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SBGR EKG
SBGR MA 150 Week 4
Question | Answer |
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cardiac arrest | the heart stops beating |
defibrillator | machine used to restore normal heart rhythm |
cardioversion | use of electroshock to convert an abnormal cardiac rhythm to a normal one |
ectopic | originating outside of the normal tissue |
infarction | death of tissue due to lack of blood flow |
ischemic | lack of blood flow to tissue |
ventricles | pumping chambers of the heart |
myocardium | heart muscle |
atria | receiving chambers of the heart |
sinoatrial node | pacemaker of the heart |
atrioventricular node | part of the cardiac conduction system located between atria and ventricles |
bundle of HIS | fibers that conduct electrical impulses from AV node to ventricles |
Purkinje fibers | fibers that run through ventricles to deliver the electrical impulse |
electrocardiography | study and interpretation of the recording of the electric currents of the heart |
electrocardiogram | the resulting record of the electric currents of the heart |
electrocardiograph | the instrument for recording electric currents of the heart |
angina pectoris | chest pain |
nitroglycerine | vasodilator used to relieve chest pain |
a- | no, not, without |
my/o | muscle |
Avapro | |
Coreg | |
Inderal | |
Lotensin | |
Lotrel |