Ch 40: Assisting In Cardiology Flashcards
And amputation or removal of any body part.
Ablation
A procedure used to widen vessels narrowed by stenosis or occlusions.
Angioplasty
The tendons that anchor the cusp of the heart valves to the papillary muscles of the myocardium, preventing valvular prolapse.
Chordae tendineae
Reoccurring cramping in the Cavs caused by poor circulation of blood to the muscles of the lower leg.
Intermittent claudication
A decrease supply of oxygenated Blood to an area or body part.
Ischemia
And inherited condition characterized by elongation of the bones, joint hypermobility, abnormalities of the eyes, and the development of an a aortic aneurysm
Marfan syndrome
To close off or block
Occlude
And auto immune disorder that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue, causing fibrosis degeneration of the major organs.
Scleroderma
A class of drugs that lower the level of cholesterol in the blood but do you seen the production of cholesterol by the liver; they block the enzyme in the liver that is responsible for making cholesterol.
Statins
Substances that form from Hydrogeneration of an unsaturated fatty acid; They make a dietary fat more saturated and solid at room temperature.
Trans fats
Abnormal growth of tissue surrounding a valve consisting of fibrin, platelets and bacteria.
Vegetations
The outer layer of the pericardial sac
A tough Membrane that connects the heart to the diaphragm and serves as a physical barrier to protect the heart against infection or inflammation from the lawns or plural space.
Pericardium
Two names for the first layer of the heart
Epicardium
Visceral pericardium
A small space between the parietal pericardium and the epicardium which contains about 30 mL of pericardial fluid; this fluid lubricates the internal surfaces of the pericardial membranes enabling them to slide across each other during heart contractions
Pericardial cavity
The middle layer of the heart
A muscle layer that constitutes the largest percentage of the heart wall. Contractions of this muscle layer of force the blood from the heart into the vessels.
Requires a continuous supply of oxygen and nutrients, which are delivered through 2 coronary arteries that branch off the aorta above the aortic valve.
Myocardium