Chapter 6 Key Terms

Question 1

Arrhythmia

Answer 1

Irregularity in the heart rate, rhythm, or beat

Question 2

Atria

Answer 2

The upper receiving chambers on each side of the heart

Question 3

Basilic vein

Answer 3

Large vein on the inner side of the antecubital area that is the last choice vein for venipuncture

Question 4

Blood pressure

Answer 4

A measure of force (pressure) excreted by the blood on the walls of blood vessels

Question 5

Cardiac cycle

Answer 5

One complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart

Question 6

Cephalic vein

Answer 6

The second-choice antecubital vein for venipuncture, located in the lateral aspect of the antecubital fossa

Question 7

Coagulation

Answer 7

The blood-clotting process

Question 8

Crossmatch

Answer 8

A test to determine suitability of mixing donor and recipient blood

Question 9

Diastole

Answer 9

The relaxing phase of the cardiac cycle

Question 10

Electrocardiogram

ECG/EKG

Answer 10

An actual record of the electrical currents that correspond to each event in heart muscle contraction

Question 11

Erythrocyte

Answer 11

Red blood cells ; anuclear, disk-shaped blood cells whose main function is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissue cells and transport carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs

Question 12

Extrinsic pathway

Answer 12

Coagulation pathway initiated by the release of thromboplastin from injured tissue

Question 13

Fibrinolysis

Answer 13

Stage 4 of of hemostasis; a process that results in removal or dissolution of a blood clot once healing has occurred

Question 14

Hemostasis

Answer 14

Process by which the body stops the leakage of blood from the vascular system after injury; also known as the coagulation process

Question 15

Intrinsic pathway

Answer 15

Coagulation pathway involving coagulation factors circulating within the blood stream

Question 16

Leukocyte

Answer 16

White blood cells; nucleus-containing blood cells whose main function is to combat infection and remove disintegrated tissue

Question 17

Median cubital vein

Answer 17

the preferred vein for venipuncture, located on the middle of the antecubital fossa

Question 18

Pulmonary circulation

Answer 18

Vascular pathway that carry’s blood from the heart to the lungs to remove carbon dioxide and returns oxygenated blood to the heart

Question 19

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 19

Blood pressure cuff; device used to measure blood pressure

Question 20

Systemic circulation

Answer 20

vascular pathway that carries oxygenated blood from the heart, slog with nutrients, to all the cells of the body and then returns the blood to the heart, carrying carbon dioxide and other waste products of cellular metabolism

Question 21

Systole

Answer 21

Contracting phase of the cardiac cycle

Question 22

Thrombocyte

Answer 22

Medical term for the platelets, cellular elements that play a role in the coagulation process and are the smallest of the formed elements

Question 23

Vasoconstriction

Answer 23

Stage 1 of hemostasis in which a damaged vessel constricts (narrows) to decrease the flow of blood to an injured area

Question 24

Ventricles

Answer 24

The lower pumping or delivering chambers on each side of the heart