Question: Aortic means:

Answer: pertaining to the largest artery in the body.

Question: Dysrhythmia is:

Answer: irregularity of the heartbeat.

Question: Equilibrium of the internal environment of the body is:

Answer: homeostasis.

Question: A severe cardiac arrhythmia in which contractions are rapid, uncoordinated, and ineffective is called:

Answer: fibrillation

Question: Hypotension is:

Answer: decreased blood pressure.

Question: The membrane that forms the lining inside the heart is the:

Answer: endocardium

Question: The term for any disease of the lymph nodes is:

Answer: lymphadenopathy

Question: A 79-year-old man has a history of angina. To help relieve his anginal pain, his physician is likely to order which type of medication?

Answer: Nitroglycerin

Question: The name of the record produced by recording the electrical currents of the heart muscle is:

Answer: electrocardiogram

Question: A 44-year-old man underwent a balloon angioplasty. In this procedure, a balloon catheter is inflated inside a vessel to flatten the plaque against the _____ wall.

Answer: arterial