ch 6 disease quiz (Answer Key)

Localized, balloon-like dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery

• aneurysm

• sickle-cell anemia

• arrhythmia

• arteriosclerosis

Irregular heartbeat

• arteriosclerosis

• atherosclerosis

• arrhythmia

• aneurysm

Genetic disease in which the body manufactures red blood cells that are shaped like a crescent, rather than the normal disk, shape

• Congestive Heart Failure

• Hemophilia

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• hypotension

Condition of higher than normal blood pressure

• embolus

• hypertension

• hypotension

• arrhythmia

Condition of plaque buildup in the arteries

• arteriosclerosis

• atherosclerosis

• embolus

• myocardial infarction

Tissue death in the heart muscle resulting from an occluded (obstructed) coronary artery.

• myocarditis

• pericarditis

• myocardial infarction

• thrombophlebitis

Inflammation of a vein caused by the formation of a clot.

• varicose veins

• thrombophlebitis

• embolus

• heart murmur

Rare genetic disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to the absence of a clotting protein in the blood.

• Hemophilia

• Coronary Artery Disease

• Hypotension

• Peripheral artery disease

Enlarged, twisted, superficial veins, most commonly seen in the lower extremities.

• thrombophlebitis

• Peripheral artery disease

• Sickle-cell anemia

• Varicose veins

Abnormal sound heard during auscultation of the heart, such as a whooshing sound created by a valve not completely closing.

• heart murmur

• arrhythmia

• bradycardia

• tachycardia