachycardia - ✔✔fast/rapid heart rate (tak-e-KAR-de-a)
✔✔thrombolysis - ✔✔destruction of a clot/blood clot (throm-BOL-i-sis)
✔✔thrombophlebitis - ✔✔inflammation of a vein associated with formation of a
thrombus or clot (throm-bo-fle-BI-tis)
✔✔tricuspid valve - ✔✔valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle of the
heart (tri-KUS-pid valv)
✔✔valve - ✔✔A flap of tissue in the heart or a vein that prevents blood from flowing
backward (valv)
✔✔valvotomy - ✔✔incision of a valve (val-VOT-o-me)
✔✔valvuloplasty - ✔✔surgical repair of a valve (val-vu-lo-PLAS-te)
✔✔vascular - ✔✔pertaining to a blood vessel (VAS-ku-lar)
✔✔vasoconstriction - ✔✔narrowing of blood vessels (vaz-o-kon-STRIK-shun)
✔✔vasodilation - ✔✔increase in diameter of a blood vessel; widening of blood vessels;
vasodilatation (vaz-o-di-LA-shun)
✔✔vein - ✔✔thin-walled blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor (deoxygenated)blood
from body tissues back to the heart (vayn)
✔✔vena cava (venae cavae pl) - ✔✔Largest vein in the body; venae cavae (inferior and
superior) return blood to the heart from the body tissues (VE-na KA-va; VE-ne KA-ve)
✔✔venipuncture - ✔✔incision of a vein to remove blood (ve-ni-PUNK-chur)
✔✔venous - ✔✔pertaining to a vein (VE-nus)
✔✔ventricle - ✔✔one of two lower chambers of the heart (VEN-tri-kl)
✔✔venule - ✔✔small vein (VEN-ul)
, ✔✔adenoid hypertrophy - ✔✔increased development of adenoids (AD-e-noyd hi-PER-
tro-fe)
✔✔adenoidectomy - ✔✔removal/excision of the adenoids (ad-e-noyd-EK-to-me)
✔✔adenoids - ✔✔small masses of lymphatic tissue in the throat, close to the nasal
(nose) passageway (AD-e-noydz)
✔✔alveolar - ✔✔pertaining to the alveolus (al-VE-o-lar)
✔✔alveolus (alveoli pl) - ✔✔individualized section of an air sac in the lung; air sac in the
lung (al-VE-o-lus; al-VE-o-li)
✔✔anosmia - ✔✔loss/absence of the sense of smell (an-OS-me-a)
✔✔apex of the lung - ✔✔uppermost portion of the lung (A-peks of the lung)
✔✔apical - ✔✔pertaining to the tip of an organ (A-pi-kal)
✔✔apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing (AP-ne-a)
✔✔asphyxia - ✔✔deficient oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the bloodstream
leading to unconsciousness or death
(as-FIK-se-a)
✔✔atelectasis - ✔✔collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli (a-te-LEK-ta-sis)
✔✔base of the lung - ✔✔lower portion of the lung (bas of the lung)
✔✔bronchiectasis - ✔✔abnormal condition of the lung in which bronchi become
damaged and widened (dilated); usually secondary to infection; dilation of bronchi
(brong-ke-EK-ta-sis)
✔✔bronchioles - ✔✔small bronchial tubes; airways in the lungs that lead from the
bronchi to the alveoli (BRONG-ke-olz)
✔✔bronchiolitis - ✔✔inflammation of the bronchioles (brong-ke-o-LI-tis)
✔✔bronchodilator - ✔✔agent that dilated (widens) blood vessels and relieves
bronchospasm; a medication that relaxes and expands the bronchial passages into the
lungs; widens bronchi (brong-ko-DI-la-ter)
✔✔bronchopleural - ✔✔pertaining to a bronchial tube and pleura or pleural cavity
(brong-ko-PLOO-ral)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔hypercholesterolemia - ✔✔excessive/high levels of cholesterol in the blood (hi-per-
ko-les-ter-ol-E-me-a)
✔✔hypoxia - ✔✔deficiency of oxygen in tissues (hi-POK-se-a)
✔✔interventricular septum - ✔✔wall between the ventricles of the heart (in-ter-ven-
TRIK-u-lar SEP-tum)
✔✔mitral valve - ✔✔value between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart;
prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium; alternative name is
bicuspid valve (MI-tral valv)
✔✔mitral valvulitis - ✔✔inflammation of the mitral valve (MI-tral val-vu-LI-tis)
✔✔myocardium - ✔✔Thick middle muscle layer of the heart; heart muscle (mi-o-KAR-
de-um)
✔✔myxoma - ✔✔benign tumor the connective tissue in the heart tissue; these rare
tumors occur most frequently in the left atrium. (mik-SO-ma)
,✔✔normal sinus rhythm - ✔✔normal heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node;
usually 60 to 100 beats per minute (NOR-mal SI-nus RI-them)
✔✔oxygen - ✔✔gas inhaled and entering the bloodstream through the lungs (OK-si-jen)
✔✔pacemaker - ✔✔specialized nervous tissue (sinoatrial node) in the right atrial wall; it
beings the heart beat; a device that delivers electrical impulses to the heart to regulate
the heartbeat (PAS-ma-ker)
✔✔pericardiocentesis - ✔✔surgical puncture to remove fluid within the pericardial space
surrounding the heart
(per-i-kar-de-o-sen-TE-sis)
✔✔pericardium - ✔✔Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart (per-i-KAR-de-
um)
✔✔phlebotomy - ✔✔incision of a vein (for the removal of blood); incision of a vein (fle-
BOT-o-me)
✔✔pulmonary artery - ✔✔blood vessel carrying oxygen poor blood from the right
ventricle of the heart to the lungs (PUL-mo-ner-e AR-ter-e)
✔✔pulmonary circulation - ✔✔flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the
heart (PUL-mo-ner-e ser-ku-LA-shun)
✔✔pulmonary valve - ✔✔valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
(PUL-mo-ner-e valv)
✔✔pulmonary vein - ✔✔one of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the
lungs to the left atrium of the heart (PUL-mo-ner-e van)
✔✔pulse - ✔✔Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries (puls)
✔✔septum (septa pl) - ✔✔wall or partition; the interatrial septum lies between the atria
of the heart and the interventricular septum is between the ventricles of the heart (SEP-
tum; SEP-ta)
✔✔sinoatrial node - ✔✔sensitive nervous tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the
heart; pacemaker (si-no-A-tre-al nod)
✔✔sphygmomanometer - ✔✔instrument to measure blood pressure (sfig-mo-ma-NOM-
e-ter)
✔✔stethoscope - ✔✔instrument for listening to sounds in the chest (STETH-o-skop)
,✔✔systemic circulation - ✔✔flow of blood from body tissues to the heart and from the
heart back to the tissues (sis-TEM-ik ser-ku-LA-shun)
✔✔systole - ✔✔Contraction phase of the heart (SIS-to-le)
✔✔tachycardia - ✔✔fast/rapid heart rate (tak-e-KAR-de-a)
✔✔thrombolysis - ✔✔destruction of a clot/blood clot (throm-BOL-i-sis)
✔✔thrombophlebitis - ✔✔inflammation of a vein associated with formation of a
thrombus or clot (throm-bo-fle-BI-tis)
✔✔tricuspid valve - ✔✔valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle of the
heart (tri-KUS-pid valv)
✔✔valve - ✔✔A flap of tissue in the heart or a vein that prevents blood from flowing
backward (valv)
✔✔valvotomy - ✔✔incision of a valve (val-VOT-o-me)
✔✔valvuloplasty - ✔✔surgical repair of a valve (val-vu-lo-PLAS-te)
✔✔vascular - ✔✔pertaining to a blood vessel (VAS-ku-lar)
✔✔vasoconstriction - ✔✔narrowing of blood vessels (vaz-o-kon-STRIK-shun)
✔✔vasodilation - ✔✔increase in diameter of a blood vessel; widening of blood vessels;
vasodilatation (vaz-o-di-LA-shun)
✔✔vein - ✔✔thin-walled blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor (deoxygenated)blood
from body tissues back to the heart (vayn)
✔✔vena cava (venae cavae pl) - ✔✔Largest vein in the body; venae cavae (inferior and
superior) return blood to the heart from the body tissues (VE-na KA-va; VE-ne KA-ve)
✔✔venipuncture - ✔✔incision of a vein to remove blood (ve-ni-PUNK-chur)
✔✔venous - ✔✔pertaining to a vein (VE-nus)
✔✔ventricle - ✔✔one of two lower chambers of the heart (VEN-tri-kl)
✔✔venule - ✔✔small vein (VEN-ul)
, ✔✔adenoid hypertrophy - ✔✔increased development of adenoids (AD-e-noyd hi-PER-
tro-fe)
✔✔adenoidectomy - ✔✔removal/excision of the adenoids (ad-e-noyd-EK-to-me)
✔✔adenoids - ✔✔small masses of lymphatic tissue in the throat, close to the nasal
(nose) passageway (AD-e-noydz)
✔✔alveolar - ✔✔pertaining to the alveolus (al-VE-o-lar)
✔✔alveolus (alveoli pl) - ✔✔individualized section of an air sac in the lung; air sac in the
lung (al-VE-o-lus; al-VE-o-li)
✔✔anosmia - ✔✔loss/absence of the sense of smell (an-OS-me-a)
✔✔apex of the lung - ✔✔uppermost portion of the lung (A-peks of the lung)
✔✔apical - ✔✔pertaining to the tip of an organ (A-pi-kal)
✔✔apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing (AP-ne-a)
✔✔asphyxia - ✔✔deficient oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the bloodstream
leading to unconsciousness or death
(as-FIK-se-a)
✔✔atelectasis - ✔✔collapsed lung; incomplete expansion of alveoli (a-te-LEK-ta-sis)
✔✔base of the lung - ✔✔lower portion of the lung (bas of the lung)
✔✔bronchiectasis - ✔✔abnormal condition of the lung in which bronchi become
damaged and widened (dilated); usually secondary to infection; dilation of bronchi
(brong-ke-EK-ta-sis)
✔✔bronchioles - ✔✔small bronchial tubes; airways in the lungs that lead from the
bronchi to the alveoli (BRONG-ke-olz)
✔✔bronchiolitis - ✔✔inflammation of the bronchioles (brong-ke-o-LI-tis)
✔✔bronchodilator - ✔✔agent that dilated (widens) blood vessels and relieves
bronchospasm; a medication that relaxes and expands the bronchial passages into the
lungs; widens bronchi (brong-ko-DI-la-ter)
✔✔bronchopleural - ✔✔pertaining to a bronchial tube and pleura or pleural cavity
(brong-ko-PLOO-ral)
