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Mod D Unit II - EKG
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words | definitions |
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a- | away from, without |
-al | pertaining to |
angi/o | relating to blood or lymph vessels |
atri/o | atrium |
brady | slow |
cardi/o | heart |
cordi/o | chest leads or heart |
ech/o | sound |
electr/o | electric or electricity |
-gram | tracing, picture or record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
my/o | muscle |
phon/o | voice or sound |
pre- | before or infront of |
rhythm/o | rhythm |
-rrhexis | hemorrhage or rupture |
sin/o | sinus or hollow, tube-like passage |
tachy | fast |
ventricul/o | ventricle of heart |
arrhythmia | irregularity or without rhythm |
bradycardia | abnormally slow heart beat |
echocardiogram | record of sounds of the heart |
electrocardiogram | recording electrical activity of the heart |
electrocardiograph | instrument used to record electrical activity of the heart |
electrocardiography | process of recording the activity of the heart |
phonocardiogram | to record sounds of the heart |
precordial | chest leads before the heart |
sinoatrial | atrial sinus |
tachycardia | abnormally fast heart beat |
artifacts | anything artificially produced |
baseline | known or initial value |
bipolar | having two poles or processes |
conduction | transmission |
depolarization | reversal of charges |
electrolyte | conductive medium |
fibrillation | quivering of the heart muscle |
PAC | premature atrial contraction |
repolarization | restoring the original |
standardization | refering to marks used to verify EKG's |
angiogram | radiographic record of size, shape and location of heart & blood vesselsafter introduction of contrast medium |
cardiorrhexis | rupture of the heart |
ventriculography | visualization of ventricles of the heart |
myography | recording of muscular contractions by a myograph |
echogram | record made by echography |