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Lab test to record the electrical activity of the heart
Electrocardiogram
Sac-like membrane surrounding the heart
Pericardium
Valve located between the left upper and lower chambers of the heart
Mitral valve
Widening of a vessel?
Vasodilation
Instrument to measure blood pressure
Sphygmomanometer
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
Endocarditis
A drug used to strengthen the heartbeat; treating arrhythmias
Digoxin
inflammation of vein
Phlebitis
Listening with a stethoscope
Auscultation
Lesion that form on heart valves after damage by infection
Vegetation
High blood pressure with idiopathic etiology, unknown cause
Essential hypertension
Clot travels to and suddenly blocked a blood vessel
Embolus
Drugs used in the treatment of angina by dilating blood vessels
Nitrate
Scraping or greeting noise heard and auscultation of the heart
Pericardial friction rub
Abnormal clot formation on a blood vessel, stationary blood clot
Thrombus
Small vein
Venule
Partition or wall dividing the chambers of the heart
Septum
Blood vessel carrying the oxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
Pulmonary artery
Largest vein in the body
Vena cava
Inner lining of the heart
Endocardium
Lower chamber of the heart
Ventricle
Sensitive tissue in the right atrium wall that begins the heartbeat; pacemaker
Sinoatrial node
Swollen blood vessels in the rectal region
Hemorrhoids
Local widening of a blood vessel due to weakening in the vessel wall
Aneurysm
