cardiovascular system Flashcards
(67 cards)
1
Q
HR
A
heart rate
2
Q
ECG/EKG
A
Electrocardiogram
3
Q
SA
A
sinoatrial
4
Q
AV
A
Atrioventricular
5
Q
VSD
A
ventricular septical defect
6
Q
PDA
A
patient ductus arterious
7
Q
PVC
A
Premature ventricular contraction
8
Q
CHF
A
congestive heart failure
9
Q
HCM
A
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
10
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
11
Q
shygmo
A
pulse
12
Q
man
A
pressure
13
Q
phleb
A
vein
14
Q
steth
A
chest
15
Q
angi
A
vessel
16
Q
ather
A
plaque
17
Q
coron
A
crown
18
Q
sclerosis
A
become hardened from inflammation/dryness
19
Q
megaly
A
enlargement
20
Q
fibrillation
A
rapid, random, ineffective heart contractions
21
Q
endocardium
A
epithelial lining inside of the heart chambers
22
Q
infarct
A
area of necrosis caused by lack of blood supply
23
Q
systole
A
contraction of the heart
24
Q
diastole
A
relaxation of the heart
25
asystole
w/o contraction, lack of heart activity
26
pericardial space
space between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium
27
cardiac tamponade
compression of heart due to fluid or blood collection
28
heart
cardi/o
29
pulse
shygmo
30
pressure
man
31
vein
phleb
32
chest
steth
33
vessel
angi
34
plaque
ather
35
crown
coron
36
become hardened from inflammation/dryness
sclerosis
37
enlargement
megaly
38
rapid, random, ineffective heart contractions
fibrillation
39
epithelial lining inside of the heart chambers
endocardium
40
area of necrosis caused by lack of blood supply
infarct
41
contraction of the heart
systole
42
relaxation of the heart
diastole
43
w/o contraction, lack of heart activity
asystole
44
space between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium
pericardial space
45
compression of heart due to fluid or blood collection
cardiac tamponade
46
force of contraction
inotropy
47
band used for constriction of a limb to control bleeding or assist with venipuncture
tourniquet
48
baloon like blood-filled bulge in the wall of a vessel
aneurysm
49
pointed part of the heart
apex
50
arteries that serve the heart
coronary arteries
51
expander implanted in a blood vessel to prevent it from collapsing
stent
52
interference with conduction of the heart
heart block
53
mitral valve
bicuspid valve or left atrioventricular valve with two flaps
54
suture of a vessel
angiorrhaphy
55
blood volume pumped out of the heart in one contraction
stroke volume
56
blood volume pumped by the heart in one minute
cardiac output
57
blockage of a vessel
occlusion
58
half moon shaped valves at the openings of the aorta and pulmonary arteries
semilunar valves
59
widening vessel diameter
vasodilation
60
area of the thorax between the lungs that contains the heart
mediastinum
61
leakage or inavailability of a valve to perform
insufficiency
62
heart murmur
abnormal rythm from turbulent blood flow
63
occurs through the entire ventricular phase
holosystolic
64
entrance chambers of the heart
atrium
65
film produced after injection of radio-opaque dye into vessels to evaluate size and shape
angiogram
66
electric shock to reset heart rythm
defibrillation
67
