Medical Term. Chapter 5.

Which medication is administered to control irregularities of the heartbeat?

• antiarrhythmic

• digitalis

• beta-blocker

• anticoagulant

which term describes a medication that causes blood vessels to expand?

• tissue plasminogen activater

• vasodilator

• vasoconstricter

• calcium-channel blocker

Which term describes all diseases of the heart muscle?

• endocarditis

• pericarditis

• myocarditis

• cardiomyopathy

which term describes a medication that causes blood vessels to expand?

• tissue plasminogen activater

• vasodilator

• vasoconstricter

• calcium-channel blocker

which condition is characterized by attacks of pallor, cyanosis, and redness of the fingers and toes.

• supraventricular tachycardia

• Raynaud’s Disease

• peripheral vascular disease

• hypoperfusion

which term describes a fatty substance that travels through the blood and is found in all parts of the body?

• hyperlipidemia

• embolism

• triglycerides

• cholesterol

which type of anemia is characterized find absence of all formed blood elements?

• megaloblastic anemia

• pernicious anemia

• aplastic anemia

• thalassemia

Which device externally shocks the heart to restore a normal cardiac rhythm?

• automated external defibrillator

• implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

• Holter Monitor

• artificial pacemaker

What condition an irregular and quivering action of the atria?

• atrial defibrillator

• palpitation

• supraventricular tachycardia

• ventricular fibrillation

which term means a deficiency A blood passing through an organ or body part?

• hypoperfusion

• diuretic

• plasmaspheresis

• vasculitis