Appendix 1 Part 1: Body systems terminology Flashcards
Aneursm
Widening of anarttry caused by arterial wall weakness
Angina
Chest pain
Arrhythmia
Abnormal Rhythm
Artherosclerosis
Hardening of the arteries
Congestive heart failure
Inability of heart to pump required amount of blood
Fibrillation
rapid, irregular, involuntary muscle contraction
Flutter
Rapid, usually regular, abnormal muscle contraction
Hypertension
High blood pressure
Myocardial infarction
Death of heart muscle
Pulmonary edema
Abnormal collection of fluid in the lungs
Shock
Symptoms related to poor oxygen supply to tissues and poor return of blood to the heart
Angiography
X-ray recording with contrast of blood vessels
Cardiac catheterization
Introducing a catheter into a vessel measure pressure and flow patterns of blood
Doppler ultrasound
Measuring blood flow in vessels via sound waves
Echocardiography
Images of the heart via sound waves or echos
Electrocardiography(EKG)
Recording electricity flowing through the heart
Holter monitor
Monitor used to detect abnormal heart rhythms
Lipid tests (LAB)
Measures cholesterol and triglyceride blood levels
Lipoprotein tests (LAB)
Measures blood high density and low density lipoproteins
Magnetic resonance imagine (MRI)
Producing an image by beaming magnetic waves
Positron Emission tomography (PET Scan)
radioactive chemicals injected into the blood stream to show blood flow and functional activity
Serum enzyme tests
Measures enzyme blood levels
Stress test
An ECG, blood pressure, and heart rate measurements to show cardiac response during exercise
Cardiac catheter ablation
Flexible tube is threaded through blood vessels into heart to destroy tissue that causes arrhythmias
Cardioversion
Brief discharges of electricity though the chest to stop an arrhythmia