Word Building and Practice

Images of a blood vessel is a(n) ______gram.

• angiogram

• myogram

______itis is inflammation of the aorta.

• aortitis

• neuronitis

Hardening of the arteries is ______sclerosis.

• arteriosclerosis

• atherosclerosis

_____sclerosis is hardening of the arteries with irregular plaque deposits.

• arteriosclerosis

• atherosclerosis

______ventricular relates to the atria and ventricles of the heart.

• atrioventricular

• aquoventricular

Disease of the heart muscle is _______ myopathy,

• cardiomyopathy

• neuromyopathy

An abnormal mass of blood vessels is a(n) ______oma.

• hemangioma

• hematoma

_______itis is inflammation of the pericardium.

• pericarditis

• perineuritis

Inflammation of a vein is ______itis.

• pericarditis

• phlebitis

A _____manometer is an instrument used to measure blood pressure.

• sphygmomanometer

• vasodepressor