Cardiovascular System Terminology Quiz

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What word means “disease of the heart muscle”?

A. cardioendopathy

B. pericarditis

C. cardiomyopathy

D. cardioneuropathy

What word means “agent that lowers blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels”?

A. vasoconstrictor

B. vasodepressor

C. arterioconstrictor

D. arteriodepressor

What word means “radiographic imaging of a vein”?

A. aortography

B. arteriography

C. angiography

D. venography

What word means “image of a blood vessel”?

A. arteriogram

B. plebogram

C. angiogram

D. aortogram

What word means “an abnormal mass of blood vessels”?

A. hemangiosis

B. phlebosis

C. hemangioma

D. phleboma

What word means “an abnormal increase in blood platelets”?

A. erythrocytosis

B. leukocytosis

C. thrombocytosis

D. thromboma

What word means “hardening of the arteries”?

A. arteriomalacia

B. aortomalacia

C. angiosclerosis

D. arteriosclerosis

What word means “inflammation of a vein”?

A. phlebitis

B. arteritis

C. aortitis

D. phlebosis

What word means “hardening of the arteries with irregular plaque deposits”?

A. atherosclerosis

B. embolus

C. thrombosis

D. atheritis

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