Question: A medical term that means pertaining to the heart?

Answer: cardiac

Question: Which of the following regarding ventricles is NOT true?

1. ventricles receive blood directly from the veins, returning blood to the heart

2. b. ventricles have a thick muscular wall

3. c. ventricles are the pumping chambers

4. d. ventricles pump blood into the great arteries

5. Answer: A

6. Question: Blood is returned to the heart by the:

7. a. aorta

8. b. vena cavae

9. c. pulmonary artery

10. d. pulmonary vein

11. Answer: b. vena cavae

12. Question: Which of the following abbreviations stands for a heart attack?

13. a. CAD

14. B. MI

15. c.MR

16. d. HTN

17. Answer: B.MI

18. Question: A medical term that means instrument to measure pressure of the pulse is?

19. Answer: Sphygmomanometer

20. Question: Which abbreviation is an arrhythmia?

21. a. ECC

22. b.MR

23. c.Vfib

24. d. MI

25. Answer: c. Vfib

26. Question: Which surgical procedure uses a blood vessel obtained from another part of the body?

27. a. arterial anastomosis

28. b. intracoronary artery stent

29. c. coronary artery bypass graft

30. d. aneurysmectomy

31. Answer: c. coronary artery bypass graft

32. Question: A medical term that means decrease in blood pressure is?

33. Answer: Hypotension

34. Question: Which surgical procedure is used to treat varicose veins?

35. a. stent placement

36. b. embolectomy

37. c. aneurysmectomy

38. d. ligation and stripping

39. Answer: d. ligation and stripping

40. Question: A medical term that means heart muscle disease is?

41. Answer: cardiomyopathy