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Medical Terminology
Chabner 7th Edition
| chpt 11 med term. |
|---|
| tetra- |
| Four |
| inter- |
| between |
| -stenosis |
| tightening or stricture |
| -osis |
| abnormal condition |
| de- |
| lack of; down; less; removal of |
| -meter |
| measure |
| vascul/o |
| vessel |
| steth/o |
| chest |
| sphygm/o |
| pulse |
| pulmon/o |
| lung |
| pericardi/o |
| pericardium |
| myx/o |
| mucus |
| brachi/o |
| arm |
| ather/o |
| plaque |
| lipid tests |
| Measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides in a blood sample. |
| petechiae |
| small, pinpoint hemorrhages. |
| vegetations |
| Clumps of platelets, clotting proteins, microorgansisms & red blood cells on the endocardium in conditions such as bacterial endocarditis & rheumatic heart disease. |
| thrill |
| Vibration felt on palpation of the chest. |
| statins |
| Drugs used to lower cholesterol in the bloodstream. |
| patent |
| open |
| cardiac tamponade |
| Pressure on the heart caused by fluid in the pericardial space. |
| septum |
| Partition; separating the right & left sides of the heart. |
| bruit |
| An abnormal sound heard on a stethoscope. |
| auscultation |
| Listening with a stethoscope. |
| angina (pectoris) |
| Chest pain resulting from a lack of oxygen to the heart muscle. |
| tricuspid valve |
| Located between the right atrium and the right ventricle. |
| systole |
| Contraction phase of the heartbeat. |
| sphygmomanometer |
| Instrument to measure blood pressure. |
| occlusion |
| Closure of a blood vessel. |
| infarction |
| Area of dead tissue. |
| Emboli |
| Clots that travel to and suddenly block a blood vessel. |
| claudication |
| Pain, tension, and weakness in a leg after walking has begun, but absence of pain at rest. |
| pulmonary vein |
| One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. |
| pulmonary valve |
| Positioned between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. |
| pulmonary artery |
| Artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs. |
| pacemaker |
| Specialized nervous tissue in the right atrium that begins the heartbeat; also called the sinoatrial node. |
| endocardium |
| Inner lining of the heart. |
| mitral valve |
| Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart. |
| endothelium |
| Innermost lining of blood vessels. |
| diastole |
| Relaxation phase of the heartbeat. |
| coronary arteries |
| The blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. |
| capillary |
| Smallest blood vessel. |
| atrium |
| One of two upper chambers of the heart. |
Created by:
futurern
on 2006-11-07