Chapter 11-vocab
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| What is inflammation of the vein due to a clot | Phlebitis | ||||
| An artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs. | Pulmonary artery | ||||
| One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. | Pulmonary Vein | ||||
| A valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle. | Mitrial valve. | ||||
| A contraction phase of the heartbeat. | Systole | ||||
| Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart. | Pericardium | ||||
| the natural pacemaker of the heart. | SA Node(Sinoatrial node) | ||||
| Specialized tissuein the wall between the atria.Electrical impulses pass through this. | AV Node(Atrioventricular node) | ||||
| Specialized muscle fibers connecting the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them. | Bundle of His | ||||
| Disease of the heart muscle. | Cardiomyopathy | ||||
| A local widening of an arterial wall. | Aneurysm | ||||
| Oxgenated blood enters the heart from the pulmonary veins. | left Atrium. | ||||
| A thin-walled upper chamber of the heart that recieves oxygen-poor blood from the vena cava. | Right Atrium. | ||||
| Blood that is forced through the mitral valve to where? | left ventricle. | ||||
| Blood that is forced through the tricuspid valve to where? | Right ventricle. | ||||
| What carries blood all over the body? It is the largest artey in the body. | Aorta | ||||
| A pain in the chest. | Angina | ||||
| A loss of normal flow of blood and tissues become deprived of oxygen. | Ischemia | ||||
| A bluish-color tinge to skin from lack of oxygen. | Cyanosis | ||||
| Pin-point hemorrhages. | Petechiae. | ||||
| affording free passage; being open and unobstruted | patent | ||||
| compact verson of an electrocardiograph is worn during a 24 hour period to detct cardiac arrhythmias. | holter monitor | ||||
| drug that increases the strength and regularity of the heartbeat. | digoxin | ||||
| pretaing to unknow cause of diease | idiopathic | ||||
| random, rapid, ineficient, irregular contractions of the artia on ventricles. | fibrillation | ||||
| deep vien thrombosis. | DVT | ||||
| instrument to measure BP. | spygmomanometer | ||||
| four separate defects of the heart occurring at birth. | tetralogy of Fallot | ||||
| chemicals measured in the blood as evidence of a heart attack. | serum enzymes | ||||
| echocardiography | ECHO | ||||
| incision of a vein for the removal of blood. | phlebotomy | ||||
| blood clot that is carried by the bloodstream from one area of the body to another where it blocks a blood vessel. | embolus | ||||
| relating to, being the coronary arteries or veins of the heart. | coronary | ||||
| relaxton phase of the heartbeat. | diastole | ||||
| swollen, twisted varicose veins in the rectal region. | hemorrhoid | ||||
| widening of a blood vessel; vasodilation. | vasodilation | ||||
| smallest blood vessel. | capillary | ||||
| small artery. | arteriole | ||||
| valvelocated between right atrium and right ventricle. | tricuspid valve | ||||
| second largest vein, returns blood to the right atrium of the heat from upper half of body. | superior vena cava. |
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Created by:
Laurie DiFrancesco Killian
on 2009-09-23