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
The … is the outermost layer of the heart
Epicardium
… are the only veins in the body to carry oxygenated blood
Pulmonary Veins
The tricuspid valve is also known as the …
Right atrioventricular valve
Aspirin is contraindicated to patients under 16 year old because of the risks of …
Reye’s Syndrome
White blood cells are also known as …
Leukocytes
The two largest veins in the body are called … and …
Inferior vena cava
Superior vena cava
Firing of the … causes atrial contraction
Sinoatrial (SA) node
You may see severe … when administering adrenaline to patients prescribed non-cardioselective beta-blocker medication
Hypertension
… is represented by the P wave on an ECG.
Atrial Depolarisation
GTN is administered through a … metered spray or tablet.
Sublingual
In an emergency situation the maximum dose of Glyceryl Trinitrate is…
No Limit
Prothrombin Activator (common pathway) can be formed by two processes which often occur together: the … and the …
Intrinsic pathway
Extrinsic pathway
… is a graphic record of the heart’s electrical function.
Electrocardiogram
Clopidogrel is administered to confirmed MI patients being conveyed to PPCI because of its … actions.
Anti-Platelet
Relaxation of the atria and ventricles is known as …
Complete cardiac diastole
What percentage of blood is made up of white blood cells?
Approx. 1%
The … represents ventricular repolarisation in ECG waveforms.
T wave
The benefits of Clopidogrel in an emergency situation mean that it can be administered with caution in …
Pregnancy
The Mitral valve separates the … sided atria and ventricle.
Left
What percentage of blood is made up of plasma?
Approx. 55%
Clopidogrel is administered to confirmed MI patients being conveyed to PPCI because of its … actions.
Anti-Platelet
Haemoglobin binds reversibly to oxygen to form …
Oxyhaemoglobin
The … side drives blood out of the heart against the relatively low resistance of the pulmonary circulation.
Right
Cardiac output is influenced by … and …
Stroke volume
Heart rate
The … is the innermost layer of the heart
Endocardium
The … layer of the blood vessel is made up of elastic fibres and muscle and provides strength and contractility.
Tunica media
The cessation of bleeding is known as …
Haemostasis
The amount if blood that is pumped out by the ventricles per minute is called the …
Cardiac output
The … is the ‘pacemaker’ of the heart because is normally initiates impulses more rapidly than other groups of neuromuscular cells.
Sinoatrial (SA) node
