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Dawood 09
Question | Answer |
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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 |