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Mod D Unit II - EKG
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| words | definitions |
|---|---|
| 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 |