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Cardiovascular Flashcards

1
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What is the largest artery in the body?

A

Aorta

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2
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a-

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no, not, without

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3
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brady-

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slow

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echo-

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sound, reverberation

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electro-

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electricity

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end-

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within

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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per-

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through

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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trans-

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through, across

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11
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-cardia

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condition of the heart

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12
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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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13
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-ectomy

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removal

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14
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-graphy

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process of recording

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15
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-itis

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inflammation

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16
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-megaly

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enlargement

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17
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-osis

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abnormal condition

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18
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-pathy

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disease process

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19
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-plasty

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surgical repair

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20
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-sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

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21
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-tension

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process of stretching

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22
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-therapy

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treatment

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23
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angi/o

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vessel

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24
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arteri/o

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artery

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25
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arther/o

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fat, plague

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atri/o

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atrium

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27
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cardi/o

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heart

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28
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coron/o

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heart

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29
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cyan/o

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blue

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30
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endocardi/o

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endocardium

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31
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lumin/o

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lumen

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32
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myocardi/o

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myocardium

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33
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pericardi/o

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pericardium

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34
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phleb/o

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vein

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35
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scler/o

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hard

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36
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sept/o

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septum

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37
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thromb/o

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clotting, clot

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38
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valvul/o

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valve

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39
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ventricul/o

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ventricle

40
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What is dilation of an artery caused by weakness in the wall of the vessel?

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aneurysm

41
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What are smaller arteries, carrying blood away from the aorta to capillaries?

A

Arteriole

42
Q

What is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart?

A

Artery

43
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Bundle of HIS
Band of specialized cardiac muscle fibers, in the interracial septum
Transmit impulse from heartbeat to purkinje fibers

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Atrioventricular bundle

44
Q

What is the upper chamber of the heart?

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Atrium

45
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Atrioventricular Node
Receives electrical signal from the atria and sends it to the bundle of HIS
At the base of the right atrium

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AV node

46
Q

What are the smallest vessels that receive blood from arterioles, carrying blood away from the heart?

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Capillary

47
Q

The heart’s dedicated system of blood supply that is constant and uninterrupted are the ______

A

Coronary arteries

48
Q

What are coordinated, rhythmic pulsations that are part of the relaxation phase?

A

Diastole

49
Q

What is the amount of blood expelled from left ventricle compared with total volume of blood filling the ventricle is equal to stroke volume? (65%)

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Ejection Fraction

50
Q

What is the thin tissue that acts as a lining of each of the chambers and valves?

A

Endocardium

51
Q

Now of the largest veins that carries blood toward the heart is the ______

A

Inferior vena cava

52
Q

What is the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle… also known as the bicuspid valve?

A

Mitral Valve (MV)

53
Q

What is the cardiac muscle surrounding chambers of the heart?

A

Myocardium

54
Q

Normal Heart Rate aka

A

Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR)

55
Q

What is the double folded layer of tissue that surrounds the heart (Visceral and parietal)?

A

Pericardium

56
Q

What valve is from the tricuspid to pulmonary arteries and pushes blood away from heart?

A

Pulmonary semilunar valve

57
Q

From bundle of HIS, receive stimulation and cause ventricles to undergo electrical changes that signal contraction
Force blood out of the pulmonary arteries and the aorta

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Purkinje Fibers

58
Q

What is called the natural pacemaker of the heart and is where the heart beat begins?

A

SA Node

59
Q

Tissue walls between heart’s chambers is the ____

A

Septum

60
Q

One of two largest veins carry blood towards the heart is the ______

A

Superior vena cava

61
Q

Contractive phase
Normal is under 120
120/80

A

Systole

62
Q

What squeezes blood from right atrium to right ventricle?

A

Tricuspid valve (TV)

63
Q

What is the blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart?

A

Vein

64
Q

What are the lower two chambers of the heart?

A

Ventricle

65
Q

What are bigger than capillaries and smaller than veins that carries blood back to heart?

A

Venule

66
Q

What is paroxysmal chest pain often accompanied by shortness of breath and sensation of impending doom?

A

Angina Pectoris

67
Q

What is surgically widening narrowed or obstructed arteries>

A

Angioplasty

68
Q

What is abnormal variation form the normal heartbeat rhythm?

A

Arrhythmia

69
Q

What is a hole in the wall between the upper chambers of the heart?

A

Atrial septal defect

70
Q

What disease in which arterial walls become thickened and lose elasticity?

A

Arteriosclerosis

71
Q

What is the removal of fat, plaque from the coronary artery through a catheter with a rotating shaver or laser?

A

Atherectomy

72
Q

What is a slow heartbeat, with ventricular contractions <60 bpm?

A

Bradycardia

73
Q

What is open heart surgery in which a piece of blood vessel from another location is grafted onto one of the coronary arteries to reroute blood around a blockage?

A

CABG

74
Q

What is the threading of a catheter into the heart under fluoroscopic guidance to collect diagnostic info about structure in the heart, coronary arteries, and great vessels; also used to aid in treat of CAD, congenital abnormalities, and heart failure?

A

Cardiac Catheterization

75
Q

What is the enlargement of the heart?

A

Cardiomegaly

76
Q

What is the progressive disorder of the ventricles of the heart?

A

Cardiomyopathy

77
Q

What is the accumulation and hardening of plaque in the coronary arteries that eventually can deprive the heart muscle of oxygen, leading to angina?

A

Coronary artery disease CAD

78
Q

What is a bluish or grayish discoloration of skin, nail bed, and lips caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood?

A

Cyanosis

79
Q

Profuse secretion of sweat is _____

A

Diaphoresis

80
Q 
Use of ultrasonic waves directed through the heart to study the structure and motion of the heart.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)-images heart through transducer into the esophagus
A

Echocardiography (ECHO)

81
Q

Recording of electrical impulses of the heart as wave deflections of a needle on an instrument called an _______

A

Electrocardiography (ECG, EKG)

82
Q

Surgical removal of plaque from the inner layer of an artery is _____

A

Endarterectomy

83
Q

What is an inability of the heart muscle to pump blood efficiently, so that it becomes overloaded. The heart enlarges with unpumped blood and the lungs fill with fluid?

A

Heart Failure (HF)

84
Q

What is condition of high/elevated blood pressure?

A

Hypertension (HTN)

85
Q

Very high blood pressure that results in organ damage is _____

A

malignant hypertension

86
Q

Cardiac tissue death that occurs when the coronary arteries are occluded by atheroma, or blood clot that makes it unable to carry enough oxygenated blood to the heart muscle is _______

A

Myocardial Infarction (MI)

87
Q

What is pounding or racing of the heart, such that the patient is aware of his/her heartbeat?

A

Palpitations

88
Q

What is aspiration of fluid from the pericardium to treat cardiac tamponade?

A

Pericardiocentesis

89
Q

Removal of vein

A

Phlebectomy

90
Q

Surgical procedure in which a catheter is thread into the coronary artery affected by atherosclerotic heart disease

A

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

91
Q

Injection of a chemical solution into varicosities to cause inflammation, resulting in an obliteration of the lining of the vein; blood flow then in rerouted through adjoining vessels is the ______

A

Sclerotherapy

92
Q

_______ is a treatment to remove spider veins

A

microsclerotherapy

93
Q

Rapid heartbeat >100 bpm

A

Tachycardia

94
Q

Inflammation of either deep veins with the formation of one or more blood clots

A

Thrombophlebitis

95
Q

Repair of stenosed heart valve with the use of a balloon tipped catheter

A

valvuloplasty

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