Cardiovascular System Terminology Quiz
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What word means “hardening of the arteries”?
A. arteriomalacia
B. aortomalacia
C. angiosclerosis
D. arteriosclerosis
What word means “hardening of the arteries with irregular plaque deposits”?
A. atherosclerosis
B. embolus
C. thrombosis
D. atheritis
What word means “an abnormal mass of blood vessels”?
A. hemangiosis
B. phlebosis
C. hemangioma
D. phleboma
What word means “image of a blood vessel”?
A. arteriogram
B. plebogram
C. angiogram
D. aortogram
What word means “agent that lowers blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels”?
A. vasoconstrictor
B. vasodepressor
C. arterioconstrictor
D. arteriodepressor
What word means “an abnormal increase in blood platelets”?
A. erythrocytosis
B. leukocytosis
C. thrombocytosis
D. thromboma
What word means “inflammation of a vein”?
A. phlebitis
B. arteritis
C. aortitis
D. phlebosis
What word means “radiographic imaging of a vein”?
A. aortography
B. arteriography
C. angiography
D. venography
What word means “disease of the heart muscle”?
A. cardioendopathy
B. pericarditis
C. cardiomyopathy
D. cardioneuropathy
