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KNH 209
Medical Terminology Ch. 9 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Valvul/o | Valve |
| Atri/o | Atrium (upper chamber) |
| Sept/o | Spetum/ Septa |
| Ventricul/o | Ventricle (lower chamber) |
| coron/o | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| angina pectoris | oppressive pain in the chest caused by irregular blood flow to the heart |
| arrhythmia | irregular heartbeat |
| dysrhythmia | irregular heartbeat (less common name) |
| palpitation | rapid or irregular heartbeat |
| pectoralgia | chest pain |
| aortalgia | pain in the aorta |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| hemmorage | loss of blood |
| phlebalgia | pain in a vein |
| endocardium | tissue lining the inside of the heart |
| epicardium | tissue lining the outside of the heart |
| myocardium | heart muscle tissue |
| pericardium | tissue around the heart |
| vena cava | large-diameter vein that gathers blood from the body and returns it to the heart |
| bradycardia | slow heartbeat |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| murmur | abnormal heart sound |
| tachycardia | rapid heartbeat |
| aortic stenosis | narrowing of the aorta |
| arteriorrhexis | rupture of an artery |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of an artery |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of an artery due to fatty plaque |
| embolus | mass of matter present in the blood |
| embolism | blockage of a blood vessel caused by an embolus |
| ischemia | blockage of blood flow to an organ |
| occlusion | closing or blockage of a passing |
| varicose veins | enlarged, dilated veins toward the surface of the skin |
| cardiac catheterization | process of inserting a tube (catheter) into the heart |
| echocardiogram | image of the heart produced by sound waves |
| electrocardiogram | record of the electrical currents of the heart |
| transesophageal echocardiogram | record of the heart using sound waves preformed by inserting a transducer into the esophagus |
| angiogram | record of the blood vessel |
| angiography | procedure to describe the blood vessels |
| arteriogram | record of an artery |
| venogram | record of a vein |
| blood pressure | the force exerted by blood of the walls of the blood vessels |
| antianginal | drug that prevents/ relieves the symptoms of angina pectoris |
| antiarrhythmic | drug that opposes the an irregular heartbeat |
| anticoagulant | drug that opposes the coagulation of the blood |
| antihypertensive | drug that opposes high blood pressure |
| thrombolytic | drug that breaks down clots |
| vasoconstrictor | drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel |
| vasodilator | drug that causes the relaxation/ expansion of a blood vessel |
| vasopressor | drug that constricts or narrow the diameter of a blood vessel |
| cardiopulmonary bipass | procedure that temporarily circulated and oxygenates a patient's blood during the portion of heart surgery in which the heart is stopped |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resusitation |
| cardioversion | returning a heart to normal ryhtym |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass graft |
| Coronary artery bypass graft | borrowed piece of blood vessel used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart |
| percutaneous coronary intervention | alternate treatment for a coronary artery that passes instruments up a patient's blood vessels into the heart |
| valvotomy | incision into a heart valve |
| valvuloplasty | surgical reconstruction of a heart valve |
| angioplasty | surgical reconstruction of a vessel |
| angiorrhaphy | suture of a vessel |
| aortorraohy | suture of the aorta |
| ateriorrhaphy | suture of an artery |
| atherectomy | surgical reconstruction of fatty plaque within an artery |
| endarterectomy | surgical removal of the inside of an artery |
| phlebectomy | surgical removal of a vein |
| A-Fib | atrial fibrillation |
| CAD | coronary artery diease |
| CHF | Congestive heart failure |
| DTV | deep vein thrombosis |
| ECHO | echocardiogram |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| MI | Myocardial infraction |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
| MI | mitral valve prolapse |
| NSR | normal sinus rythym |
| PCI | percutaneous coronary intervention |
| SCA | sudden cardiac arrest |
| SC | stroke volume |
| TEE | transesophageal echocardiogram |
| VSD | Ventricular septal defect |
| ASD | Atrial Sepal Defect |
| CA | Cardiac arrest |
| cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle |
| Cardiac Arrest | cessation of functional circulation |
| Atrial Sepal Defect | flaw in the septum that divides the two atria of the heart |
| congenital heart defect | flaw in the structure of the heart present at birth |
| congestive heart failure | heart failure characterized by the heart cavity being unable to pump all the blood out of itself |
| endocarditis | inflammation of the tissue lining the inside of the heart |
| myocardial infarction | death of heart muscle tissue |
| myocardial ischemia | blockage of blood in the heart muscle |
| myocarditis | inflammation of the heart muscle |
| pericarditis | inflammation of the tissue around the heart |
| ventricular septal defect | flaw in the septum that divides the two ventricles of the heart |
| aneurysm | bulge in a blood vessel |
| angioma | blood vessel tumor |
| arteriopathy | disease of the arteries |
| arteritis | inflammation of the arteries |
| deep vain thrombosis | formation of blood clot in a vein deep in the body, most commonly the leg |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hyoptension | low blood pressure |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammations of a vein caused by a clot |
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