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Chapter 9 Med Terms
Medical Terminology of Cardiovascular System
Term | Definition |
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angio | vessel |
arteri | artery |
cardi | heart |
pector | chest |
phleb | vein |
sphygm | pulse |
thromb | clot |
atrium | upper right or left chamber of the heart |
endocardium | membrane lining the cavities of the heart |
epicardium | membrane forming the outer layer of the heart |
myocardium | heart muscle |
pericardium | protective sac enclosing the heart composed of two layers with fluid between |
arteries | vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the arterioles |
aorta | large artery that is the main trunk of the arterial system branching from the left ventricle |
normotension | normal blood pressure |
hypotension | low blood pressure |
aneurysm | a widening; a bulging of the wall of an artery caused by congenital defect or acquired weakness |
claudication | limping; pain in a limb while walking that subsides after rest; caused by inadequate blood supply |
diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
thrombus | stationary blood clot |
heart murmur | an abnormal sound from the heart produced by defects in the chambers or valves |
ischemia | decreased blood flow to tissue caused by obstruction or constriction of a blood vessel; to hold back blood |
arrhythmia | any of several kinds of irregularity of loss of rhythm of the heartbeat |
bradycardia | slow heart rate |
fibrillation | chaotic, irregular contractions of the heart, as in atrial or ventricular fibrillation |
venogram | x-ray image of a vein |
anastomosis | the joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other; opening |
valvuloplasty | surgical repair of a defective heart valve |
antianginal | drug that dilates coronary arteries, restoring oxygen to the tissues to relieve the pain of angina pectoris |
antihypertensive | drug that lowers blood pressure |
CO | cardiac output |
AV | atrioventricular |
ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
IV | intravenous |
STAT | immediately |