Exam 10: Cardiovascular, Immune, and Lymphatic Systems and Blood

An excessive amount of fats in the blood is called

Hardening of the arteries is called

Excision within the artery (of plaque from the arterial wall) is called

The system whose function is to return excessive tissue fluid to the blood is

The two-layered sac surrounding the heart is the

The term ischemia is defined as

The abbreviation for record of the electrical activity of the heart is

The valves that lie between the right atrium and the right ventricle and the left atrium and left ventricle are the

The suffix that means hardening is

To evaluate the patient's anemia, the hematologist recommended a needle aspiration to obtain a sample of bone marrow for study or a

An exaggerated life-threatening reaction to a previously encountered antigen is called

Which of the following is the correct spelling of the term which means rapid loss of blood?

The term that means enlargement of the heart is

The combining form that means heart is

The radiographic image of a vein is called a(n)

A malignant disease characterized by an excessive increase in leukocytes formed in the bone marrow is

The phase in the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles relax between contractions is called

The term angioplasty is defined as the surgical