Parcial 1 (capítulo 6 del libro) Flashcards
Algesia
Sense of pain
Angio
Vessel
Arterio
Artery
Cardiac arrest
Stroke, stopped heart
Dactylo
Fingers
Defibrillation
Using an electrical spark to shock the heart and regulate the heartbeat
Embolism
Obstruction of a blood vessel
Fibrillation
Fast and irregular bloodstream
Myelo
Spinal cord, bone marrow
Phaso
Speech
Phlebo
Vein
Plaso
Formation
Thrombosis
Blood clot occluding a vessel
Thrombus
A blood clot occluding a vessel
Difference between thrombo and embolus
The thrombus doesn’t moves and the embolus does
Esthesia
Feeling, sensation
Embolus
Foreign particle in the bloodstream
Poly-
Many
Sym-, syn-
Together
-orrhexis
Rupture, bursting, apart
-tripsy
Rubbing, crushing
-osis
Abnormal condition or disease
Embolia
Condition when a vessel is suddenly occluded by an embolus
Coronary thrombosis
A sudden blocking or occlusion of the coronary vessel of the heart by a clot
Big vessels of the heart
Vena cava, aorta artery, pulmonary arteries and veins
Cavities of the heart
Atriums and ventricles
Pneumo
Lung
Cardioangiogram
Image of the heart and vessels
-otomy
incision into, temporal incision
-itis
inflammation
-ectomy
excision of
Thrombophlebitis
inflammation of a vein with a formation of a clot
-orrhexis
Rupture
-orrhagia
Hemorrhage
-orrhaphy
Suture
-orrhea
flow or discharge