MEDICAL QUIZ - CARDIOLOGY

1. What is the inflammation of the inner membrane of the heart called?

    a. Myocarditis

    b. Endocarditis

    c. Pericarditis

2. What is the passing of bloody stools called?

    a. Hematorrhea

    b. Menorrhagia

    c. Melena

3. What is a congenital anomaly with the aorta displaced to the right called?

    a. Coarctation of aorta

    b. Dextroposition of aorta

    c. Transposition of aorta and pulmonary artery

4. What is an example of a white blood cell?

    a. Erythrocyte

    b. Proerythroblast

    c. Neutrophil

5. What is the serous layer covering the surface of the heart?

    a. Myocardium

    b. Endocardium

    c. Epicardium

6. What are red blood cells called?

    a. Erythrocytes

    b. Thrombocytes

    c. Leukocytes

7. What is the normal blood pressure in an average adult?

    a. 108/88

    b. 150/90

    c. 120/80

8. What are the upper chambers of the heart called?

    a. Tricuspids

    b. Atria

    c. Ventricles

9. What is the valve separating the right atrium and the ventricle called?

    a. Tricuspid

    b. Bicuspid

    c. Mitral

10. What is the contraction part of the cardiac cycle called?

    a. Diastole

    b. Systole

    c. Pulse

11. What is the chamber of the heart with the thickest walls called?

    a. Right ventricle

    b. Left ventricle

    c. Left atrium

12. What is the largest artery in the body?

    a. Aorta

    b. Coronary

    c. Carotid

13. What are the only veins that carry freshly oxygenated blood?

    a. Coronary

    b. Portal

    c. Pulmonary

14. How long does it take the blood circulation to make a complete circuit?

    a. 1 minute

    b. 2 minutes

    c. 3 minutes

15. What is the liquid portion of blood called?

    a. Lymph

    b. Lipids

    c. Plasma

16. What is the sudden blocking of an artery or a vein by a clot or obstruction called?

    a. Embolism

    b. Thrombophlebitis

    c. Infarction

17. What is a variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat specifically called?

    a. Bundle branch block

    b. Diastolic heart murmur

    c. Arrhythmia

18. What does reduced amounts of hemoglobin in the blood produce?

    a. Cyanosis

    b. Congestive heart failure

    c. Cardiac arrest

19. What is a collection of blood in the uterine (fallopian) tube called?

    a. Hematosalpinx

    b. Hematospermatocele

    c. Hematometra

20. Where do all blood cells originate?

    a. Proerythroblasts

    b. Hemocytoblasts

    c. Myeloblasts

 

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