Chapter 5 Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
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cardi/o-
A
heart
2
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-logy
A
the study of
3
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vascul/o-
A
blood vessels
4
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my/o-
A
muscle
5
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-um
A
structure
6
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-ature
A
system
7
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-gram
A
a picture
8
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-ion
A
action
9
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contrict/o-
A
drawn together
10
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arteri/o-
A
artery
11
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vosoconstriction
A
artery decreases in size
12
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ven/o-
A
vein
13
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-ule
A
small thing
14
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CHF
A
congestive heart failure
15
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infarct/o-
A
area of dead tisue
16
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endocarditis
A
inflammation/bacterial infection of the endocardium and the values
17
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cardiac arrhythmias
A
any type of irregularity in the rate or rhythm of the heart
18
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ventricular fibrillation
A
in fibrillation, the heart muscle twitches as parts of it contract independently but ineffectively
19
Q
AED
A
Automatic External Defibulator
20
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Aneurysm
A
weak spot in the artery wall
21
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Arteriosclerosis
A
hardened artery
22
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scler/o-
A
hard
23
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arteri/o-
A
artery
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Atherosclerosis
A
plague on the arterial walls
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ather/o-
soft fatty
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Hyperlipidemia
elevated cholesterol level
27
hyper
above
28
lipid/o-
lipid
29
-emia
condition of the blood
30
varicose veins
damaged or incompetent valves
31
Telemetry
measures heart rate and rhythm in hospital by wearing electrodes that transmit an EKG tracing to a central monitoring station
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tele/o-
distance
33
angi/o-
blood vessel
34
-plasty
to repair
35
vital signs
in a physical assessment/examination vital signs are taken to measure temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respirations
36
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
37
CABG def
procedure to bypass an occluded coronary artery restore blood flow to the myocardium. A blood vessel from somewhere else is used as the bypass graft
