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nursing
Question | Answer |
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arterio | artery |
arteriolo | arteriole |
athero | fattyyu substance |
embol | plug |
ischo | to keep back |
stetho | chest |
varic | dilated vein |
vasculo or vaso | blood vessel |
venulo | venule |
sono | sound |
sphygm | pulse |
genic | producing |
lysis, lytic | destruction |
manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
ole | small |
rrhaphy | suture |
rrhexis | rupture |
stenosis | narrowing |
peri | arpund |
per | through |
ultra | excess |
aneurysm | localized widening of artery due to weakness in arterial wall |
angina pectorisis | servre cheast pain caused by myocardial ischemia |
arrhythmia | irregular heart beat |
auscultation | listening to sounds within the body |
bacterial endocarditis | inflamation of the inner lining of the heart |
cardiac arrest | complete stopage of all activity in heart |
cardiac enzymes | complex proteins released by heart muscles when it is damaged |
congiential septal defect | birth defect in wall separating two chambers of the heart allowing the blood to pass between two chambers |
coronary artery bypass graft | open heart surgury in which a weub us grafter to route blood around occuluded coronary artery |
fibrillation | abnormail quivering of the heart fibers |
heart valve prolapse | cups or flaps of the heart that are too loose to shut tightly allowing blood to flow backwards threw heart chambers |
myocardial ischemia | loss of blood suply to heart muscle tisse of the myocardium due to occulsion of coronary artery |
occlusion | blockage of blood vessel or other hollow structure |
varicose veins | swallown and distended veins |
stent | stainless steel tube placed within blood vessel or duct to widen lumen |