Cardiovascular System Flashcards
… is an indication of Aspirin administration
Myocardial Infarction
… represents ventricular depolarisation in ECG waveforms
QRS Complex
… is the breakdown of fibrin in blood clots
Fibrinolysis
… conducts impulses that arrive via the atria and that originated from …
Atrioventricular (AV) node
Sinoatrial (SA) node
… is the force or pressure that the blood exerts on the walls of the blood vessels.
Blood pressure
The brief pause between the P waves and the QRS complex represents a momentary conduction delay at the …
Atrioventricular (AV) node
The … is the innermost layer of the heart
Endocardium
The back flow of blood into the atria during ventricular contraction is prevented by the …
Atrioventricular valves
GTN is administered through a … metered spray or tablet.
Sublingual
Platelets cells are also known as …
Thrombocytes
Red blood cells are also known as …
Erythrocytes
GTN is not administered orally because it is completely destroyed by the process of …
First Pass Metabolism
The mitral and tricuspid valves are prevented from opening upwards into the atria by tendinous cords called …
Chordae tendineae
… side drives blood of the heart against the relatively high resistance of the systemic circulation
Left
The pulmonary arteries are the only arteries in the body that carry …
De-oxygenated blood
You may see severe … when administering adrenaline to patients prescribed non-cardioselective beta-blocker medication
Hypertension
What percentage of blood is made up of red blood cells?
Approx. 45%
The … is the middle layer of the heart
Myocardium
Some asthmatic patients my experience wheezing as a side effect of the administration of …
Aspirin