ALL TERMINOLOGY

Question 1

Cardi/O

Answer 1

Heart

Question 2

Systole

Answer 2

the contraction phase of the cardiac cycle during which blood is ejected from the heart chambers

Question 3

Diastole

Answer 3

the relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle during which the heart chambers fill with blood

Question 4

Depolarization

Answer 4

electrical stimulation of the heart muscle cells in preparation to contraction

Question 5

Repolarization

Answer 5

return of heart muscle cells to the resting unstimulated state

Question 6

Cardiac Standstill

Answer 6

stopping of the effective contractions of the heart (quivering instead of contracting) because of life-threatening arrhythmia

Question 7

Cardioversion

Answer 7

the use of electrical or mechanical maneuvers to restore the normal rhythm of the heart

Question 8

Precordium

Answer 8

the area of the chest overlying the heart

Question 9

Ischemia

Answer 9

reduced blood supply to an organ or a tissue

Question 10

Hypertrophy

Answer 10

thickening, enlargement of a muscle

Question 11

Dyspnea

Answer 11

shortness of breath (SOB)

Question 12

Pacemaker

Answer 12

a device that generates/ regulates the heart rhythm

Question 13

Arrhythmia

Answer 13

irregular heart beats.

Question 14

Angina Pectoris

Answer 14

temporary chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia

Question 15

Myocardial Infarction

Answer 15

heart attack (death of myocardial tissue caused by blockage of its blood supply)

Question 16

EKG Electrodes

Answer 16

conductive patches that are attached to the skin and enable recording of electrical activity of the heart

Question 17

EKG Leads

Answer 17

recording of the electrical activity of the heart from dilferent angles.

Question 18

EKG Artifact

Answer 18

man-made errors of EKG that should not normally exist.

Question 19

Ectopic Beat

Answer 19

a heart beat that originates outside the natural pacemaker of the heart (SA Node)

Question 20

Palpitation

Answer 20

awareness of heart beats such as in case of irregular beats (arrhythmia)

Question 21

Somatic Tremors

Answer 21

EKG artifacts that result from patient’s movement while recording the EKG

Question 22

Tachycardia

Answer 22

rapid heart beats (faster than 100 beat per minute).

Question 23

Tachyarrhythmia

Answer 23

rapid irregular heart beats

Question 24

Bradycardia

Answer 24

slow heart beats (slower than 60 bpm)

Question 25

Fibrillation

Answer 25

very rapid and irregular contractions of the heart (quivering or twitching)

Question 26

Cardiac Arrest

Answer 26

Stopping or complete arrest of the heart