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MA 509-cardio
Ch.11 Language of Medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| valve between left atrium and left ventricle | mitrial valve |
| valve located between right atrium and right ventricle | tricupid valve |
| second largest vein, returns blood to the right atrium of the hear from upper half of body | superior vena cava |
| propels blood throught aortic valve into aorta. one of tow lower chambers of the heart. | left ventricle |
| thin-walled upper chamber of the heart that recieves oxygen-poor blood from the vena cava | right artium |
| valve located between right atrium and right ventricle. | tricuspid valve |
| lower right chamber of heart | right ventricle |
| blood vessel carring oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs | pulmonary artery |
| one of two paire of vessels carring oxygenated blood from the lungs to the lft atrium of the heart. | pulmonary vein |
| oxgenated blood enter the heart from the pulmonary veins;contracts to force blood throught mitral valve | left atrium |
| pretaining to unknown cause of diease | idiopathic |
| instrument to measure BP | spygmomanometer |
| smallest blood vessel | capillary |
| affording free passage;being open and unobstruted | patent |
| incision of a vein for the removal of lood | phlebotomy |
| compact verson of a electrocrdiograph is worn during a 24 hour period to detct cardiac arrhythmias | holter monitor |
| drug that increases the strength and regularity of the hearbeat. treas arrhythmias | digoxin |
| swollen, twisted varicose veins in the rectal region | hemorrhoid |
| blood clot that is carried by the bloodstream from one area of the body to another where it blocks a blood vessel | embolus |
| chemicls measure i the blood as evidence of a heart attack | serum enzymes |
| congenital malformation of heart, four separate defects of the heart occurring at birth | tetralogy of Fallot |
| small artery | arteriole |
| condition of holding back blood from an organ or tissue | ischemia |
| deep vien thrombosis- blood clot forms in a large vein, usually in a lower limb | DVT |
| relaxtion phase of the heartbeat | distole |
| random, rapid, inefficient, irregular contractions of the artia on ventricles. | fibrillation |
| relating to, being the coronary arteries or viens of the heart | coronary |
| widening of a blood vessel; | vasodilation |
| echoes generated by high frequency sound waves produce images of heart;echocardiography | ECHO |
| snall pin-point hemorrhages under the skin | petechiae |
| inflammation of the vein | phlebitis |
| sac surrounding the heart | pericaradium |
| contraction phase of the heartbeat | systole |
| pain in the chest resulting from myocardial ischemia | angina |
| abnormal conditon of bluness of skin, caused by decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the blood | cyanosis |
| disease of the heart muscle | cardiomyopathy |
| specialize muscle fibers connecting the artia with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them | bundle of HIS (atrioventricular bundle) |
| sensitive nervous tissue in the wall of the right atrium;pacemaker of the heart | sinoatrial node (SA) |
| specialized tissure in the all between the atria, electrical impulsed pass from a pacemaker (SA node) through the AV node and the atrioventricular bundle of HIS toward the ventricles | stioventricular node(AV) |
| largest artey in the body | aorta |
| weakening of an arterial wall, wich may lead to hemorrhage and cerebrovaslular accident (strok) | aneurysm |
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