Medical Terminology #7 - Cardiovascular

What is a cardiologist?

• A member of the operating room team who provides hands-on assistance to surgeons

• A medical worker who helps patients with activities of daily living under supervision of an RN/LPN

• A physician who specializes in the treatment and care of the heart and blood vessels

• A non-invasive test that graphically shows electrical impulses of the heart

What does a surgical assistant do?

• Regulates arrhythmia using a device

• Specializes in the treatment and care of the heart and blood vessels

• Provides hands-on assistance to surgeons in the operating room

• Guides a thin, hollow tube through a blood vessel to the heart

What is the primary role of a certified nursing assistant?

• Helping patients with activities of daily living or other needs under supervision of an RN/LPN

• Restoring blood flow to the heart muscle through surgery

• Regulating arrhythmia using a device

• Listening to the heart for abnormalities

What does the term "coronary" refer to?

• The heart

• Blood vessels

• Reduced blood flow to the heart

• A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart

What does "vascular" relate to?

• Refers to the blood vessels

• Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands

• Ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort

• Heart surgery that restores blood flow to the heart muscle

What is "angina"?

• A blowing, whooshing, or rasping sound heard during a heartbeat

• A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart

• A stitch holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision

• Device that regulates arrhythmia

What is a "heart murmur"?

• A blowing, whooshing, or rasping sound heard during a heartbeat

• Fat, cholesterol, or other substances that build up in the walls of arteries

• A non-invasive test that graphically shows electrical impulses of the heart

• Ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort

What is a "myocardial infarction"?

• Heart attack

• Surgical cut made in the skin or tissue

• Ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort

• Thin, hollow tube guided through a blood vessel to the heart

What does "bypass" refer to in the medical context?

• Heart surgery that restores blood flow to the heart muscle

• Feeling the pulse in major arteries

• A stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision

• Refers to the blood vessels

What is a "pacemaker"?

• Device that regulates arrhythmia

• A non-invasive test that graphically shows electrical impulses of the heart

• Listening to the heart

• A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart