Chapter 14 - The Heart

Question 1

Perfusion

Answer 1

Blood flow through tissues

Question 2

Heart murmur

Answer 2

Abnormal sounds associated with the turbulent flow of blood

Question 3

Constriction

Answer 3

Narrowing of the blood vessel diameter

Question 4

Vasculitis

Answer 4

Inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel

Question 5

Dilation

Answer 5

Widening of a blood vessel diameter

Question 6

Capillaries

Answer 6

Single-cell-thick vessels that connect the arterial and venous systems

Question 7

Veins

Answer 7

Vessels that return blood to the heart

Question 8

Arteries

Answer 8

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Question 9

Prophylaxis

Answer 9

Prevention

Question 10

Occlusion

Answer 10

Blockage in a vessel or passageway in the body

Question 11

Ischemia

Answer 11

Deficiency in the blood supply

Question 12

Patent

Answer 12

Open

Question 13

Thrombus

Answer 13

Blood clot attached to the interior wall of a vein or artery

Question 14

Necrosis

Answer 14

Death of cells

Question 15

Plaque

Answer 15

Patch or raised area

Question 16

Insufficiency

Answer 16

Inability to preform at proper level

Question 17

Viscosity

Answer 17

Resistance to flow

Question 18

Thrill

Answer 18

Vibration felt on palpation

Question 19

Stenosis

Answer 19

Narrowing

Question 20

Infarction

Answer 20

Localized area of necrosis caused by interrupted blood supply

Question 21

Hemostasis

Answer 21

Control or stoppage of bleeding

Question 22

Tricuspid valve

Answer 22

The right Atrioventricular valve that blood passes through from the right atrium to the right ventricle

Question 23

Pericardium

Answer 23

The double-walled membranous sac enclosing the heart

Question 24

Septum

Answer 24

A partition or wall separating something

Question 25

Transfusion

Answer 25

Introduction of whole blood or blood components into the blood stream of the recipient

Question 26

Cardiomegaly

Answer 26

Heart enlargement

Question 27

Pulmonary arteries

Answer 27

Blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs

Question 28

Systole

Answer 28

Contraction phase of the heartbeat

Question 29

Diastole

Answer 29

Relaxation phase of the heartbeat

Question 30

Epicardium

Answer 30

The external layer of the heart

Question 31

Mitral valve

Answer 31

The left AV valve also called the bicuspid valve. Blood flows through the valve from the left atrium to the left ventricle

Question 32

Right ventricle

Answer 32

Heart chamber that pumps blood to the lungs

Question 33

Heart chambers?

Answer 33

Atrium and ventricle

Question 34

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 34

Instrument used to measure blood pressure (pressure cuff)

Question 35

Ventricular septal defect

Answer 35

Opening in the wall dividing the right and left ventricles that may allow blood to shunt from the right ventricle to the left ventricle without becoming oxygenated. Abb. VSD

Question 36

Shunt

Answer 36

To bypass or divert

Question 37

Cardiomyopathy

Answer 37

Disease of the heart muscle

Question 38

Coronary arteries

Answer 38

Provides the blood supply to the myocardium

Question 39

Cor pulmonale

Answer 39

Alterations in the structure or function of the right ventricle caused by pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary heart disease) which results in failure of the right ventricle to pump blood properly

Question 40

Lumen

Answer 40

The opening in a vessel through which fluid flows

Question 41

What does COR mean?

Answer 41

Heart

Question 42

iatrogenic

Answer 42

Disease produced by treatment