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Week Three: Have A Heart Flashcards

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What does cardiovascular mean?

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Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels

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What is the purpose of the cardiovascular system?

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Delivers oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to various tissues of the body

Transports waste products to the appropriate waste removal system

Also called circulatory system

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What is the heart?

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A hollow, muscular organ that provides the power to move blood through the body

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The heart is located in the…

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Mediastinum

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What is the pericardium?

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Double walled membrane surrounding the heart

Made of fibrous and serous layers

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What is the fibrous layer of the pericardium?

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Tougher, protective layer

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What is the parietal layer of the serous layer of the pericardium?

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Outside

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What is the visceral layer of the serous layer of the pericardium?

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Touches the organ

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What is the pericardial space?

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Space between the two serous layers of the pericardium

Contains pericardial fluid

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What is pericardial fluid?

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Prevents friction between the heart and pericardium when the heart beats

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What are the three layers of the heart?

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Epicardium, myocardium, endocardium

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What is the epicardium

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External layer of heart

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What is the myocardium

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Middle layer of heart

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What is the endocardium

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Inner layer of heart

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What are coronary vessels

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Blood vessels that deliver blood to and take blood away from hearts tissues

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What is a coronary occlusion

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Blockage of coronary vessels and can lead to ischemia

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What is ischemia

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Deficiency in blood supply to an area

May lead to necrosis

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17
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An area of necrosis caused by ischemia is called..

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Infarct

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18
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What is atria

A

Superior chambers if heart

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19
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Combing form for atria

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Atri/o

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What are ventricles

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Inferior chambers of the heart

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21
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Combining form for ventricles

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Ventricul/o

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What is a septum

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Separating wall

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What does the atrioventricular septum separate

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Right and left chambers of the heart

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What is the apex

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Tip of heart (pointing part)

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What is a valve?

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Membranous fold

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26
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Heart valves control…

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Flow of blood through heart

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27
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Combining form for valve

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Valv/o and valvul/o

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Right AV valve is also called..

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Right atrioventricular valve

Tricuspid valve

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Left AV valve is also called

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Left atrioventricular valve
Bicuspid valve
Mitral valve

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30
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What is heartbeat

A

Rate and regularity of heart rhythm

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31
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What influences heartbeat

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Electrical impulses from nerves in the myocardium

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32
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What is cardiac output

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Volume of blood pumped by the heart over time

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33
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Where is the sinoatrial node (SA node) located

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In the right atrial wall

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What does the SA node do?

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Initiates hart rhythm

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Where is the atrioventricular node (AV node) located

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In the Interatrial septum

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What does the AV node do?

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Receives impulse from SA node and sends impulses to the bundle of His

37
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Where is the bundle of his located?

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In the inter ventricular septum and continues through ventricles as the Purkinje fibers

38
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What do Purkinje fibers do?

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Carry impulses through ventricular muscle causing them to contract

39
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What is systole?

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Contraction

40
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What is asystole?

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Without contraction, heart is not beating

41
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What do arrhythmia and dysrhythmia mean?

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Abnormal heart rhythm

42
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What is bradycardia

A

Abnormally slow heartbeat

43
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What is tachycardia

A

Abnormally fast heartbeat

44
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What is an electrocardiography?

A

Process of recording electrical activity of heart

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What is an electrocardiogram?

A

Record of electrical activity of myocardium

46
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What is the P wave

A

First wave/signal

Depolarization of the atria

47
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What is QRS complex

A

Spike part on an ECG

Depolarization of ventricles

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What is T wave

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Repolarization

49
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What is auscultation

A

Listening to body sounds with a stethoscope

50
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What is the “lub”

A

Closing of atrioventricular valves

51
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What is the “dub”

A

Closing of the semilunar valves

52
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What is a murmur

A

Abnormal sound associated with turbulent blood flor

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What are blood vessels

A

Tubes which blood flows through

54
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What are the combining form for vessels

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Angi/o and vas/o

55
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What are the three major types of blood vessels

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Arteries, capillaries, and veins

56
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What is lumen

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Opening in blood vessels which blood flows

Opening of any tube

57
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What is constriction

A

Narrowing of the lumen

58
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What is dilation

A

Widening of lumen

59
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What are arteries

A

Blood vessels that carry blood away from heart

Usually oxygenated but not always

60
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What is the combining form for artery

61
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What are arterioles

A

Smaller branches of arteries

62
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What are veins

A

Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart

Usually deoxygenated but not always

63
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What are the combining forms for veins

A

Ven/o and pleb/o

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What are capillaries

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Single cell thick and interface between arteries and veins

65
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What is blood pressure

A

Tension exerted by blood on the arterial walls

66
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What is the combining form for blood pressure

67
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What is blood pressure measured by

A

Sphygmomanometer

68
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What is a tourniquet (know how to spell this)

A

Stops blood flow

69
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What is cardiomegaly

A

Heart enlargement

70
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What is cardiomyopathy

A

Disease of heart muscle

71
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What is CHF

A

Congestive heart failure

72
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What is dirofilariosis

A

Heartworm infection

73
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What is embolus

A

Foreign thing somewhere

74
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What is embolism

A

Condition if having foreign thing somewhere

75
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What is hematoma

A

Blood tumor or collection of blood

76
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What is occlusion

77
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What is shock

A

Oxygen not getting to tissues

78
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What is thrombus

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What is thrombosis

A

Condition of having clot

80
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What is defibrillation

A

Use of electric shock to correct heart

81
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What is hemostasis

A

Stopping of blood flow

82
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What is transfusion

A

Blood or blood products from someone else

83
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What is PDA

A

Patent ductus arteriosus

Open hole between heart

Med Term 2 (AC) (10 decks)

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