Cardiovascular System Terminology [5]

Question 1

Bradycardia

Answer 1

The condition of having a slow heart rate; typically less than 60 beats per minute.

Question 2

Embolus

Answer 2

The obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has broken off a thrombus somewhere else in the body and traveled to the point of obstruction.

Question 3

Infract

Answer 3

An area of tissue within an organ or part that undergoes necrosis (death) following the loss of its blood supply.

Question 4

Ishemia

Answer 4

The localized and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to an obstruction to the circulation.

Question 5

Tachycardia

Answer 5

The condition of having a fast heart rate; typically more than 100 beast per minute.

Question 6

Thrombus

Answer 6

A blood clot forming within a vessel.

Question 7

Angina pectoris

Answer 7

Condition in which there is severe pain with a sensation of constriction around the heart.

Question 8

Arrhythmia

Answer 8

Irregularity in the heartbeat or action.

Question 9

Congestive heart failure [CHF]

Answer 9

A hole present at birth, in the septum between two heart chambers; results in a mixture of oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood.

Question 10

Coronary artery disease [CAD]

Answer 10

Insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle due t an obstruction of one or more coronary arteries.

Question 11

Myocardial infraction [MI]

Answer 11

Condition caused by the partial or complete occlusion or closing of one or more of the coronary arteries.