Medical Terminology Cardio

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".

(a)  

Medical term that defines elevated heart rate.

• tachycardia

• hypertension

• bradycardia

• arrhythmia

Define the correct medical term for slow or low heart rate.

• hypocardia

• bradycardia

• arryhthmia

• hypotension

What word means "disease of the heart muscle"?

• cardioendopathy

• pericarditis

• cardiomyopathy

• cardioneuropathy

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

(a)  

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

(a)  

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

• vasoconstrictor

• vasodepressor

• arterioconstrictor

• arteriodepressor