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Vocab 6 Flashcards

1
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Acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds its oxygen supply

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Angina pectoris

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Aortic insufficiency; incompetent aortic valve that allows backward flow of blood into left ventricle during diastole

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Aortic regurgitation

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3
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Calcification of aortic valve cusps that restricts forward flow of blood during systole

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Aortic stenosis

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4
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The left semilunar valve separating the left ventricle and the aorta

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Aortic valve

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5
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Tip of the heart pointing down toward the 5th left intercostal space

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Apex of the heart

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Point of the maximal impulse (PMI); pulsation created as the left ventricle rotates against the chest wall during systole, normally at the 5th left intercostal space in the midclavicular line

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Apical impulse

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7
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Broader area of heart’s outline located at the 3rd right and left intercostal spaces

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Base of the heart

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8
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Cup-shaped endpiece used for soft, low-pitched heart sounds

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Bell (of stethoscope)

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9
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Slow heart rate, less than 50 beats per minute in the adult

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Bradycardia

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10
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Bulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of fingers and toes that occurs with chronic cyanotic heart and lung conditions

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Clubbing

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11
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Severe narrowing of the descending aorta, a congenital heart defect

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Coarctation of aorta

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12
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Right ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension

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Cor pulmonale

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13
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Dusky blue mottling of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the blood

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Cyanosis

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14
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Flat endpiece of the stethoscope used for hearing relatively high-pitched heart sounds

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Diaphragm (of stethoscope)

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15
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The heart’s filling phase

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Diastole

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16
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Difficult, labored breathing

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Dyspnea

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17
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Swelling of legs or dependent body part due to increased interstitial fluid

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Edema

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18
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Traditional auscultatory area in the 3rd left intercostal space

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Erb’s point

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19
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Occurs with closure of the atrioventricular valves signaling the beginning of systole

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First heart sound; S1

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20
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gallop, atrial gallop; very slow, low-pitched ventricular filling sound that occurs in late diastole

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Fourth heart sound; S4

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21
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The addition of a 3rd or 4th heart sound; makes the rhythm sound like the cadence of a galloping horse

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Gallop rhythm

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22
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Technique of moving the stethoscope incrementally across the precordium through the auscultatory areas while listening to the heart sounds

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Inching

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23
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Increase in thickness of myocardial wall that occurs when the heart pumps against chronic outflow obstruction (e.g. aortic stenosis)

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Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)

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24
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Imaginary vertical line bisecting the middle of the clavicle in each hemithorax

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Midclavicular line (MCL)

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25
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Mitral insufficiency; incompetent mitral valve allows regurgitation of blood back into left atrium during systole

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Mitral regurgitation

26
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Calcified mitral valve impedes forward flow of blood into left ventricle during diastole

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Mitral stenosis

27
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Left atrioventricular valve separating the left atrium and ventricle

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Mitral valve

28
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Uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heart rate

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Palpitation

29
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Opposite of a normal split S2 so that the split is heard in expiration, and in inspiration the sounds fuse to one sound

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Paradoxical splitting

30
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High-pitched, scratchy extracardiac sound heard when the precordium is inflamed

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Pericardial friction rub

31
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Normal variation in S2 heard as two separate components during inspiration

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Physiologic splitting

32
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Area of the chest wall overlying the heart and great vessels

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Precordium

33
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Pulmonic insufficiency; backflow of blood through incompetent pulmonic valve into the right ventricle

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Pulmonic regurgitation

34
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Calcification of pulmonic valve that restricts forward flow of blood during systole

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Pulmonic stenosis

35
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Right semilunar valve separating the right ventricle and pulmonary artery

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Pulmonic valve

36
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Occurs with closure of the semilunar valves, aortic, and pulmonic; signals end of systole

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Second heart sound; S2

37
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Abnormal mid-diastolic heart sound heard when both the pathologic S3 and S4 are present

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Summation gallop

38
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Temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased cerebral blood flow (fainting); caused by ventricular asystole, pronounced bradycardia, or ventricular fibrillation

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Syncope

39
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The heart’s pumping phase

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Systole

40
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Rapid heart rate, greater than 95 beats per minute in the adult

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Tachycardia

41
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Soft, low-pitched ventricular filling sound that occurs in early diastole (S3 gallop) and may be an early sign of heart failure

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Third heart sound; S3

42
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Palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying severe heart murmur

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Thrill

43
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Right atrioventricular valve separating the right atrium and ventricle

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Tricuspid valve

44
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Test that determines the latency of the radial and ulnar arteries by compressing one artery site and observing return of skin color as evidence of patency of the other artery

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Allen test

45
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Defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect

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Aneurysm

46
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Variation from the heart’s regular rhythm

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Arrhythmia

47
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Thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls

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Arteriosclerosis

48
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Plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer (intima) of the arteries

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Atherosclerosis

49
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Blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded

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Bruit

50
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Deficiency of arterial blood to a body part due to constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel

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Ischemia

51
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Small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic vessels

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Lymph nodes

52
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Swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting

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Lymphedema

53
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Indentation left after examiner depresses the skin over swollen edematous tissue

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Pitting edema

54
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Viewing the finger from the side to detect early clubbing

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Profile sign

55
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Pressure wave created by each heartbeat, palpable at body sites where the artery lies close to the skin and over a bone

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Pulse

56
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Regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large and small amplitude

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Pulsus alternans

57
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Irregular rhythm; every other beat is premature; premature beats have weakened amplitude

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Pulsus bigeminus

58
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Inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation

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Thrombophlebitis

59
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Open skin lesion extending into dermis, with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue

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Ulcer

60
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Dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves

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Varicose veins

61
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Beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration

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Pulsus paradoxus

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