Cardiovascular Flashcards
(123 cards)
1
Q
av/AV/A-V
A
Arterial ventricular
2
Q
BP
A
Blood pressure
3
Q
CHF
A
Congestive heart failure
4
Q
COPD
A
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
5
Q
CPR
A
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
6
Q
DNR
A
do not resuscitate
7
Q
DOA
A
Dead on arrival
8
Q
DVT
A
Deep vain thrombosis
9
Q
ECG/EKG
A
Electrocardiogram
10
Q
HR
A
Heart Rate
11
Q
IV
A
Intravenous
12
Q
MI
A
Mile Cardio infraction
13
Q
P
A
Pulse
14
Q
RRR
A
Regular, Rate, and Rhythm
15
Q
SA
A
Sino arterial
16
Q
TPR
A
Temperature, pulse, and respirations
17
Q
VS
A
Vital signs
18
Q
VSS
A
Vital signs stable
19
Q
bi-
A
Two
20
Q
brady-
A
Slow
21
Q
-dynia
A
Pain
22
Q
endo-
A
Within
23
Q
inter-
A
Between
24
Q
-ium
A
Pertaining to, structure
25
-megaly
Enlarged
26
-meter
To measure
27
-ole
Small
28
-ology
Study of
29
-oma
Tumor
30
epi-
On, upon
31
-graph
Instrument that records
32
-gram
Record, picture
33
-graphy
Process of making a picture
34
hyper-
Above
35
Hypo-
Below, less than normal
36
in-
In, within
37
-ostomy
Surgical creation of an opening
38
-otomy
Incision, cut into
39
-pathy
Disease
40
peri-
Around, surrounding
41
-rrhexis
Rupture, burst
42
tachy-
Fast, rapid
43
tri
Three
44
Angi/o
Vessel
45
aort/o
Aorta
46
arteri/o
Artery
47
ather/o
Fatty plaque
48
atri/o
Atrium, chamber
49
cardi/o
Heart
50
ech/o
Reflected sound
51
electr/o
Electricity
52
ischemia
Deficiency, blockage of blood supply
53
my/o
Muscle
54
Phleb/o
Vein
55
scler/o
Hardening
56
sept/o
Septum, dividing wall
57
Sphygm/o
Pulse
58
Steth/o
Chest
59
Tension
Pressure, stretching
60
Thromb/o
Clot
61
vas/o
Vessel, duct
62
ven/o
Vein
63
Ventricle
Pumping chamber of the heart
64
CA
Cancer
65
CBC
Complete blood count
66
Hct
Hematocrit
67
Hgb/HB
Hemoglobin
68
NCR
No cardiac resuscitation
69
NS
Normal saline
70
RBC
Red blood cell
71
TPR
Temperature, pulse, respiration
72
WBC
White blood cell
73
-apheresis
Removal
74
-blast
Tissue building
75
-crit
To separate
76
-emia
Blood condition
77
-fuge
To separate
78
-gen
Production or growth
79
-genesis
Production of growth
80
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction
81
mega-
Large
82
Meta-
Beyond, change
83
-osis
Condition of
84
-penia
Deficiency, lack of
85
-phage
Eating
86
-philia
Love, affinity
87
-poiesis
Development
88
poly-
Many
89
-rrhage
Bursting forth, flowing
90
-stasis
Stop, standing still
91
angi/o
Vessel
92
azot/o
Nitrogen
93
Calc
Lime, stone, calcium
94
carcin/o
Cancer
95
Cyte
Cell
96
erythr/o
Red
97
hem/o
Blood
98
hemat/o
Blood
99
Kary/o
Body, nucleus
100
leuk/o
White
101
Lymph/o
Lymph tissue
102
Mon/o
One, single
103
onc/o
Mass, tumor
104
phag/o
Eating
105
Plasma
Liquid portion of blood
106
Phleb/o
Vein
107
reticul/o
Net
108
sangiun/o
Blood
109
sepsis
Infection
110
Septic
Pathogenic
111
Thromb/o
Clot
112
AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency
113
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
114
-ectomy
Surgical removal
115
Macro-
Large
116
Aden/o
Gland
117
Edema
Swelling
118
immun/o
Immunity, protection from
119
Kinetic
Motion, movement
120
Thym
Thymus gland
121
Tonsilla
Tonsils
122
Tox
Poison
123
Toxic
Poison
