Cardio Terms Flashcards
Acute Coronary Syndrome
A group of signs and symptoms resulting from any variety of conditions that can affect the heart in which the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded by fat deposits, clots or spasm.
Unstable angina
Myocardial infarction
Chest pain, dull and achy, shoulder, jaw arm, back, sternum
Angina pectoris- pain in chest most likely stress related.
Females
Dull chest pain, respiratory distress, nausea vomiting
Atypical- kneck shoulders. Pain in breast. Insomnia, epogastric.
Aorta
Major artery from the heart
Arteriole
The smallest branch of an artery, which distal end leads into a capillary.
Artery
Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
Atria
Two upper chambers of the heart. Atrium(singular)
Automaticity
The ability of cells within the cardiac conduction system to generate a cardiac impulse on their own.
Blood pressure
The force exerted by the blood on the interior walls of the blood vessels.
Capillary
Tiny blood vessel that connects arteriole to a venule
Cardiac comprise
Reduce heart function caused by by any of a variety of conditions, diseases, or injuries affecting the heart.
Cardiac conduction system
The specialized contractile and conductive tissue of the heart that generates electrical impulses and causes the heart to beat. (Coronary conduction system)
Circulatory system
System composed of the heart and blood vessels that brings oxygen and nutrients to and takes away from body cells.
Coronary arteries
Blood vessels that supply the heart with blood
Heart
The muscular organ that contracts to force blood into the circulation through the body.
Nitroglycerin
Medication that dilates the blood vessels, increasing blood flow through the coronary arteries and decreasing the workload of the heart; often prescribed for patients with a history of chest pain.
Perfusion
The delivery of oxygen and other nutrients to the cells of all organ systems, which result from the constant adequate circulation of blood through capillaries
