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Dawood 09
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| valve | valve |
| atri | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
| sept | partition |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| cardi,coron | heart |
| aort | aorta (largest atery) |
| arteri | artery |
| ather | plaque |
| phleb,ven | vein |
| pectoralgia | chest pain |
| angina | chest pain caused by reduced flow; squeezing's, pressure, tightness |
| palpation | feeling o f fast beating pounding or fluttering of the hear |
| arrhythmia | a problem with the heart rate or rhythm of the heartbeat |
| endocardium | inner most layer of heart |
| myocardium | heart muscle |
| epicardium | outermost layer of the heart |
| pericardium | membrane enclosing heart |
| superior vena cava | delivers blood from head and chest into the heart |
| inferior vena cava | returns blood from lower body to the heart |
| diastolic | pressure of arteries between heart beats |
| systolic | pressure in the arteries when the heart muscle contracts |
| systemic circulation | carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle through the arteries and into capillaries |
| pulmonary circulation | carries deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to the lungs and returns oxygenated blood to the left ventricle and atrium |
| coronary circulation | circulation of blood in blood vessels that supply the hear muscle |
| NSR | normal sinus rhythm |
| afib | Atrial fibrillation |
| SCA | spinocerebellar ataxia |
| ASD | atrial septic defect |
| MSD | ventricle sept defect |
| MVP | mitral valve prolapse |
| CO | cardiac output |
| Sv | seminal vesical |
| ECHO | echocardiogram |
| TEE | transesophageal echocardiogram |
| EKG | electrocardiogram |
| MRA | magnetic radio resonance angiography |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweatin |