Chapter 8

Question 1

Cardiovascular

Answer 1

pertaining to the heart and vessels

Question 2

Cardi/o

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

pericardium

Answer 3

double membranous wall surrounding the heart

Question 4

fibrous pericardium

Answer 4

the tough external layer of the pericardium

Question 5

serous layer

Answer 5

inner layer of pericardium, has two parts

Question 6

pericardial space

Answer 6

space between the two serous layers of the pericardium

Question 7

pericardial fluid

Answer 7

a liquid in the pericardial space, it prevents friction between the heart and the pericardium when the heart beats

Question 8

coronary arteries

Answer 8

arteries that serve the heart

Question 9

coron/o

Answer 9

crown

Question 10

coronary veins

Answer 10

they remove waste products from he myocardium

Question 11

coronary occlusion

Answer 11

blockage in the coronary arteries disrupting blood reaching the myocardium

Question 12

ischemia

Answer 12

deficiency in the blood supply to an area

Question 13

necrosis

Answer 13

tissue death

Question 14

infarct

Answer 14

area or necrosis due to ischemia

Question 15

infarction

Answer 15

localized area of necrosis caused by an interrupted bloody supply

Question 16

stroke volume

Answer 16

volume of blood ejected from the ventricles during each heartbeat

Question 17

inotrophy

Answer 17

force of contraction

Question 18

sinus rhythm

Answer 18

normal heart rhythm