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circulatory system
circulatory system terms for nursing 204 exam one
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardi/o | heart |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| angi/o | vessel |
| veno/ phlebo | vein |
| -stasis | to stop |
| -cyte | cell |
| hem/o, -emia | blood |
| atherosclerosis | High fat diets can lead to formation of fatty plaques lining blood vessels. fatty areas can become calcified leading to hardening of arteries. When blood vessels become less stretchable, blood pressure rises & can result in heart, kidney damage, strokes |
| myocardial infarction (MI) | An infarction is blockage of blood flow resulting in death of muscle tissue. The blockage occurs in one of the arteries of the heart muscle itself, a coronary artery. |
| mitral prolapse | if the flaps of this valve tear away due to disease, the process is called prolapse, “a falling forward.” |
| mitral stenosis | sometimes a valve is abnormally narrow causing partial obstruction constricting flow. Stenosis means “a narrowing.” |
| mitral regurgition | mitral prolaspe can result in leakage and backward flow called “regurgitation” |
| agina pectoris | pain in the chest accompanied by shortness of breath, fatigue and nausea, because not enoguh blood is getting to the heart muscle. |
| what do some patients with the hisotry of agina pain take to increase blood flow to heart? | nitroglycerine tablets |
| arrhytemia/ dysrhythmia | abnormal heart rates. either "no rhythm" or "abnormal rhythm" |
| ischemia | sometimes the heart muscle is not getting enough blood flow,more improtantly, the oxygen the blood carries is insufficient to sustain muscle which has a very high metabolic rate, and oxygen demand |
| what do ischemia patients typically suffer from? | angina pain |
| cardiologist | physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of circulatory system diseases. they do not do surgery |
| hematologist | a physician specializing in diseases of the blood |
| electrocardiogram (ECC/ EKG) | a printout recording of the electrical activity of the heart |
| echcardiography | using ultra high frequency sound waves to form an image of the inside of the heart. this procedure can demonstrate valve damage, congenital (before birth) defects and other abnormalities |
| cardiac catheterization | a catheter, can be threaded into an artery up into the heart. then material opaque to x-rays is released into the blood flow through the heart imaging the details of coronary arteries. used to identify a blockage and location in the coronary circulation |
| phlebotomist/ venipuncturist | the specially trained nurse or technician draws blood for lab tests and may also start iv’s |
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