lp8 vocab

Question 1

Base

Answer 1

– bottom of a specific thing you are measuring.- heart is flipped

Question 2

Apex-

Answer 2

top of specific thing you are measuring.- heart is flipped

Question 3

Atrioventricular valves-

Answer 3

separate atrium and ventricles from each other. These valves will let blood flow from atrium to ventricle without letting the blood go back from ventricle to atrium.

Question 4

Tricuspid

Answer 4

• valve that will separate the left atrium and ventricle from each other. This prevents blood from flowing back into atrium and into forces blood into ventricle.

Question 5

Mitral valve

Answer 5

• valve that will separate the right atrium and ventricle from each other. This prevents blood from flowing back into atrium and forces it into ventricle.

Question 6

Diastole valve.

Answer 6

• the heart muscle is in diastole when it is relaxing and filling with blood to prepare for systole

Question 7

Semilunar Valves-

Answer 7

divided into pulmonic and aortic, these valves will protect the heart from blood flowing.
back into heart after it already left.

Question 8

Pulmonic valve.

Answer 8

-prevents blood for flowing back into right ventricle- sends to lungs

Question 9

Aortic valve-

Answer 9

prevents the blood from flowing back into left ventricle.-sends to body

Question 10

Systole-

Answer 10

the heart muscle is in systole when it is contracting and forcing blood to exit where it currently is.

Question 11

Bruit

Answer 11

• the sounds made when blood is flowing through small parts of artery. The artery can be narrow due to it being blocked.

Question 12

Murmur

Answer 12

• abnormal sound heard during heartbeat. This means something is happening with the heart that shouldn’t be happening.

Question 13

Apical impulse

Answer 13

• on your chest, where you can hear your heart rate the easiest. This will give the most accurate reading and will make the diagnosing of heart rate a lot easier.

Question 14

Thrill-

Answer 14

vibration on the skin that is not normally there. This is felt on a blood vessel and can judge between both systole and diastole.

Question 15

S1-

Answer 15

first heart sound- closing of av valves (lub)

Question 16

S2-

Answer 16

second heart sound closing of pulmonary and aortic valve (dub)

Question 17

S3

Answer 17

• third heart sound, low vibration heard during the early parts of diastole or the fast-filling parts.- not in normal heart beat

Question 18

S4

Answer 18

-last heart sound, right before s1 happen, blood hitting the left ventricle will make this noise.

Question 19

Orthostatic Hypotension-

Answer 19

the rapid drop of blood pressure as soon as you stand up from either sitting or lying down.

Question 20

Friction rub

Answer 20

• during the breathing of a patient, this loud noise sounds adventitious due to the pleural surfaces rubbing against one another while movement is occurring.

Question 21

Posterior tibial pulse

Answer 21

• pulse felt on ankle due to the posterior tibial artery.

Question 22

Dorsalis pedis pulse

Answer 22

• pulse felt on top of foot due to dorsal pedal artery.

Question 23

Popliteal pulse-

Answer 23

pulse felt behind kneecap due to popliteal artery.

Question 24

Femerol pulse

Answer 24

• pulse from on top of femur near genitals due to femoral artery