AC (alternating current) interference

Unwanted markings on the ECG caused by other electrical current sources.

A ridge about an inch or so below the suprasternal notch where the main part of the sternum and the top of the sternum, known as the menubrium, are attached.

anterior axillary line

The imaginary vertical line starting at the edge of the chest where the armpit begins.

Unwanted marks on the ECG tracing caused by activity other than the heart's electrical activity.

Atrial or ventricular contractions as they appear on the ECG; complete ECG waveforms.

A congenital defect in which the major organs are reversed.

An imaginary line on the chest that starts at the middle of the armpit.

An imaginary line on the chest that runs vertically through the center of the clavical.

Imaginary line on the back that runs vertically through the center of the scapula.

Imaginary line on the spine that runs vertically through the side of the spine.

posterior axillary line

Imaginary line on the back that runs vertically from the shoulder down on the outer edge of the rib cage.

An interruption of the electrical activity in the brain that causes involuntary muscle movement and sometimes unconsiousness.

Voluntary or involuntary muscle movements.

The dip you feel at the base of the neck just above where the clavical attaches to the sternum.

When the tracing of an ECG drifts away from the center of the paper.

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ekg chapter 4

Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
AC (alternating current) interference	Unwanted markings on the ECG caused by other electrical current sources.
angle of Louis	A ridge about an inch or so below the suprasternal notch where the main part of the sternum and the top of the sternum, known as the menubrium, are attached.
anterior axillary line	The imaginary vertical line starting at the edge of the chest where the armpit begins.
artifact	Unwanted marks on the ECG tracing caused by activity other than the heart's electrical activity.
complexes	Atrial or ventricular contractions as they appear on the ECG; complete ECG waveforms.
dextrocardia	A congenital defect in which the major organs are reversed.
intercostal space (ICS)	The space between two ribs.
midaxillary line	An imaginary line on the chest that starts at the middle of the armpit.
midclavicular line	An imaginary line on the chest that runs vertically through the center of the clavical.
midscapular line	Imaginary line on the back that runs vertically through the center of the scapula.
paraspinal line	Imaginary line on the spine that runs vertically through the side of the spine.
posterior axillary line	Imaginary line on the back that runs vertically from the shoulder down on the outer edge of the rib cage.
seizure	An interruption of the electrical activity in the brain that causes involuntary muscle movement and sometimes unconsiousness.
somatic tremor	Voluntary or involuntary muscle movements.
stat	immediately
suprasternal notch	The dip you feel at the base of the neck just above where the clavical attaches to the sternum.
wandering baseline	When the tracing of an ECG drifts away from the center of the paper.

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