Unit 9 Flashcards
1
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angi/o
A
vessel
2
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aort/o
A
aorta
3
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arteri/o
A
artery
4
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ather/o
A
fatty
5
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atri/o
A
atrium
6
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brady-
A
slow
7
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cardi/o
A
heart
8
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coron/o
A
crown
9
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-ectasis
A
dilation
10
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electro
A
electrical
11
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-emia
A
blood
12
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endo-
A
inner, inside
13
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-gram
A
written record
14
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hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
15
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isch
A
restricted, narrowed
16
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my/o
A
muscle
17
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peri-
A
around, surrounding
18
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phleb/o
A
vein
19
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-stenosis
A
a narrowing
20
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tachy-
A
fast
21
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thrombo
A
clot
22
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valv/o, valvul/o
A
valve
23
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varic/o
A
dilated
24
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vas/o
A
vessel
25
ven/o
vein
26
ventricul/o
ventricle
27
a-fib
atrial fibrillation
28
AV
atrioventricular
29
BP
blood pressure
30
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
31
CAD
coronary artery disease
32
CCU
coronary care unit
33
CHF
congestive heart failure
34
CP
cerebral palsy
35
DIC
disseminated intravascular coagulation
36
EKG/ECG
electrocardiogram
37
Hb
hemoglobin
38
HDL
high-density lipoprotein
39
HR
heart rate
40
HTN
hypertension
41
ICU
intensive care unit
42
LDL
low density lipoprotein
43
MI
acute myocardial infarction
44
P
total number of live births
45
PTCA
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
46
RBC
red blood cell
47
SA
suicide attempt
48
SOB
shortness of breath
49
WBC
white blood cell
50
TIA
transient ischaemic attack (seizure)
51
aorta
large arterial trunk that carries blood FROM the heart
52
aortic valve
lets blood from the left ventricle be pumped up into the aorta but prevents blood return
53
arterioles
a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries
54
atria
the two upper chambers of the heart
55
atrioventricular node
located between the upper atria and the lower ventricles
56
bicuspid valve
an aortic valve that has two flaps
57
bundle of His
a group of fibers that carry electrical impulses through the center of the heart
58
endocardium
lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves
59
epicardium
forms the outer surface of the heart
60
inferior vena cava
large retroperitoneal vessel formed by the confluence of the right and left common iliac veins
61
left atrium
receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle
62
left ventricle
thickest of the heart's chambers and is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
63
myocardium
the muscular tissue of the heart
64
pericardial sac
a sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and roots of big blood vessels
65
pericardium
consists of 3 layers and surrounds the heart
66
pulmonary artery
carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs
67
pulmonary valve
one of four valves that regulate blood flow in the heart
68
pulmonary veins
deliver oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
69
purkinje fibers
whole complex of the cardiac conduction system
70
Rh factor
a protein that can be found on the surface of red blood cells
71
right atrium
receives blood low in oxygen from the body and empties it into the right ventricle
72
right ventricle
the most anterior of the four heart chambers, receives blood from the right atrium
73
septa
The dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart
74
sinoatrial node
specialized muscle fibers in the right atrium that is responsible for initiating heartbeat
75
sinus rhythm
the normal rhythm of the heart where electrical stimuli are initiated in the SA node
76
superior vena cava
carries blood from your head, neck, upper chest, and arms to the heart
77
systole
phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
78
tricuspid valve
lies in between the two right chambers of the heart, consists of three flaps, allows flow from right atrium to right ventricle
79
troponin
group of proteins found in skeletal and heart (cardiac) muscle fibers
80
vascular
your body's network of blood vessels
81
venules
a very small vein
82
anemia
condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body's tissues
83
aneurysm
bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall
84
angina pectoris
A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart
85
angiospasm
spasmodic contraction of the blood vessels with increase in blood pressure
86
angiostenosis
The narrowing of one or more blood vessels
87
arrythmia
a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat
