The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 8 of your textbook.
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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Angioplasty | a procedure that involves passing a catheter into the artery and inflating a balloon on the catheter to push the plaque against the vessel wall thus widening the lumen of the vessel
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Ankle | brachial index
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Auscultation | using the stethoscope to listen to body cavities and organs
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Cardiac catheterization | an invasive procedure used to sample the blood in the chambers of the heart to determine the amount of oxygen content and blood pressure in the chambers
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Cardiac palpitations | an unusually strong rapid or irregular heart rate that is so abnormal the individual can feel it
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Cyanosis | a bluish condition of the skin due to lack of oxygen in the blood
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Diastolic | relating to cardiac diastole; the process of the heart resting as the chambers refill with blood
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Doppler | a device that may be placed over arteries to magnify the sound of blood flow
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Electrocardiogram | the graphic drawing produced by an electrocardiograph a machine that receives electrical information and draws heart action
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Embolus | material floating in the blood that may stick in a vessel and occlude or stop blood flow leading to ischemia or death of the organs supplied by that vessel
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Endarterectomy | a surgical procedure involving opening an artery and cleaning out the plaque
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Exsanguination | loss of circulating blood volume
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Fibrillation | a heart rhythm that is wild and uncoordinated; a cardiac arrhythmia
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Hemothorax | blood in the chest cavity
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Intermittent claudication | the condition of developing muscle cramps that are relieved with rest and increased with activity
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Ischemia | hypoxia of cells or tissues caused by decreased blood flow
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Lumen | the inner open space or width of a tubular structure or anatomical part
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Murmur | an abnormal sound in the heart or vascular system
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Patency | openness
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Perfusion | to pour through or supply with blood
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Plaque | a patch; dental plaque is a sticky mass of microorganisms growing on teeth
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Systolic | relating to cardiac systole; the process of cardiac contraction (heartbeat) when blood is ejected in the systemic circulation
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Tachycardia | a rapid heart rate; usually a rate above 100 beats per minute
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Thrombus | a blood clot attached to a vein or artery
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