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Chap 11 MedTerm
Cardiovascular Systen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Veins | carry blood back to the heart |
| ven/o | veins |
| phleb/o | veins |
| arteries | carry blood away from the heart |
| arteri/o | arteries |
| Pulmonary circulation | blood through vessels from the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart again (blood picks up oxygen, blood loses carbon dioxide) |
| Systemic circulation | pathway of blood from the heart to the tissue capillaries and back to the heart (blood loses oxygen to cells; blood picks up carbon dioxide) |
| aorta | largest artery in the body (left side of the heart pump the blood out of the heart) |
| Pulse points | Brachial artery, Femoral artery, Politeal artery (back of knee), Dorsalis pedis artery, Posterior tibial artey |
| Aneurysm | Widening and weakening of the artery wall |
| (system circulation) How does blood return to the heart? | |
| Varicose veins | abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually occurring in the legs |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation in the veins by blood clots |
| right pulmonary artery | |
| systole | (contraction) phase of the heartbeat |
| diastole | (relaxation) phase of the heartbeat |
| sphymomanometer | instrument to measure blood pressure |
| apex of the heart | lower tip of the heart |
| left pulmonary artery | |
| left pulmonary veins | blood from lungs to the left atrium of the heart, carries bright red blood |
| pulmonary trunk | a vessel that arises from the right ventricle of the heart, extends upward, and divides into the right and left |
| atherosclerosis | builds up of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on your artery walls |
| bradycardia | resting heart rate, heart rate under 60 min per minute |
| heart block | abnormal heart rhythm where the heart beats too slowly |
| congenital heart disease | coarclation of the aorta, patent ductus arteriosus |
| congestive heart failure (CHF) | inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it, failure of the heart to pump blood with normal efficieny |
| coronary artery diease (CAD) | impedance or blockage of the one or more arteries that supply blood to the heart |
| infarct | an area of necrosis in a tissue or organ resulting from obstruction of the local circulation by a thrombus or embolus |
| myocardial infarction | focuses on the heart muscle |
| endarterectomy | removal of the plaque from an artery that has become narrowed or blocked |
| tachycardia | above 100 fast heartbeat |
| phlebitis | inflammation of veins |
| auscultate | listening to pts lungs, heart etc. with stethoscope |
| arrhythmia | condition of abnormal heart rhythm |
| petechaie | small pinpoint hemorrhages |
| pericarditis | inflammation around the heart |
| cyanosis | abnormal condition of blue coloration of the skin |
| hypoxia | decreased oxygen condition |
| whats the cause of cyanosis? | hypoxia |
| hypercholesterolemia | high levels of cholesterol in the blood stream |
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