Cardiovascular Terms Quiz

What is the medical procedure called that involves passing a catheter into the artery and inflating a balloon to widen the lumen of the vessel?

• Auscultation

• Angioplasty

• Exsanguination

• Fibrillation

Which term describes the use of a stethoscope to listen to body cavities and organs?

• Electrocardiogram

• Auscultation

• Ischemia

• Murmur

What is the term for a heart rhythm that is wild and uncoordinated, often referred to as a cardiac arrhythmia?

• Tachycardia

• Fibrillation

• Hemothorax

• Embolus

What is the medical term for blood in the chest cavity?

• Hemothorax

• Thrombus

• Plaque

• Embolus

Which term refers to a blood clot that is attached to a vein or artery?

• Embolus

• Thrombus

• Ischemia

• Murmur

What is the term for a rapid heart rate, usually over 100 beats per minute?

• Diastolic

• Tachycardia

• Systolic

• Perfusion

What is the process called when the heart is resting as the chambers refill with blood?

• Systolic

• Diastolic

• Patency

• Perfusion

Which term describes the condition where there is a loss of circulating blood volume?

• Exsanguination

• Ischemia

• Murmur

• Patency

What is the term for the process of supplying blood to tissues or organs?

• Perfusion

• Patency

• Plaque

• Embolus

What is the term for material floating in the blood that may stick in a vessel and occlude or stop blood flow?

• Thrombus

• Embolus

• Fibrillation

• Ischemia