Unit 10 Flashcards
1
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
2
Q
card/o
A
heart
3
Q
arteri/o
A
arteries
4
Q
ven/o
A
veins
5
Q
phleb/o
A
veins
6
Q
hem/o
A
blood
7
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
8
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
9
Q
aorta
A
main trunk of artery system
10
Q
plasm/o
A
plasma
11
Q
plasma
A
liquid portion of blood
12
Q
ather/o
A
plaque or fatty substance
13
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
14
Q
lymphaden/o
A
lymph node, lymph gland
15
Q
splen/o
A
spleen
16
Q
spleen
A
stores blood and destroys worn out blood cells
17
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow or spinal cord
18
Q
coron/o
A
coronary or head/crown
19
Q
coronary
A
pertaining to the heart vessels
20
Q
ischemic or ischemia
A
deficiency of blood flow
21
Q
myocardial infarction
A
heart attack
22
Q
infarct
A
area of necrosis caused by lack of blood flow
23
Q
dysrythmia
A
an irregular heartbeat
24
Q
bradycardia
A
an abnormally slow heartbeat
25
tachycardia
an abnormally fast heartbeat >100 bpm
26
palpitation
pounding or racing heartbeat
27
palpation
to use fingers to feel for size, texture, consistency (to assess)
28
sphygmomanometer
instrument used to measure blood pressure
29
stethoscope
instrument used to listen to sounds within the body
30
angi/o
blood vessels
31
-necrosis
tissue death
32
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
33
thromb/o
clot
34
-osis
abnormal condition
35
thrombosis
blood clot in the blood vessel
36
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
37
aneurysm
localized weak spot or balloon like enlargement of the wall of an artery
38
varicose veins
abnormally swollen veins
39
-penia
deficiency of
40
erythrocytopenia (anemia)
deficiency of red blood cells
41
hematocytopenia
abnormal deficiency (reduction) of blood cells
42
febrile (pyrosis)
to have a fever
43
afebrile
without fever
44
-thermia
heat
45
hyperthermia
body temperature above normal
46
hypothermia
body temperature below normal
47
antibiotic
drug that treats bacterial infection
48
vaccine
inactivated microorganisms administered by injection, mouth, or nasal spray to prevent infectious diseases
49
BP
blood pressure
50
hypotension
lower than normal BP
51
EKG or ECG
electrocardiogram
52
ECHO
echocardiogram
53
ech/o
sound
54
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
55
HR
heart rate
56
P
pulse
57
Rh
blood type
58
RR
respiration rate (10-20 bpm at resting state)
59
T
temperature (98.6 degrees)
60
VS
vital signs
61
Hct
hematocrit
62
Hgb
hemoglobin
63
CHF
congestive heart failure
64
BMT
bone marrow transplant
65
CBC
complete blood cell count
