WorksheetsCardiovascular System Medical Terminology Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 26mins
What does the medical term 'angi/o' refer to?
Vein
Blood vessel
Lung
Heart
Which term means 'narrowing'?
Constrict/o
Dilat/o
Tens/o
Stenosis
What does the term 'phleb/o' refer to?
Blood vessel
Heart
Vein
Lung
Which term means 'fast'?
Systol/o
Tachy-
Brady-
Dia-
What does the medical term 'hyper' indicate?
Below normal; deficient
Above normal; excessive
Normal
through
Which term means 'surgical removal; excision'?
-ation
-ectomy
-stomy
-tomy
What does the term 'ECG, EKG' stand for?
Hypertension
Electrocardiogram
Condition
Surgical opening
Which term means 'abnormal condition'?
-emia
-pathy
-ive
-osis
What does the medical term 'AV' refer to?
Blood pressure
Coronary artery
Atrioventricular
Beats per minute
Which term means 'process of recording'?
-gram
-graphy
-in, -ine
-ia
What does the term 'MUGA' stand for?
Electrocardiogram/multigated acquisition
Millimeters of Mercury
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Positron emission tomography
Which term means 'pertaining to blood'?
-gram
-graphy
-ia
-emic
What does the medical term 'VSD' refer to?
Myocardial infarction
Ventricular septal defect
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Left anterior descending
Which term means 'pressure'?
-tension
-tomy
-trophy
-um, -us
What does the term 'HTN' stand for?
Hypertension
Condition
Electrocardiogram
Surgical opening
Match the following
aort/o
aorta; largest artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole, small artery
ather/o
plaque; fatty buildup
bol/o
cast; throw
Reorder the following
to enlarge or expand
dilat/o
electricity
electr/o
light
lumin/o
muscle
my/o
lung
pulmon/o
Match the following
cardi/o
heart
rhythm/o
rhythm; heartbeat
coagul/o
oagulation; clotting
sept/o
wall; partition
constrict/o
narrowing
Match the following
heart
coron/o
blue
cyan/o
sound
son/o
pulse
sphygm/o
contraction
systol/o
Match the following
tens/o
stretched; strained
echo-
reflected sound
thromb/o
clot
tom/o
to cut
endo-
in; within
Match the following
vessel; duct
vas/o
blood vessel
vascul/o
to turn
-version
structure; tissue; thing
-um, -us
on; over; upon
epi-
Match the following
ven/i, ven/o
vein
peri-
around; surrounding
-in, -ine
chemical; chemical compound; substance
per-
through
-ia
condition
Match the following
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
-stomy
surgical opening
ventricul/o
ventricle
venul/o
venule (small vein)
trans-
across
Match the following
dia-
through; complete
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
-trophy
condition of growth or development
Match the following
-gram
record; image
a-, an-
against
-meter
measure
-ism
process; condition
-itis
inflammation
Match the following
-ant
substance that promotes
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-ive
substance that promotes
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-ation
process; condition
Match the following
em-
in
-or
one who takes action or does something
-pathy
disease
endo-
in; within
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
