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Med Term exam 3 (12-15) > Ch 11 > Flashcards

Ch 11 Flashcards

1
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Veins

A

Thinner walls than arteries and move deoxygenated blood toward the heart from the tissues.

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2
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Capillaries

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Are the smallest vessels. They form the point of exchange for oxygen and nutrients into body cells and waste products coming from body cells.
*patent term means “open”

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3
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Two phases of the heart beat

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Diastole & systole.

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4
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Diastole

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Relaxation.

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5
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Systole

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Contraction.

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6
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ECG or EKG

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(Electrocardiogram) the record used to detect electrical changes in the heart muscle as the heart beats.

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7
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Blood pressure

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The force that blood exerts on arterial walls. To measure blood pressure you use a sphygmomanometer.

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8
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Aorta

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Largest artery in the body.

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9
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Arteriole

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Small artery.

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10
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Co2

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Waste gas released by body cells transported via veins to the heart and then lungs to exhalation.

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11
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Endocardium

A

Inner lining of the heart.

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12
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Pacemaker

A

Specialized nervous tissue in the right artrium that begins the heartbeat.

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13
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Pericardium

A

Double layered membrane surrounding the heart.

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14
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Pulmonary artery

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Artery carting oxygen poor blood from the heart to the lungs.

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15
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Pulmonary circulation

A

Flow of blood from the heart to the lungs back to the heart.

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16
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Thrombus

A

Blood clot.

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17
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Venule

A

Small vein.

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18
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ANGI/o

A

Vessel.

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19
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Brachi/o

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Arm.

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20
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Coron/o

A

Heart.

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21
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Cyan/o

A

Blue.

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22
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Myx/o

A

Mucus.

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23
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Phleb/o

A

Vein.

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24
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Sphygm/o

A

Pulse.

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25
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Steth/o

A

Chest.

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26
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Arrhythmia

A

Heart block.

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27
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CHF Congestive heart disease

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The heart is unable to pump the required amount of blood.

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28
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CAD coronary artery disease

A

Atherosclerosis think fatty plaque thrombotic occlusion( non moving clot). Drug therapies for CAD nitrates, vasodilators, lowers BP.

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29
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ACS Acute coronary syndromes

A

Unable angina

Myocardial infarction.

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30
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Aneurysm

A

Ballooning of a blood vessel.

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31
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DVT

A

deep vein thrombosis.

32
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HTN

A

Hypertension.

33
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PVD

A

Peripheral vascular disease.

34
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Diagnostic procedures

Holter monitoring

A

24-month long assessment

35
Q

Treatment procedures

Cardio version

A

Defibrillation.

36
Q

Treatment procedures

Extracorporeal circulation

A

Dialysis, relieves heart work load.

37
Q

Treatment procedures

A

Cardioversion, endarterectomy, extracorporeal circulation, heart transplant, thrombolytic therapy, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

38
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TAVR

A

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

39
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CABG

A

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

40
Q

-dilation

A

Widening, stretching, expanding.

41
Q

-Emia

A

Blood condition.

42
Q

-lysis

A

Breakdown, separation.

43
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-megaly

A

Enlargement.

44
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-Oma

45
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-osis

A

Condition.

46
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-plasty

A

Surgical repair.

47
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-tomy

A

Process of cutting.

48
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Brady-

49
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Dys

50
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Hyper

A

above, excessive.

51
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Tachy-

52
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Tetra-

53
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AF

A

Alpha fetoprotein.

54
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LP

A

Lumbar puncture.

55
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PCA

A

Patient controlled.

56
Q

How does the blood get back to the heart?

A

Veins. Through the superior vena cava.

57
Q

Digoxin

58
Q

Dilated swollen veins in the testes

59
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Gravita

A

Abortion/live births.

60
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Syncope

61
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Embolus

A

Blood clot.

62
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Parturition

A

Act of giving birth.

63
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CHD coronary heart disease

A

Pain in the heart.

64
Q

Ora

A

Feeling that perceives.

65
Q

Cerebellum

A

muscle coordination.

66
Q

Shuffling gate

A

How a person walks.

67
Q

Paricardium

A

Membrane enclosing the heart consisting of fibrous later and inner double layer of serious membrane.

68
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Vulva

A

Female External genitals.

69
Q

Dyst

A

Difficult labor.

70
Q

Aphasia

A

Inability to speak.

71
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Dysphagia

A

Difficulty to swallow.

72
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Adnexa uteri

A

Structures mostly closely related structurally and functionally to the uterus.

73
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Placentral abruption

A

Premature placenta.

74
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Episotomy

A

Incision of child birth.

75
Q

Arteries

A

Are the vessels that lead away from the heart.

Med Term exam 3 (12-15) (9 decks)

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