Ch 12: Online 2

Question 1

What are arrhythmias?

Answer 1

Irregular heartbeats

Question 2

What are palpitations?

Answer 2

Awareness of irregular heartbeat

Question 3

What is fibrillation?

Answer 3

Rapid, uncoordinated ventricular beat

Question 4

What is pulse?

Answer 4

Heart rate

Question 5

What is bradycardia?

Answer 5

Slow heartbeat

Question 6

What is tachycardia?

Answer 6

Fast heartbeat

Question 7

What is stenosis?

Answer 7

Narrowing

Question 8

What is atherosclerosis?

Answer 8

Common cause of CAD

Question 9

What is a heart flutter?

Answer 9

Rapid but fairly regular heartbeat

Question 10

What is Starling’s law of the heart?

Answer 10

Response to changes in venous return

Question 11

What are irregular heartbeats called?

Answer 11

Arrhythmias

Question 12

What is the awareness of an irregular heartbeat called?

Answer 12

Palpitation

Question 13

What is a rapid, uncoordinated ventricular beat?

Answer 13

Fibrillation

Question 14

What is another name for heart rate?

Answer 14

Pulse

Question 15

What is a slow heartbeat called?

Answer 15

Bradycardia

Question 16

What is a fast heartbeat called?

Answer 16

Tachycardia

Question 17

What is cardiac narrowing called?

Answer 17

Stenosis

Question 18

What is a common cause of CAD?

Answer 18

Atherosclerosis

Question 19

What is a rapid but fairly regular heartbeat called?

Answer 19

Flutter

Question 20

Response to changes in venous return is called what?

Answer 20

Starling’s law of the heart