Cardiovascular diseases

The circulation loop that includes the lungs is the ____ loop

• cardiac
• systemic
• coronary
• pulmonary

The middle layer of the wall of the heart

• epicardium
• myocardium
• endocardium
• septum

small veins

• capillaries
• arterioles
• venules
• corpuscles

smallest blood vessels that allow for o2 and co2 exchange to take place

• arteries
• veins
• capillaries

Blood pressure is measuring pressure on

• a vein.
• an artery.
• an artery or a vein.
• the heart.

Pathological condition in which excess fluid accumulates in the pericardium.

• angina
• pericarditis
• hypotension
• cardiac tamponade

Fast heart beat.

• tachypnea
• arrhythmia
• tachycardia
• bradycardia

Localized, balloon-like dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery.

• aneurysm
• arteriosclerosis
• peripheral artery disease
• coronary artery disease

Condition of thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity in the arterial walls.

• atherosclerosis
• varicose veins
• thrombophlebitis
• arteriosclerosis

Inflammation of a vein caused by the formation of a clot.

• phlebitis
• emobolus
• thrombus
• thrombophlebitis