Chapter 11 - Vocab Part 1

Question 1

Angiogram

Answer 1

X-ray of a blood vessel

Question 2

Angioplasty

Answer 2

Surgical repair of a blood vessel

Question 3

Anoxia

Answer 3

Lack of oxygen in body tissues

Question 4

Aorta

Answer 4

The largest artery in the body

Question 5

Aortic stenosis

Answer 5

Narrowing of the aorta

Question 6

Apex of the heart

Answer 6

The lower tip of the heart

Question 7

Arrhythmia

Answer 7

Without rhythm; an irregular heart beat

Question 8

Arterial anastomosis

Answer 8

Surgical connection between two arteries

Question 9

Arteriography

Answer 9

X-ray recording of arteries

Question 10

Arteriole

Answer 10

A small artery

Question 11

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 11

Hardening of an artery with collection of fatty plaque

Question 12

Artery

Answer 12

Largest type of blood vessel. Carries blood AWAY from the heart to the rest of the body

Question 13

Atherectomy

Answer 13

Removal of plaque (lipids and clots) that accumulate in the lining of an artery

Question 14

Atheroma

Answer 14

Mass of fatty plaque that collects in an artery

Question 15

Atherosclerosis

Answer 15

Forms of arteriosclerosis in which fatty plaque deposits in the interior lining of an artery

Question 16

Atrial

Answer 16

Pertaining to atrium (upper chamber of the heart)

Question 17

Atrioventricular bundle

Answer 17

Specialized muscle fibers connecting the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them.

Question 18

Atrium (plural: atria)

Answer 18

Upper chamber of the heart

Question 19

Atrioventricular node (AV node)

Answer 19

Specialized tissue in the wall between atria. Electrical impulses pass from the pacemaker through the AV node and bundle of His toward the ventricles

Question 20

Capillary

Answer 20

The smallest blood vessel

Question 21

Carbon dioxide

Answer 21

Waste gas released by body cells, transported by veins of the heart, and then to lungs for exhalation.

Question 22

Cardiogenic shock

Answer 22

1. Results from failure of the heart in its pumping action.

2. Shock is the circulatory failure associated with inadequate delivery of oxygen and nutrients to body tissues.

Question 23

Cardiomegaly

Answer 23

Enlargement of the heart

Question 24

Cardiomyopathy

Answer 24

Disease of heart muscle

Question 25

Coronary arteries

Answer 25

Blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to heart muscle.

Question 26

Cyanosis

Answer 26

Abnormal condition of blueness of the skin; caused by decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the blood

Question 27

Deoxygenated blood

Answer 27

Oxygen-poor blood

Question 28

Diastole (!!! SG)

Answer 28

Relaxation phase of the heartbeat. At rest.

Question 29

Electrocardiogram

Answer 29

Record of the electricity flowing through the heart

Question 30

Endocardium

Answer 30

Inner lining of the heart

Question 31

Endothelium

Answer 31

Innermost lining of the blood vessels