Test: Chapter 5 - Cardiovascular System

Which combining form means chest?

• angi/o
• steth/o
• phleb/o
• sphygm/o

Which term means pertaining to between the atria?

• intraatrial
• interarterial
• interatrial
• transatrial

Which term means hardened artery?

• arteriosclerosis
• arteriostenosis
• angiosclerosis
• atherosclerosis

Which term means enlarged heart?

• cardiorrhexis
• cardiostenosis
• cardiosclerosis
• cardiomegaly

Which combining form is for a structure NOT found inside the heart?

• atri/o
• pulmon/o
• valvul/o
• ventricul/o

A heart specialist would be called a:

• cardiologist
• phlebotomist
• coronologist
• hemangiologist

Which term means high (excessive) pressure?

• hypermanometer
• hypotension
• hypertension
• supratension

Which term means process of recording a vessel?

• angiogram
• arteriography
• hemangiography
• angiography

What does the combing form doesn't mean vein?

• phleb/o
• ven/o
• vas/o
• varic/o

What combining form doesn't mean vessel?

• angi/o
• vas/o
• ventricul/o
• all mean vessel