Medical Terminology Simplified

Conduction Pathway of the Heart 5–72 Primary responsibility for initiating the heartbeat rests with the (1) sinoa- trial (SA) no ...

(1) ( ) (2) ( ) Left atrium (3) ( ) Right ventricle Left ventricle (4) (6) (5) Frame 5–72to Frame 5–79 Cardiovascular System • C ...

5–80 Use your medical dictionary to define contraction. Competency Verification:Check your labeling of Figure 5–6 in Appendix B: ...

5–87 The prefix that means rapid is __________; the prefix that means slow is __________. 5–88 Tachy/cardia is a heart rate that ...

5–94 Coronary artery disease (CAD) affects the arteries and may cause various pathological conditions, including a reduced flow ...

5–97 The carotid arteries are a common site of ather/o/scler/osis. When a piece of plaque breaks away from the site, it may trav ...

5–101 A my/o/cardi/al infarction (MI), or infarct, is caused by occlusion of one or more coronary arteries. MI is a medical emer ...

5–110 An aneurysm is an abnormal dilation of the vessel wall due to a weakness that causes the vessel to balloon and potentially ...

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix. 182 CHAPTER 5• Cardiovascular a ...

SECTION REVIEW 5-3 For the following medical terms, first write the suffix and its meaning. Then translate the meaning of the re ...

5–115 Recall that angi/ois used in words to denote a vessel (usually blood or lymph). Angio/card/itis is an inflammation of the ...

Frame 5–115to Frame 5–124 Lymphatic System • CHAPTER 5 185 (5) (4) (2) (3) (6) (7) (1) (8) (10) (9) Peyer patches Figure 5-10Lym ...

5–125 Write the name of the lymph node located in the neck:____________________ / __________ armpit:__________ / __________ groi ...

5–131 The thymus secretes a hormone called thymosin, which stimulates the red bone marrow to produce T lymph/o/cytes, or T cells ...

SECTION REVIEW 5-4 Using the following table, write the CF or suffix that matches its definition in the space provided to the le ...

Abbreviations • CHAPTER 5 189 ABBREVIATIONS This section introduces cardiovascular and lymphatic systems–related abbreviations a ...

ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TERMS The following are additional terms related to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems. Recognizing and ...

Interference with normal conduction of electrical impulses that control activity of the heart muscle Heart block is usually spec ...

Inability of the heart to circulate blood effectively enough to meet the body’s meta- bolic needs; formerly called congestive he ...

Streptococcal infection that causes damage to the heart valves and heart muscle, most commonly in children and young adults Lymp ...