3 Flashcards
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Small pinpoint hemorrhages
Petechiae
Removal of plaque from inner lining of an artery
Endarterectomy
Largest artery in the body
Aorta
Blood vessels branching from the aorta to carry oxygen rich blood to heart muscle
Coronary arteries
An extra heart sound caused by improper closure of heart valve
Murmur
Small artery
Arteriole
Located between lower right chamber and vessel carrying blood to lungs
Pulmonary valve
Upper chamber of heart
Atrium
One of two pairs of vessels, carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart
Pulmonary vein
Correct order of blood flow through systemic blood vessels
Heart, aorta, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, veins, vena cava, heart
Fake wall blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body; has a pulse
Artery
Vessel
Angi/o
Network of arteries, veins, and capillaries; the transportation system that supplies oxygen and nutrients to all the cells of the body
Blood vessels
Yellow plaque
Ather/o
Hallow muscular organ of that contracts rhythmically to act as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body
Heart
Clot
Thrombo/o
Smallest blood vessels; form the point of exchange in tissues for oxygen and nutrients into body cells and waste products coming out of the body cells
Capillaries
Gas carried by blood from lungs to the heart, then through the arteries to all cells in the body
Oxygen
Waste gas produced in tissues when o2 and food combined; transported through veins to heart and exhaled in the lungs.
Carbon dioxide
Muscular middle layer of the heart
Myocardium
Detection of arrhythmias by wearing a compact version of an electrocardiograph for 24 hours
Holter monitoring
Rapid heartbeat of more than 100 beats a minute
Tachycardia
Slow heartbeat of fewer than 60 beats a minute
Bradycardia
Specialized tissue in the wall between the atria, carries impulses from SA node to bundle of His
Atrioventricular node
