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Chapter 10
Heart and abbreations
| heart | muscular cone shaped organ |
| atrioventricular valves | consist of the tricuspid and mitral valves which lie between the right atrium and the right ventricle |
| semilunar valves | pulmonary an aortic valves located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery and between the left ventricle and the aorta |
| perticardium | two layer sac surrounding the heart |
| epicardium | covers the heart |
| myocardium | middle thick musclar layer |
| endocardium | inner lining of the heart |
| blood vessels | tube like structures that carry blood through out the body |
| arteries | blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
| aorta | largest artery in the body originating at the left ventricle and descending through the thorax and abdomen |
| veins | blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart |
| venules | smallest veins |
| vena cavae | largest veins in the body |
| capillaries | microscopic blood vessels that connect arterioles with venules |
| blood | fluid circulated through the heart arteries capillaries and veins composed of plasma and formed elements |
| plasma | clear straw colored liquid portion of blood in which cells are suspended |
| erythrocytes | red blood cells that carry oxygen |
| leukocytes | white blood cells that combat infection and respond to inflammation |
| platelets | one of the formed elements in the blood that is responsible for aiding in the clotting process |
| serum | clear watery fluid portion of the blood that remains after a clot has formed |
| ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
| AFib | artial fibrillation |
| AV | atrioventrricular |
| BP | blood pressure |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CBC and DIFF | complete blood count and differential |
| CCU | coronary care unit |
| CPK | creatine phosphokinase |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CRP | C- reactive protiein |
| DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| ECG, EKG | eletrocardiogram |
| ECHO | echocardiogram |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HF | heart failure |
| HHD | hypertentsive heart disease |
| ICD | implantable cardiac defibrillator |
| IPG | impedance plethysmography |
| IV | intravenous |
| MI | myocardial infraction |
| PAD | peripheral arterial disease |
| PT | prothromin time |
| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
| RBC | red blood cells |
| SPECT | single photon emission computerd tompgraphy |
| TEE | transesophageal echordiogram |
| WBC | white blood cells |
| lymph | transparent colorless tissue fluid contains lymphocytes and monocytes and flows in one way direction to the heart |
| lymphatic vessels | transports lymph from body tissue to a large vein in the chest |
| lymph nodes | small spherical bodies composed of lymphoid tissue |
| spleen | located in the left side of the abdominal cavity between the stomach and the diaphragm |
| thymus gland | one of the primary lymphatic organs it is located anterior to the ascending aorta and posterior to the sternum |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cardi/o | heart |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymph tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| ather/o | yellowish, fatty plaque |
| ech/o | sound |
| eletr/o | electricity, electrical activity |
| isch/o | deficiency, blockage |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot |
| brandy- | slow |
| pan- | all, total |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scierosis | hardening |
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