Cardiovascular System Disorders Flashcards
USING A BALLOON TO STRETCH OPEN A NARROWED OR BLOCKED ARTERY
ANGIOPLASTY
LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE HEART
AUSCULTATION
HEART RATE THAT’S TOO LOW
BRADYCARDIA
AN ENLARGED HEART
CARDIOMEGALY
COUGHING UP BLOOD
HEMOPTYSIS
THE SENSATION OF BREATHLESSNESS IN THE RECUMBENT POSITION, RELIEVED BY SITTING OR STANDING
ORTHOPNEA
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR A SHORT PERIOF OF TIME
SYNCOPE
PAINFUL WART
VERRUCAE
THE CARDIAC PHASE WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT
SYSTOLE
THE ONLY ARTERIES IN TEH BODY THAT CARRY DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE LUNGS
PULMONARY
THE RELAXATION PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE
DIASTOLE
A PRECIPITOUS DROP IN BLOOD FLUID VOLUME
HYPOVOLEMIA
THE INNER LAYER OF THE HEART
ENSOCARDIUM
THE SEIMILUNAR VALVE IS ALSO KNOWN AS
PULMONARY
ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM
ARRHYTHMIA
FLUID BUILDUP SURROUNDING THE HEART
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
HOW MANY PULMONARY VEINS
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CONGENITAL CARDIAC ANAOMALY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CYANOTIC HEART DEFECT
TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
A DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE MITRAL VALVE
RHEUMATIC FEVER
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A CONGENITAL DEFECT WHERE THERE IS A STRICTURE OF THE AORTA IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
COARCTATION
WHAT PART OF THE CNS CONTROLS HEART RATE, BP, AND BREATHING
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
WHEN THERE IS EXCESSIVE BUILDUP OF FLUID IN THE PERICARDIAL SAC CAUSING COMPRESSION OF THE HEART
TAMPONADE
BLOOD ENTERS THE HEART THROUGH THE VEINS 9DEOXYGENATED BLOOD) INTO THE:
SUPERIOR & INFERIOR VENA CAVA
FROM THE RIGHT ATRIUM, BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH THE TRICUSPID VALVE INTO THE
RIGHT VENTRICLE
