MT Chap 5

What are swollen, distended veins most commonly seen in the lower leg?

Is an acute infection caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and characterized by a sore throat, fever, fatigue, and enlarged lymph nodes.

Refers to administration of drugs to dissolve a blood clot

Is a mass of undissolved matter present in a blood vessel

Is inflammation and enlargement of the lynph nodes

Refers to formation of a blood clot in a deep vein of the body

Refers to blood pressure that is consistently higher than normal

Is irregularity or loss of heart rhythm

Refers to temporary interference of blood supply to the brain without permanent damage

Is a soft blowing sound caused by turbulent blood flow

Refers to partial brain damage due to interruption of its blood supply, commonly caused by blockage of an artery

Is a streptococcal infection that causes damage to heart valves and heart muscle

Is heart disease caused by an accumulation of fatty substances within the arterial walls

Is a small portable device worn on a patient during normal activity to obtain a record of cardiac arrhythmia

Is numbness in fingers or toes due to intermittent construction of arterioles in the skin

Refers to decreased suply of oxygenated blood to a body part due to an interruption of blood flow

Refers to malignant solid tumors of the lymphatic system

Is a transmissible infection caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the metabolic requirement of blood tissues

Means irregular, random contraction of heart fibers

Refers to plastic or restorative surgery on a valve, especially a cardiac valve

Is a radiographic examination of lymph glands and lymphatic vessels after an injection of a contrast medium

Also is known as histocompatibility testing

Refers to blood test that measures protein that is released into the blood by damaged heart muscle

Refers to surgery that involves bypassing one or more blocked coronary arteries to restore blood flow

Refers to the muscular layer of the heart

Means rapid breathing

Is a disease characterized by an abnormal hardening of the arteries

Is a cell that engulfs and digests cellular debris

Refers to the contraction phase of the heart

Refers to the relaxation phase of the heart

Is a record of the electrical impulses of the heart

Means a vague feeling of bodily discomfort, which may be the first indication of an infection or disease

Means dried thoroughly; rendered free from moisture

Means enlarged heart

Refers to weakness in the vessel wall that balloons and eventually bursts

Is severe pain and constriction about the heart caused by an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to the heart

Is necrosis of an area of muscular heart tissue after cessation of blood supply

Is a process of cells clumping together

Means rapid eating or swallowing

Is an allergic reaction characterized by a rapid decrease in blood pressure

Are the smallest vessels of the circulatory system

Is a tumor composed of blood vessels

Are small arteries

Maintains primary responsibility for initiating the heartbeat