Which of the following is a factor you can control that contribute to heart failure?
a. race
b. gender
c. heredity
d. alcohol
d. alcohol
The ____________ is called the pacemaker of the heart.
a. atrioventricular heart
b. purkinje system
c. bundle of His
d. sinoatrial node
d. sinoatrial node
The development of the fetal heart is usually completed during the first ______________ of intrauterine life.
a. 2 months
b. 3 weeks
c. 4 weeks
d. 6 weeks
4 weeks??
The most common site for taking an adult pulse is the ____________ artery.
a. carotid
b. brachial
c. radial
d. femoral
c. radial
Cramping pain in the legs during walking is called:
a. claudication
b. shock
c. fibrillation
d. infarction
a. claudication
Another term for a heart attack is:
a. myocarditis
b. cardiomyopathy
c. transient ischemic attack
d. myocardial infarction
d. myocardial infarction
_________ pressure is the pressure exerted by blood on the walls of the vessels.
a. pulse
b. diastolic
c. blood
d. systolic
c. blood
__________ is used to analyze the size, shape, and movement of structure inside the heart.
a. electrocardiomyogram
b. electrocardiogram
c. cardiac catheterization
d. echocardiography
d. echocardiography
Blood test performed to determine cardiac damage in an acute myocardial infarction is:
a. angiogram
b. cholesterol
c. cardiac enzymes
d. triglycerides
c. cardiac enzymes
In the term infarction, the root infarct means:
a. necrosis of an area
b. process
c. tissue
d. blood
a. necrosis of an area
A waxy, fat-like substance found in the bloodstream of all animals is called:
a. lipoprotein
b. tissue plasminogen
c. cholesterol
d. carbohydrate
c. cholesterol
The heart is divided by a partition called the:
a. all of these
b. septum
c. atrium
d. ventricle
b. septum
A condition in which there is a lack of rhythm of the heart beat is:
a. arrhythmia
b. palpitation
c. murmur
d. fibrillation
a. arrhythmia
The buildup of fatty substances and hardening of the walls of an artery is called:
a. atherosclerosis
b. anastomosis
c. atheroma
d. arteriosclerosis
a. atherosclerosis
Which of the following acronyms describes a portable automatic device used to restore normal heart rhythm to patients in cardiac arrest?
a. AV
b. ADD
c. AED
d. ADE
c. AED
Which of the following terms is a medical diagnostic device used for recording the electrical impulses of the heart muscle?
a. electrocardiophonograph
b. EKG/ECG
c. echocardiograph
d. echocardiography
b. EKG/ECG
Which of the following is a factor that you cannot control?
a. overweight
b. smoking
c. lack of excercise
d. age
d. age
Which of the following terms if a surgical procedure to remove fluid from the pericardial sac?
a. valvuloplasty
b. paracardicentesis
c. pericardiocentesis
d. paricarditis
c. pericardiocentesis
The term systole means ______________ of the heart cycle.
a. contraction phase
b. filling of phase
c. dilation of phase
d. resting phase
a. contraction phase
An excessive amount of fatty substances in the blood is termed:
a. atherosclerosis
b. hyperlipidemia
c. triglyceride
d. lipidosis
b. hyperlipidemia
The most common symptom of a heart attack is:
a. angina
b. pectoralis
c. myodynia
d. carditis
a. angina
Which of the following is not a layer of the heart?
a. endocardium
b. myocardium
c. pericardium
d. exocardium
d. exocardium
Which of the following terms means an enlargement of the heart?
a. cardiometer
b. cardiomyopathy
c. cardiomagaly
d. cardiomegaly
d. cardiomegaly
The root angin (a) means
a. chest
b. to choke
c. vessel
d. pain
b. to choke
In the term sphygmomanometer, the combining form man/o means:
a. blood
b. pulse
c. artery
d. thin
d. thin
The average heartbeat for an average adult is between:
a. 50-100
b. 80-125
c. 60-100
d. 70-150
c. 60-100
The combining form angi/o means
a. artery
b. fatty
c. to choke
d. vessel
d. vessel