10.8 - 10.11 Flashcards
(55 cards)
1
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Ode
A
Way, road, path
2
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Palpit
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Throb
3
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Pector
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Chest
4
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Ped
A
Child, foot
5
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Phleb
A
Vein
6
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Pulmon
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Lung
7
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Resuscit
A
Revival from apparent death
8
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Rrhythm
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Rhythm
9
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Scler
A
Hard, white of eye, hardness
10
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Sedent
A
Sitting
11
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Sept
A
Septum, partition
12
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Sphygm
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Pulse
13
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Sten
A
Narrow, contract
14
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Steth
A
Chest
15
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Systol
A
Contraction
16
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Tampon
A
Plug
17
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Thromb
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Blood clot, clot
18
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Vas
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Blood vessel, duct
19
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Vascul
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Blood vessel
20
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Ven
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Vein
21
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Ventricul
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Ventricle
22
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Viscer
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An internal organ
23
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Heart arrhythmia
A
An abnormal heart rhythm
24
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Palpitations
A
Forcible, rapid beat of the heart felt by patient
25
Cardimyopathy
Disease of heart muscle, the myocardium
26
Heart valve stenosis
Narrowing of a canal or passage, as in the narrowing of a heart valve
27
Coronary artery disease
Caused by plaque buildup in the wall of arteries that supply blood to the heart
28
Myocardial infarction
Heart attack
29
Arteriosclerosis
Thickening and hardening of walls of the arteries
30
Atherosclerosis
Atheroma in arteries
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Aneurysm
Circumscribed dilation of an artery or cardiac chamber
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Thrombus/embolus
Clot attached to a diseased blood vessel or heart lining/detach them piece of thrombus, a mass of bacteria, quantity of air, or foreign body that blocks a blood vessel
33
Hypertension
Persistent high arterial blood pressure
34
Heart murmur
Sound of blood flowing through heart, due to anything from a heart exertion during exercise to a diseased heart valve or other abnormality
35
Auscultation
Diagnostic method of listening to body sounds with a stethoscope
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Sphygmomanometer
Instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure
37
Electrocardiogram
Record of the electrical signals of the heart
38
echocardiogram
Ultrasound recording of heart function
39
Cardiac angiogram
Procedure with X-ray to see heart blood vessels
40
Cardiac sonography
Ultrasound equipment to show images of heart chambers, walls, valves, and vessels
41
Cardiac catherization
Used to diagnose and treat some heart conditions
42
Ablation
Removal of tissue to destroy its function
43
Angioplasty
Recanalization of a blood vessel by surgery
44
Defibrillation
Restoration of uncontrolled twitching of cardiac muscle fibers to normal rythym
45
AV
Atrioventricular
46
BP
Blood pressure
47
CABG
Coronary artery bypass graft
48
CAD
Coronary artery disease
49
DVT
Deep vein thrombosis
50
EEG/EKG
Electroencephalogram/Electrocardiogram
51
MI
Myocardial infarction
52
SA
Sinoatrial
53
SOB
Shortness of breath
54
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
55
AED
Automatic external defibrillator
