Cardiovascular System Study Guide

Question 1

Cardioversion

Answer 1

Restoration of normal heart rhythm by electrical shock

Question 2

Contract

Answer 2

Shorten, reduce in size

Question 3

Coronary

Answer 3

Pertaining to the heart; coronary arteries supply blood to the heart arteries

Question 4

Diastole

Answer 4

Dilation of the heart; resting phase or filling of the ventricles, alternating with systole

Question 5

Infarction

Answer 5

An area of tissue death (necrosis) caused by loss of oxygen (ischemia) as a result of obstruction of circulation to the area

Question 6

Pulmonary circulation

Answer 6

Carrying venous blood from the right ventricle to the lungs and returning oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart

Question 7

Rate

Answer 7

Expression of speed or frequency of an event in relation to a specified amount of time, number of contractions of the heart per minute

Question 8

Rhythm

Answer 8

Measured movement, recurrence of an action or function at regular intervals, interval of heart contractions

Question 9

Stenosis

Answer 9

Narrowing or structure of a duct or canal

Question 10

Stethoscope

Answer 10

An instrument used to listen to body sounds (auscultation) such as the heart beat

Question 11

Systemic circulation

Answer 11

General circulation; carrying oxygenated blood from the left ventricle tissues of the body and returning the venous blood to the right atrium of the heart

Question 12

Systole

Answer 12

Filling of the atria and contraction of the ventricles of the heart, alternating with diastole

Question 13

Vessel

Answer 13

Any one of the many tubules in the body that carry fluid