Cardiology & Vascular System: Key Terms and Concepts Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers) Already Graded A+

Cardiology & Vascular System: Key Terms
and Concepts Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
aorta [ Ans: ] aort/o

artery [ Ans: ] arteri/o

plaque, fatty substance [ Ans: ] ather/o

relating to blood or lymph vessels [ Ans: ] angi/o

slow [ Ans: ] brady-

blood or blood condition [ Ans: ] -crasia

heart [ Ans: ] cardi/o

mixture or blending [ Ans: ] -mix

red [ Ans: ] erythr/o

vein [ Ans: ] ven/o

white [ Ans: ] leuk/o

fast, rapid [ Ans: ] tachy-

clot [ Ans: ] thromb/o

blood, relating to blood [ Ans: ] hem/o

, white blood cells [ Ans: ] leukocytes

natural pacemaker [ Ans: ] sinoatrial node

myocardium blood supply [ Ans: ] coronary arteries

blood cells that fight parasites & allergies [ Ans: ]
eosinophils

bicuspid valve [ Ans: ] mitral

pumps blood into pulmonary artery [ Ans: ] right ventricle

smallest formed elements, help clotting [ Ans: ]
thrombocytes

foreign object in blood [ Ans: ] embolus

carries blood to body except lungs [ Ans: ] left ventricle

most common white blood cells [ Ans: ] neutrophils

hollow, muscular organ [ Ans: ] heart

cardiac muscle [ Ans: ] myocardium

external layer of heart [ Ans: ] epicardium

inner lining of heart [ Ans: ] endocardium

sac enclosing heart [ Ans: ] pericardium