Cardiovascular System Medical Terminology

What word means "hardening of the arteries with irregular plaque deposits"?

• atherosclerosis

• embolus

• thrombosis

• atheritis

What word means "image of a blood vessel"?

• arteriogram

• plebogram

• angiogram

• aortogram

What word means "hardening of the arteries"?

• arteriomalacia

• aortomalacia

• angiosclerosis

• arteriosclerosis

Type the word that means "inflammation of the aorta".

What word means "disease of the heart muscle"?

• cardioendopathy

• pericarditis

• cardiomyopathy

• cardioneuropathy

Type the word that means "relating to atria and ventricles".

What word means "an abnormal mass of blood vessels"?

• hemangiosis

• phlebosis

• hemangioma

• phleboma

What word means "inflammation of a vein"?

• phlebitis

• arteritis

• aortitis

• phlebosis

Type the word that means "inflammation of the pericardium".

What word means "agent that lowers blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels"?

• vasoconstrictor

• vasodepressor

• arterioconstrictor

• arteriodepressor