Heart Vocabulary

Question 1

Artificial Pacemaker

Answer 1

A medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes

Question 2

Atrial Fibrillation

Answer 2

When the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular rhythm

Question 3

Automatic nervous system

Answer 3

A component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes

Question 4

AV node

Answer 4

Generates impulses for the contractions of the heart, and ensuring coordinates blood flow

Question 5

Bradycardia

Answer 5

Slow heart rate

Question 6

Bundle Branches

Answer 6

Controls the heartbeat and is made up of several parts that tell the ventricular muscle when to contract

Question 7

Bundle of His

Answer 7

An elongated segment connecting the AV Node and the left and right bundle branches of the septal crest

Question 8

Ectopic Focus

Answer 8

The implantation of an embryo outside of the uterine cavity most commonly found in the fallopian tube

Question 9

Electrodiogram

Answer 9

Records the electrical signal from the heart to check for different heart conditions

Question 10

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Answer 10

The rhythm of a healthy heart

Question 11

Purkinje Fibers

Answer 11

Specialized conducting fibers composed of electrically excitable cells

Question 12

Sinoatrial Node

Answer 12

Generates an electrical signal that causes the upper heart chambers to contract

Question 13

Tachycardia

Answer 13

Fast Heart Rate

Question 14

Ventricular Fibrillation

Answer 14

A type of arrythmia, or irregular heartbeat, that affects your hearts ventricles