Cardiovascular System Terms Flashcards
What is the blanket term that refers to any time the hear is not getting enough oxygen?
Acute Coronary Syndrome (aka cardiac compromise)
What term describes a decrease in certain elements of the blood, especially RBCs and hemoglobin?
Anemia
What term describes pain in the chest occurring when blood supply to the heart is reduced and a portion of the heart is not receiving enough oxygen?
Angina Pectoris
What is a condition in which the heart ceased generating electrical impulses?
Asystole
What term describes the valves that are between the atrium and the ventricles?
Atrioventricular valves
What term describes when the normal heartbeat and circulation of blood have completely stopped?
Cardiac arrest
What term describes the actions taken to revive a person by keeping the person’s heart and lungs working?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
What are the vessels that supply the myocardium?
Coronary arteries
What term describes diseases that affect the arteries of the heart?
Coronary Artery Disease
What term describes the presence of a thrombus in a vein, usually a deep vein of the lower leg?
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
What term describes the condition when fluid output exceeds fluid intake causing a decrease in the amount of fluid in body tissues?
Dehydration
What term describes cool, pale, and moist/sweaty skin?
Diaphoresis
What artery supplies blood to the foot and is lateral to the large tendon of the great toe?
Dorsalis Pedis Artery
What is an irregular, or absent heart rhythm?
Dysrhythmia
What term describes a swelling resulting form a build up of fluid in the body tissues?
Edema
What is the major artery that supplies blood to the lower extremities?
Femoral artery
What term describes the loss of a large amount of blood from the vessels, internal or external?
Hemorrhage
What term describes the inability of the body to adequately circulate blood to the body’s cells to supply them with oxygen and nutrients?
Hypoperfusion (shock)
What term describes an abnormally low pressure of the blood?
hypotension
What term mean s low fluid/blood volum?
hypovolemia
What term is also referred to as a heart attack and results in the death of heart muscle due to a blockage of an artery?
Myocardial Infarction
What is a blockage caused by fatty deposits?
Occlusion
What term describes irregular or rapid heartbeats that feels like a fluttering sensation in the chest?
Palpitations
What term describes the supply of oxygen and nutrients to and the removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of the body?
perfusion
What term describes the pulses that are found withing the outlying parts of the body?
Peripheral pulses
What is the fluid portion of the blood?
Plasma
What are cell fragments involved in clotting, and play an important role in the process of blood coagulation, clumping together in the presence of jagged, torn tissue?
Platelets
What term describes components of the blood that carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away form the cells?
RBCs aka erythrocytes
What is a structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of fluid in only one direction?
Valve
What is a condition in which the heart’s electrical impulses are disorganized, preventing the heart muscles from contracting normally?
Ventricular Fibrillation
What are the components of the blood that produce substance that help the body fight infection?
WBC
