UNIT 10 Flashcards
CARDI/O,
CARD/O
HEART
ARTERI/O
ARTERIES
VEN/O,
PHLEB/O
VEINS
HEM/O
HEMAT/O
BLOOD
AORT/O
AORTA; MAIN TRUNK OF ARTERY SYSTEM
PLASM/O
PLASMA; LIQUID PORTION OF BLOOD
ATHER/O
PLAQUE OR FATTY SUBSTANCE
LYMPH/O
LYMPH
LYMPHADEN/O
LYMPH NODE, LYMPH GLAND
SPLEN/O
SPLEEN;
STORES BLOOD AND DESTROYS WORN OUT BLOOD CELLS
MYEL/O
BONE MARROW OR SPINAL CORD
CORON/O
HEAD/CROWN;
CORONARY
CORONARY
PERTAINING TO THE HEART VESSELS
ISCHEMIC;
ISCHEMIA
DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD FLOW
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
HEART ATTACK
INFARCT
AREA OF NECROSIS CAUSED BY LACK OF BLOOD FLOW
DYSRHYTHMIA
AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
BRADYCARDIA
AN ABNORMALLY SLOW HEARTBEATS;
<60 BPM
TACHYCARDIA
ABNORMALLY FAST HEARTBEAT;
< 100 BPM
PALPITATION
POUNDING OR RACING HEARTBEAT
PALPATION
TO USE FINGERS TO FEEL FOR SIZE, TEXTURE, CONSISTENCY… (TO ASSESS)
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE
STETHOSCOPE
instrument used to listen to sounds within the body
angi/o
blood vessel
-necrosis
tissue death