Heart

Question 1

Angina

Answer 1

severe, often constricting pain; caused by reduced arterial blood to the myocardium, which reduces oxygen supplied to the myocardial cells; causes injury and ischemia and the sharp precordial pain directly related to cardiac ischemia; usually refers to angina pectoris

Question 2

Arrhythmia

Answer 2

loss of rhythm; denotes especially an irregularity of the heartbeat

Question 3

Atherosclerotic heart disease

Answer 3

narrowing of the small blood vessels of the heart

Question 4

Bradycardia

Answer 4

slow beating of the heart, usually at a rate of less than 60 beats per minute

Question 5

Bruit

Answer 5

a harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory sound, especially an abnormal one

Question 6

Bacterial endocarditis

Answer 6

bacterial infection of the endothelial layer of the heart and valves

Question 7

Cardiac tamponade

Answer 7

excessive fluid accumulation between the pericardium and the heart

Question 8

Congestive heart failure

Answer 8

a failure of the heart to pump effectively resulting in congestion within the pulmonary and systemic circulation of the heart

Question 9

Cor pulmonale

Answer 9

enlargement of the right ventricle secondary to chronic lung disease

Question 10

Myocardial infarction

Answer 10

ischemic myocardial necrosis due to decreased blood flow to a segment of the myocardium

Question 11

Myocarditis

Answer 11

inflammation of the myocardium

Question 12

Myocardium

Answer 12

middle layer of the heart

Question 13

Palpitations

Answer 13

forcible or irregular pulsation of the heart, perceptible to the patient, usually with an increase in frequency or force, with or without irregularity in rhythm

Question 14

Pericarditis

Answer 14

inflammation of the pericardium

Question 15

Pericardium

Answer 15

fibrous sac encasing the heart

Question 16

Tachycardia

Answer 16

rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates over 100 bpm

Question 17

Thrill

Answer 17

a fine, palpable sensation