Ch. 17

Question 1

Platelets

Answer 1

Disk shaped elements in the blood that are fragments of the cells from the bone marrow

Question 2

Acute coronary syndrome

Answer 2

Results from a variety of conditions that can affect the heart in which the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded by fat deposits plaque clots or spasm

Question 3

Aortic aneurysm

Answer 3

Occurs when a weakened section of the aortic wall usually resulting from atherosclerosis begin to dilate or balloon outward from the pressure exerted by the blood flowing through the vessel

Question 4

Aortic dissection

Answer 4

Occurs when there is a tear in the inner lining of the aorta and blood enters the opening causes separation of the layers of the aortic wall

Question 5

Acute coronary syndrome

Answer 5

Results from a variety of conditions that can affect the heart in which coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded by fat

Question 6

Acute myocardial infarction(AMI)

Answer 6

Occurs when a portion of the heart muscle dies because of lack of an adequate supply of oxygenated blood

Question 7

Angina pectoris

Answer 7

Which means pain in the chest. Symptom commonly associated with coronary artery disease

Question 8

Aorta

Answer 8

Aorta

Question 9

Arteriole

Answer 9

Carries blood to the capillaries

Question 10

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 10

A condition that causes the smallest of arterial structures to become stiff and less elastic

Question 11

Artery

Answer 11

Carry oxygenated blood to the arterioles

Question 12

Atherosclerosis

Answer 12

Systemic arterial disease in which plaque builds up inside the arteries

Question 13

Atria

Answer 13

Top two chambers of the heart

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Automaticity

Answer 14

Electrical impulses created automatically independently of the autonomic nervous system of the body

Question 15

Blood pressure

Answer 15

Is the amount of pressure exerted against the arterial wall during circulation

Question 16

Capillary

Answer 16

Interface with cells throughout the body

Question 17

Cardiac compromise

Answer 17

Emt recognize the signs and symptoms of the many possible cardiac conditions

Question 18

Cardiac conduction system

Answer 18

Specialized conductive tissue

Question 19

Circulatory system

Answer 19

Also known as the cardiovascular system has 3 major components the heart the blood vessels and the blood

Question 20

Congestive heart failure

Answer 20

Medical diagnosis that refers to the condition in which there is a buildup of fluid in the body resulting from the pump failure of the heart

Question 21

Coronary arteries

Answer 21

Are the first two arteries to originate off the aorta and are the same arteries that are associated with many cardiac emergencies

Question 22

Coronary artery disease

Answer 22

Narrowing and hardening of the coronary attires is the most common type of heart disease and is responsible for more then 385k deaths each year

Question 23

Cor pulmonale

Answer 23

Right sided heart failure

Question 24

Depolarization

Answer 24

The first in which electrical charges of the heart muscle change from negative to positive and cause the heart muscle to contract

Question 25

Dysrhythmia

Answer 25

Cardiac rhythm abnormalities

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Fibrin

Answer 26

Protein strands that form a mesh that strengthens a clot

Question 27

Heart

Answer 27

Consists of four chambers

Question 28

Heart attack

Answer 28

A acute myocardial infarction is what a layperson refers to as a

Question 29

Heart failure

Answer 29

Result of heart attack that affect a large portion of muscle

Question 30

Levine sign

Answer 30

Fist clenched over the center of their chest

Question 31

Myocardial ischemia

Answer 31

State in which there is inadequate delivery of oxygen to the heart muscle

Question 32

Nitroglycerin

Answer 32

Potent vasodilator. Works in seconds to relax the muscles of the blood vessel walls

Question 33

Perfusion

Answer 33

The delivery of oxygen and nutrients from the blood through the thin capillary walls into the cells and the removal of carbon dioxide and other wastes

Question 34

Plaque

Answer 34

Fatty deposit

Question 35

Pulmonary artery

Answer 35

Pulmonary artieries

Question 36

Pulmonary vein

Answer 36

What carries blood to the left atrium

Question 37

Reperfusion

Answer 37

The restoration of blood to an area of tissue that was ischemic from low blood flow or occlusion of a vessel

Question 38

Repolarization

Answer 38

Second component in which the electrical charges of the heart muscle return to a resting negative charge and cause relaxation of the heart muscle

Question 39

Thrombin

Answer 39

Protein responsible for activating the formation of the clot

Question 40

Thrombus

Answer 40

Clot that is formed

Question 41

Unstable angina

Answer 41

Usually indicates angina discomfort that is prolonged and worsening or that occurs without exertion and when the patient is at rest

Question 42

Vein

Answer 42

Carry deoxygenated blood from the capillaries where the blood has picked up carbon dioxide and other waste products given off by the cells

Question 43

Verse cavae

Answer 43

Right atrium received deoxygenated blood from the inferior and superior

Question 44

Ventricles

Answer 44

The two bottom chambers of the heart

Question 45

Venule

Answer 45

That circulate blood throughout the body