cardiovascular system Flashcards
HR
heart rate
ECG/EKG
Electrocardiogram
SA
sinoatrial
AV
Atrioventricular
VSD
ventricular septical defect
PDA
patient ductus arterious
PVC
Premature ventricular contraction
CHF
congestive heart failure
HCM
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
cardi/o
heart
shygmo
pulse
man
pressure
phleb
vein
steth
chest
angi
vessel
ather
plaque
coron
crown
sclerosis
become hardened from inflammation/dryness
megaly
enlargement
fibrillation
rapid, random, ineffective heart contractions
endocardium
epithelial lining inside of the heart chambers
infarct
area of necrosis caused by lack of blood supply
systole
contraction of the heart
diastole
relaxation of the heart
asystole
w/o contraction, lack of heart activity
pericardial space
space between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium
cardiac tamponade
compression of heart due to fluid or blood collection
heart
cardi/o
pulse
shygmo
pressure
man
vein
phleb
chest
steth
vessel
angi
plaque
ather
crown
coron
become hardened from inflammation/dryness
sclerosis
enlargement
megaly
rapid, random, ineffective heart contractions
fibrillation
epithelial lining inside of the heart chambers
endocardium
area of necrosis caused by lack of blood supply
infarct
contraction of the heart
systole
relaxation of the heart
diastole
w/o contraction, lack of heart activity
asystole
space between the parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium
pericardial space
compression of heart due to fluid or blood collection
cardiac tamponade
force of contraction
inotropy
band used for constriction of a limb to control bleeding or assist with venipuncture
tourniquet
baloon like blood-filled bulge in the wall of a vessel
aneurysm
pointed part of the heart
apex
arteries that serve the heart
coronary arteries
expander implanted in a blood vessel to prevent it from collapsing
stent
interference with conduction of the heart
heart block
mitral valve
bicuspid valve or left atrioventricular valve with two flaps
suture of a vessel
angiorrhaphy
blood volume pumped out of the heart in one contraction
stroke volume
blood volume pumped by the heart in one minute
cardiac output
blockage of a vessel
occlusion
half moon shaped valves at the openings of the aorta and pulmonary arteries
semilunar valves
widening vessel diameter
vasodilation
area of the thorax between the lungs that contains the heart
mediastinum
leakage or inavailability of a valve to perform
insufficiency
heart murmur
abnormal rythm from turbulent blood flow
occurs through the entire ventricular phase
holosystolic
entrance chambers of the heart
atrium
film produced after injection of radio-opaque dye into vessels to evaluate size and shape
angiogram
electric shock to reset heart rythm
defibrillation
