CHAPTER 42 ( INTRO TO CARDIO )

Question 1

Responsible for delivering oxygen and nutrients to all of the cells of the body and for removing waste products for excretion

Answer 1

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question 2

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Question 3

A disruption in cardiac rate or rhythm

Answer 3

ARRYTHMIA OR DYSRYHTMIA

Question 4

“Very serious” arrythmias arise when the combination of ectopic foci and altered conduction set off an irregular, uncoordinated twitching of the atrial or ventricular muscle

Answer 4

FIBRILLATION

Question 5

Is a “process” of recording the patterns of electrical impulses as they move through the heart

An important diagnostic tool in the care of the cardiac patients

Answer 5

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

Question 6

“Detects” the patterns of electrical impulse generation and conduction through the heart and translates that information to a recorded patterns

Answer 6

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MACHINE

Question 7

A measure of electrical activity; provides “NO INFORMATION” about the mechanical activity of the heart.

Answer 7

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

Question 8

Where the specialized cells of the heart can “conduct” an impulse rapidly through the system so that the muscle cells of the heart are stimulated at approximately the same time

Answer 8

CONDUCTIVITY