chapther 7 Flashcards
angi/o
vessel (blood)
aort/o
aorta; largest artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
ather/o
plaque; fatty buildup
bol/o
cast; throw
cardi/o
heart
coagul/o
coagulation; clotting
constrict/o
narrowing
coron/o
heart
cyan/o
blue
dilat/o
to enlarge or expand
electr/o
electricity
lumin/o
light
my/o
muscle
phleb/o
vein
pulmon/o
lung
rhythm/o
rhythm; heartbeat
sept/o
wall; partition
son/o
sound
sphygm/o
pulse
systol/o
contraction
tens/o
stretched; strained
thromb/o
clot
tom/o
to cut
vas/o
vessel; duct
vascul/o
blood vessel
ven/i
ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
venul/o
venule (small vein)
a
an-
not without
anti–
against
brady-
slow
dia-
through; complete
echo-
reflected sound
em-
in
endo-
in; within
epi-
on; over; upon
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
per-
through
peri-
arround; surrounding
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
-ac
-al
-ary
-ic
-ous
pertaining to
-ant
substance that promotes
-ation
process; condition
-e
noun suffix with no meaning
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
-gram
record; image
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-in
-ine
chemical; chemical compound; substance
-ism
process; condition
-itis
inflammation
-ive
substance that promotes
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-meter
measure
-or
one who (or something that) takes action or does something
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-stenosis
narrowing; tightening
-stomy
surgical opening
-tension
pressure
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
-trophy
condition of growth or development
-um
-us
structure; tissue; thing
-version
to turn
aneurysm
an abnormal widening at blood vessel (artery)
arrhythmia
irregular heartbeat
flutter
atria beat more rapidly than the venricles
cardiomyopath
condition of diseased heart muscle
coronary artery disease (CAD)
narrowing of the coronary arteries
heart murmur
abnormal sound during auscultation of the heart
myocardial infarction (MI)
death tissue in the heart muscle
shock
peripheral blood flows is insufficient to return blood of the heart for normal function
thrombus
blood clot that forms on the wall of a blood vessels & stays attached
doppler ultrasound
blood flow & blood pressure are measured using ultra sound
electrocardiogram (EKG)
record electrical activity of the heart
holter monitor
machines continuously records cardiac rhytm
stress test
test; how efficiently the heart pumps blood
defibrillation
to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation
heart tranplantation
grafting a living heart to a patient
pacemaker
electrical device that is implanted in chest/ abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhytm
antianginal
to prevent/ alleviate angina (chest pain)
antiarrhythmic
to prevent/ alleviate cardiac arryhthmia
antihypentensive
to counteract hypertension
beta blocker
to treat angina, hypertension, heart rhythm, migraines, panic attack
calcium channel blocker
to dilate arteries & reduces blood pressure
diuretic
to help reduces excess water in the body
thrombolytic
help dissolve blood clots
blue
carbon-dioxide rich blood
red
oxygen-rich blood
HTN
hypertension (silent killer)
primary job
pump oxygenated-blood throught the body
weight of heart?
4-6 ounces
apex
top of the heart (lt)
2 types of circulation
pulmonary; heart, lungs, nuscle
systemic
sysotemic: blood flows over all of the body system
V/S
vital sign
