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MedCon 8
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 8 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ankle | brachial index |
| Auscultation | using the stethoscope to listen to body cavities and organs |
| 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 |
| Cardiac palpitations | an unusually strong rapid or irregular heart rate that is so abnormal the individual can feel it |
| Cyanosis | a bluish condition of the skin due to lack of oxygen in the blood |
| Diastolic | relating to cardiac diastole; the process of the heart resting as the chambers refill with blood |
| Doppler | a device that may be placed over arteries to magnify the sound of blood flow |
| Electrocardiogram | the graphic drawing produced by an electrocardiograph a machine that receives electrical information and draws heart action |
| 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 |
| Endarterectomy | a surgical procedure involving opening an artery and cleaning out the plaque |
| Exsanguination | loss of circulating blood volume |
| Fibrillation | a heart rhythm that is wild and uncoordinated; a cardiac arrhythmia |
| Hemothorax | blood in the chest cavity |
| Intermittent claudication | the condition of developing muscle cramps that are relieved with rest and increased with activity |
| Ischemia | hypoxia of cells or tissues caused by decreased blood flow |
| Lumen | the inner open space or width of a tubular structure or anatomical part |
| Murmur | an abnormal sound in the heart or vascular system |
| Patency | openness |
| Perfusion | to pour through or supply with blood |
| Plaque | a patch; dental plaque is a sticky mass of microorganisms growing on teeth |
| Systolic | relating to cardiac systole; the process of cardiac contraction (heartbeat) when blood is ejected in the systemic circulation |
| Tachycardia | a rapid heart rate; usually a rate above 100 beats per minute |
| Thrombus | a blood clot attached to a vein or artery |
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jillcyr
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