Heart (diseases, Etc) Flashcards
(35 cards)
Tachycardia
Fast HR
Bradycardia
Low HR
Ventricular Fibrilation
Wack HR
Angina
Heart attack, reduced blood follow to heart
Aneurysm
Rupture/expansion of artery
Arteriosclerosis
Hardening of artery
Arrhythmia
Heart rhythm not ideal
Hemophilia
Blood can’t clot
Leukaemia
Cancer of bone marrow, abnormal and excessive WBC
Sickle cell anemia
Abnormal shape of RBC, can clog capillaries
Sepsis
Blood poisoning. Burst appendix
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Attack healthy cells in joints
Type 1 diabetes
Pancreas cells attack as foreign, insulin dependant
Anemia
Not enough RBC or hemoglobin
Fetal Hearth circulation
Forman Ovale prevents blood from entering ventricles, 60%. Ducati’s Arteriosus prevents blood from going to lungs, 30%.
Higher blood pressure (hypertension) results from:
Stress, drugs, obesity, clogs, nicotine, alcohol
Homeostasis
Body’s optimal levels
Embolus
Moving blood clot
Thrombus
Clot now plugging a vessel
Heart attack and stroke
Aneurysm. Clotting of heart and clotting of brain
Platelets hold
Thromboplastin. Release when they burst
Plasma proteins
Albumin (draw water back into blood vessels), Globulin (provides protection against microbes in immune response), and Fibrinogen (clotting cascade).
Thalassemia
Abnormally shapes hemoglobin
Nodes
SA, then AV, then purkinje fibres.