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Medical terminology
Pathology test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angina pectoris | Condition of severe pain around the heart. caused by deficiency of oxygen to heart muscle |
| arrhythmia | irregularity of heartbeat or action |
| bundle branch block (BBB) | Occurs when electrical impulse is blocked; results in ventricles beating at a different rate than the atria |
| cardiac arrest | complete stoppage of heart |
| cardiomyopathy | disease of the myocardium |
| congenital septal defect (CSD) | A hole in the septum between two heart chambers; present at birth. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), ventricular septal defect (VSD) |
| congestive heart failure (CHF) | pathlological condition of the heart where there is reduced outflow from the left side of the heart, presents with weakness, breathlessness and edema |
| coronary artery disease (CAD) | Insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle due to obstruction of one or more coronary arteries. |
| endocarditis | Inflammaiton of the lining membranes of the heart due to bacterial or abnormal immunological response. If bacteria, forms as vegetation. |
| fibrillation | an extremely serious arrhythmia--quivering or contraction of heart fibers |
| flutter | an arrhythmia in which the atria beat too rapidly |
| heart valve prolapse | considition, where the flaps to heart valve are too loose and fall to shut tightly |
| heart valve stenois | the cusps or flaps of the heart are too stiff to open fully making it difficult for blood to flow through. |
| myocardial infarction | parial or complete occlusion or closing of one or more coronary artieries |
| myocarditis | Inflammation of the muscle layer of the heart wall. |
| pericarditis | Inflammation of the pericardial sac around the heart. |
| tetralogy of Fallot | Combinaiton of four congenital anomalies |
| aneurysm | weakness in the wall of an artery |
| arteriosclerosis | thickening, hardening or loss of elasticity of walls of artery due to atherosclerosis |
| atherosclerosis | form of arteriosclerosis; caused by formation of plaque on the inner walls of the arteries |
| coarctation of the aorta | Severe congenital narrowing of the aorta |
| embolus | obstruction of a blood vessel caused by a blood clot broken from a thrombus elsewhere in the body |
| hemorrhoid | variocose veins in the anal region |
| hypertension | blood pressure above the normal range |
| hypotension | blood pressure below the normal range |
| patent ductus arteriousus (PDA) | Congenital heart anomaly in which the fetal connecion between the pulmonary artery and the aorta fails to close at birth |
| peripheral vascular disease | Any abnormal condition affecting blood vessels outside the heart |
| polyarteritis | Inflammation of several arteries |
| Raynaud's phenomenon | Periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities where they painful and cyanotic |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a vein forming blood clots within the vein |
| thrombus | a blood clot forming within a blood vessel |
| varicose veins | Swollen distended veins usually in the legs |
| hemophilia | hereditary lack of blood clotting disease |
| hyperlipidemia | Condition of haivng to high a level of lipids in blood stream, risk of atherosclerosis |
| septicemia | having bacteria or toxins in the bloodstream |
| anemia | reduction of red blood cells in blood stream |
| aplastic anemia | severe anemia due to loss of red bone marrow. may require bone marrow transplant |
| hemolytic anemia | an anemia that develops because of excess loss of erythocytes |
| hemolytic reaction | a transfusion reaction from blood transfusion of incompatible blood |
| hypchromic anemia | insufficient hemoglobin in the erythrocytes |
| iron-deficiency anemia | result of insufficient iron to manufacture hemoglobin |
| pernicious anemia | anemia due to insufficient B12 in digestive system. |
| polycythemia vera | blood become too thick due to too many red blood cells in bone marrow |
| sickle cell anemia | ertythrocytes take on a curved or "sickle" sho |
| thalassemia | genetic condition that results in anemia because the body can't make hemoglobin |
| leukemia | cancer of white blood cell..large number of immature and abnormal cells circulate in blood |
| croup | barking cough in infants and children |
| diptheria | Rare disease due to DPT, baterial upper respiratory--forms thick membranous film on throat |
| pertussis | Whoopin cough. childs disease |
| asthma | |
| brochiectasis | abnormal enlargement of bronchi as result oflung infection. there may be sputum rales and hemoptysis |
| adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) | adults: respirtory failure; tachypnea, dyspnea, cyanosis, tarcardia and hypoxemia. |
| antracosis | type of pneumoconiosis "coal miners lung". |
| abestosis | |
| atelectasis | partial lung collapse or failure of newborns lungs to expand. |
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