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SBGR EKG
SBGR MA 150 Week 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |