Lesson 3C (Part 2) Flashcards
Aorta
Large artery that exits the left ventricle and supplies the body with oxygenated blood
Pulmonary artery
Large artery exiting the right ventricle supplies the lungs with deoxygenated blood that needs to be re-oxygenated
Pulmonary veins
Vein that returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left ventricle
How many valves do you have?
4
What are the 4 valves in the heart?
- Tricuspid
- Mitral
- Aortic
- Pulmonary
Valves
Keeps the blood flowing in the proper direction through the heart
Myocardium
Muscular walls of the heart
Coronary arteries
Arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood
Brady
Slow
Tachy
Rapid/fast
Dyspnea
Shortness of breath
Tachypnea
Abnormal increased respiration rate
Hypertrophy
Excessive development
Pathy
Abnormal condition
Cardiomyopathy
Abnormal condition of the heart muscle
BP
Blood pressure
Blood pressure
Force exerted by blood on the vessel wall during the cardiac cycle
What is normal blood pressure?
120/80
- systol/distol
Hypertension
High blood pressure
Hypotension
Low blood pressure
What is it called when you have normal blood pressure?
Normotension
Arrythmia
Abnormal and irregular heart beat
Emia
Blood
Penia
Lack of/deficiency
Osis
Abnormal condition
Leukopenia
Decrease in WBC
Lymph/o
Lymph tissue
MI
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction
Blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle
- heart attack
CABG
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Bypassing of stenotic vessel with a superficial vein from the patients extremity
Endarterectomy
Scraping of plaque from the walls
