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cardiovascular terms
Question | Answer |
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Angi/o- | Blood or lymph vessels |
Aortr/o- | Aorta |
Arteri/o- | Artery |
Ather/o- | Plaque, fatty substance |
Brady- | Slow |
Cardi/o- | Heart |
Coron/o- | Coronary, crown |
-emia | Blood, blood condition |
Erythr/o- | Red |
Hem/o,hemat/o- | Blood, relating to the blood |
Leuk/o- | White |
Phleb/o- | Vein |
Tachy- | Fast, rapid |
Thromb/o- | Clot |
Ven/o- | Vein |
Aneurysm- | A located weak spot of balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery. |
Angia- | Severe episodes of spasmodic choking og suffocating chest pain caused by an insufficient supply of oxygen to the heart muscle |
Antiarrhythmic- | Medication administered to control irregularitites of the heartbeat. |
Anticoagulant- | Medication administered to slow blood clotting and to prevent new clots from forming; also known as a thrombolytic. |
Antihypertensive- | Medication administered to lower high blood pressure. |
Anemia, Aplastic- | A marked absence of all formed blood elements. |
Arrhythmia- | An irregularity or the loss of normal rhythm of the heartbeat; also known as dysrhythmia. |
Arteritis- | Inflammation of an artery or arteries. |
Atheroma- | Fatty deposit within the wall of an artery. |
Atherosclerosis- | Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaques. |
Bradycardia- | An abnormally slow heartbeat. |
Cardiac catheterization- | Placement of a catheter through a vein or artery and into the heart. |
Cholesterol- | Lipids that travel in the blood in packages called lipoproteins |
defibrillation- | The use of electric shock to restore the heart's normal rhythem |
Diastolic- | Which occurs when the ventricles are relaxed, is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
Electrocardiogram- | A record of the electrical activity of the myocardium |
Embolism- | Blocked vessel by an embolus. |
Fibrillation- | Rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart |
Hemoglobin- | A blood test that measures the average blood glucose level over the previous three to four months |
Hemostasis- | To control bleeding |
Hypoperfusion- | A deficiency of blood passing through an organ or body part. |
Ischemia- | Deficiency in blood supply due to either the constriction or the obstruction of a blood vessel. |
Palpitation- | An examination technique in which the examiner s hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts. |
Plaque- | A solid raised area of skin that is different form the area around it and greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. |
Systolic- | Which occurs when the ventricles contract, is the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
Tachycardia- | An abnormally fast heartbeat. |