EKG Medical Term Quiz
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hypercalcemia is:
A. low potassium
B. elevated potassium
C. elevated calcium
D. low calcium
The medical term for cardiovavulotomy means surgical:
A. removal of one heart valve
B. opening or excision of part of a heart valve
C. new opening of a heart valve into the lungs
D. repair and replacement of a heart valve
LBBB is an abbreviation for
A. Levin’s Bundle Branch Block
B. Little Bundle Branch Block
C. Left Bundle Branch Block
D. Levulo Binary Branch Block
The time during the cardiac cycle when the ventricular cells are partially repolarized by not completely reading y for normal response is know as:
A. sick sinus syndrome
B. danger period
C. vulnerable period
D. none of the above
Ischemia is:
A. the fascicles become blocked
B. “little bundles”
C. an impulse that takes control of the heart beat
D. lack of blood supply
Hyperkalemia is:
A. low potassium
B. elevated potassium
C. elevated calcium
D. low calcium
The medical term cardiology means:
A. study of the heart
B. study of the vessels
C. doctor who studies the heart
D. doctor who studies the vessels
the medical term meaning doctor who studies the heart
A. cardiology
B. cardiopulmonologist
C. cardiovasculogist
D. cardiologist
PAT is an abbreviation for:
A. Pulmonary Atrial Tearing
B. Paraxysmal Auricular tamponade
C. partial anomalous tachycardia
D. Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia
the medical term meaning pain in the heart is:
A. Cardiodynia
B. cardiopathy
C. cardialgia
D. both a&c
Polarized is a term that refers to:
A. change of polarity
B. restoring the cell to its original charge
C. the resting state of the heart
D. none of the choices
STAT is an abbreviation for:
A. immediately
B. transmitting to EKG signals via radio waves
C. coming from a focus outside the normal
D. atrial fibrillation
PAC is an abbreviation for:
A. Partial Advanced contraction
B. premature atrial contraction
C. patent atrial coarctation
D. polyatrial Coarctation
the medical term meaning falling or dropping of the heart:
A. cardiosaosis
B. cardioplegia
C. cardioptosis
D. cardioptolemy
WPW is an abbreviation for
A. Wenckebach
B. Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome
C. Bundle Brakenoff’s branches
D. BinaryBundle Branch