chapther 6 Flashcards
(102 cards)
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel (blood)
2
Q
aort/o
A
aorta; largest artery
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
arteriol/o
A
arteriole (small artery)
5
Q
ather/o
A
plaque; fatty buildup
6
Q
bol/o
A
cast; throw
7
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
8
Q
coagul/o
A
coagulation; clotting
9
Q
constrict/o
A
narrowing
10
Q
coron/o
A
heart
11
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
12
Q
dilat/o
A
to enlarge or expand
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
lumin/o
A
light
15
Q
my/o
A
muscle
16
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
17
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
18
Q
rhythm/o
A
rhythm; heartbeat
19
Q
sept/o
A
wall; partition
20
Q
son/o
A
sound
21
Q
sphygm/o
A
pulse
22
Q
systol/o
A
contraction
23
Q
tens/o
A
stretched; strained
24
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
25
tom/o
to cut
26
vas/o
vessel; duct
27
vascul/o
blood vessel
28
ven/i
ven/o
vein
29
ventricul/o
ventricle
30
venul/o
venule (small vein)
31
a
an-
not without
32
anti--
against
33
brady-
slow
34
dia-
through; complete
35
echo-
reflected sound
36
em-
in
37
endo-
in; within
38
epi-
on; over; upon
39
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
40
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
41
per-
through
42
peri-
arround; surrounding
43
tachy-
fast
44
trans-
across
45
-ac
-al
-ary
-ic
-ous
pertaining to
46
-ant
substance that promotes
47
-ation
process; condition
48
-e
noun suffix with no meaning
49
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
50
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
51
-gram
record; image
52
-graphy
process of recording
53
-ia
condition
54
-in
-ine
chemical; chemical compound; substance
55
-ism
process; condition
56
-itis
inflammation
57
-ive
substance that promotes
58
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
59
-meter
measure
60
-or
one who (or something that) takes action or does something
61
-osis
abnormal condition
62
-pathy
disease
63
-plasty
surgical repair
64
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
65
-stenosis
narrowing; tightening
66
-stomy
surgical opening
67
-tension
pressure
68
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
69
-trophy
condition of growth or development
70
-um
-us
structure; tissue; thing
71
-version
to turn
72
aneurysm
an abnormal widening at blood vessel (artery)
73
arrhythmia
irregular heartbeat
74
flutter
atria beat more rapidly than the venricles
75
cardiomyopath
condition of diseased heart muscle
76
coronary artery disease (CAD)
narrowing of the coronary arteries
77
heart murmur
abnormal sound during auscultation of the heart
78
myocardial infarction (MI)
death tissue in the heart muscle
79
shock
peripheral blood flows is insufficient to return blood of the heart for normal function
80
thrombus
blood clot that forms on the wall of a blood vessels & stays attached
81
doppler ultrasound
blood flow & blood pressure are measured using ultra sound
82
electrocardiogram (EKG)
record electrical activity of the heart
83
holter monitor
machines continuously records cardiac rhytm
84
stress test
test; how efficiently the heart pumps blood
85
defibrillation
to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation
86
heart tranplantation
grafting a living heart to a patient
87
pacemaker
electrical device that is implanted in chest/ abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhytm
88
antianginal
to prevent/ alleviate angina (chest pain)
89
antiarrhythmic
to prevent/ alleviate cardiac arryhthmia
90
antihypentensive
to counteract hypertension
91
beta blocker
to treat angina, hypertension, heart rhythm, migraines, panic attack
92
calcium channel blocker
to dilate arteries & reduces blood pressure
93
diuretic
to help reduces excess water in the body
94
thrombolytic
help dissolve blood clots
95
blue
carbon-dioxide rich blood
96
red
oxygen-rich blood
97
HTN
hypertension (silent killer)
98
primary job
pump oxygenated-blood throught the body
99
weight of heart?
4-6 ounces
100
apex
top of the heart (lt)
101
2 types of circulation
pulmonary; heart, lungs, nuscle
systemic
sysotemic: blood flows over all of the body system
102
V/S
vital sign
