Exam 4 Week 12 Flashcards
AED
Automated external defibrillator
Angiogram
A radiograph after administering a contrast media in a blood vessel
(Angi-, Angio- = Vessel)
Angiogenesis
Growing new blood vessels
Angi-, Angio- = Vessel
Artery
Blood vessel that carries air (oxygenated blood)
Arteria = air – keeping
Arterial
Pertaining to carrying of oxygenated blood
Arteria = air – keeping
Atherosclerosis
Yellow plaques in arteries
Athero- = gruel
AV
Atrioventricular
BP
Blood pressure
Bradycardia
Slow heartbeat
Brady- = slow
Cardiovascular
Pertaining to heart and blood vessels
Cardi-, Cardio- = heart
CHF
Congestive heart failure
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CVP
Central venous pressure
ECG, EKG
electrocardiogram (a measurement of voltages produced by the heart)
HR
Heart rate
Infarct
Necrosis of tissue from obstructed arterial supply
Infarct = stuffed up
LA, LL, RA, RL
Left arm, left leg, right arm, right leg
mm Hg
Millimeters of mercury (the units for measuring blood pressure)
PDA
Patent ductus arteriosus (birth abnormality that allows oxygenated blood to be recycled through the lungs)
pulse
Palpable expansion and contraction of an artery
pulse = to beat, stroke
PVC
Premature ventricular contraction
Arrhythmia
Lack of heart rhythm
Rhythmos = rhythm
RV
Right ventricle
SA
Sinoatrial (the sinoatrial node is the pacemaker of the heart)
Saphenous vein
Obvious vein above the heal or hock
Saphenes = manifest, obvious