Final Flashcards
Where is the carotid artery
The one in the neck, locate trachea using 2-3 fingers slide into the groove between the trachea and muscles
Breaths given too forcefully will cause
Gastric inflation
Define aneurysm
Sac lik enlargement of the wall of an artey
Organs make up the circulatory system
Heart blood vessels and lungs
Percentage of plasma is water
90%
Define pericardium
Outer layer of the heart
Vessel that returns blood to the right atrium of the heart
Vena cava
Define myocardium
Muscle layer of the heart
Circulatory system
Cardiopulmonary circulation
Define myocardial infarction
Heart attack
Thrombocyte
A platelet
Where is the tricuspid valve
Between the right atrium and right ventricle
Quarts does the average adult have
4-6
Ekg
Electrocardiogram
Define electocardiogram
Diagnostic Test used to measure the electrical activity of the heart
Where is the brachial artery
Inside the upper arm between the elbow and shoulder
Condition treated by inserting a pacemaker
An electrical conduction problem of the heart
define endocarditis
Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart
Wall between the ventricles of the heart
Interventricular septium
Large vessel that transports oxygenated blood away from the heart
The aorta
Function of veins
Carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart
Define diastole
Period of relaxation when pressure in arteries is lowest
define systole
Period of ventricular contraction when pressure in the arteries is highest
Define myosclerosis
Abnormal hardening of muscle tissue
Function of smooth muscle
Makes possible the movement of internal organs
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Causes pain in finger and hands
Define tenoplasty
Surgical repair of a tendon
Npo
Nothin by mouth
T.i.d
Three times a day
Cns is made up of
Brain and spinal cord
2 major divisions of nervous system
Central and peripheral
What nerves carry impulses from the sensory receptors in the skin muscles and joints to the cns
Afferent
What nerves carry impulses from the cns out to the muscles and glands
Efferent
