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Cardiovascular System Terms Flashcards

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What is the blanket term that refers to any time the hear is not getting enough oxygen?

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Acute Coronary Syndrome (aka cardiac compromise)

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What term describes a decrease in certain elements of the blood, especially RBCs and hemoglobin?

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Anemia

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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?

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Angina Pectoris

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4
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What is a condition in which the heart ceased generating electrical impulses?

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Asystole

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What term describes the valves that are between the atrium and the ventricles?

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Atrioventricular valves

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What term describes when the normal heartbeat and circulation of blood have completely stopped?

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Cardiac arrest

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What term describes the actions taken to revive a person by keeping the person’s heart and lungs working?

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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What are the vessels that supply the myocardium?

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Coronary arteries

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What term describes diseases that affect the arteries of the heart?

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Coronary Artery Disease

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10
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What term describes the presence of a thrombus in a vein, usually a deep vein of the lower leg?

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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

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What term describes the condition when fluid output exceeds fluid intake causing a decrease in the amount of fluid in body tissues?

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Dehydration

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12
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What term describes cool, pale, and moist/sweaty skin?

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Diaphoresis

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What artery supplies blood to the foot and is lateral to the large tendon of the great toe?

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Dorsalis Pedis Artery

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14
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What is an irregular, or absent heart rhythm?

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Dysrhythmia

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What term describes a swelling resulting form a build up of fluid in the body tissues?

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Edema

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16
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What is the major artery that supplies blood to the lower extremities?

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Femoral artery

17
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What term describes the loss of a large amount of blood from the vessels, internal or external?

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Hemorrhage

18
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What term describes the inability of the body to adequately circulate blood to the body’s cells to supply them with oxygen and nutrients?

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Hypoperfusion (shock)

19
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What term describes an abnormally low pressure of the blood?

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hypotension

20
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What term mean s low fluid/blood volum?

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hypovolemia

21
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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?

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Myocardial Infarction

22
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What is a blockage caused by fatty deposits?

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Occlusion

23
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What term describes irregular or rapid heartbeats that feels like a fluttering sensation in the chest?

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Palpitations

24
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What term describes the supply of oxygen and nutrients to and the removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of the body?

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perfusion

25
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What term describes the pulses that are found withing the outlying parts of the body?

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Peripheral pulses

26
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What is the fluid portion of the blood?

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Plasma

27
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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?

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Platelets

28
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What term describes components of the blood that carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away form the cells?

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RBCs aka erythrocytes

29
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What is a structure that opens and closes to permit the flow of fluid in only one direction?

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Valve

30
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What is a condition in which the heart’s electrical impulses are disorganized, preventing the heart muscles from contracting normally?

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Ventricular Fibrillation

31
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What are the components of the blood that produce substance that help the body fight infection?

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WBC

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