PHS Cardiovascular System Vocabulary Exam

Fill in the blank: _______ is the recording of the blood vessels.

• Angiography

• Electrocardiography

• Spirometry

• Echocardiography

Fill in the blank: _______ is a condition of tissue death of an artery.

• Ischemia

• angionecrosis

• Gangrene

• Aneurysm

Fill in the blank: _______ is the narrowing of a blood vessel.

• Aneurysm

• Dilation

• angiostenosis

• Aneurysm

Fill in the blank: _______ is the abnormal hardening of the arteries.

• Pericarditis

• Osteoporosis

• Arthritis

• Atherosclerosis

Fill in the blank: _______ is the electrical recording of the heart.

• Electrocardiogram (ECG)

• Electroencephalogram (EEG)

• Electromyogram (EMG)

• Electrooculogram (EOG)

Fill in the blank: _______ is a tumor of a blood vessel.

• lipoma

• hemangioma

• fibroma

• osteoma

Fill in the blank: _______ means to control bleeding.

• ischemia

• Hemorrhage

• Thrombosis

• Hemostasis

Fill in the blank: _______ means to eat or swallow a cell.

• Phagocytosis

• Pinocytosis

• Exocytosis

• Endocytosis

Fill in the blank: _______ is the inflammation of a vein.

• phlebitis

• arthritis

• dermatitis

• neuritis

Fill in the blank: _______ is a cell that clots, also known as a platelet.

• thrombocyte

• neuron

• erythrocyte

• leukocyte