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Medical Terminology
Cardiovascular System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The heart is divided into _ chambers. | 4 |
| The ___ and ____ are receiving rooms of the heart. | Left and Right |
| The _____ and ____ are sending rooms of the Heart | Left and Right |
| Vavul/o | Valve |
| The Heart has _______ Valves | 4 |
| The heart has 4 valves, 2 __________ valves and 2 valves between the _______ and ______. | Atrioventricular; Ventricles and Arteries |
| In a normal heart, there is no ____ ___ between the left and right ventricles | Blood Flow |
| On the left side of the heart the ______ valve connects the left atrium and the ventricle. | Mitral |
| The ____ valve connects the left ventricle to the outgoing blood vessel, the aorta. | Aortic Valve |
| On the right side, the connector between the atrium and the ventricle is the ______ _______ | Tricuspid Valve |
| The _________ ______ connects the right ventricle and the outgoing blood vessel, the _________ artery. | Pulmonary; pulmonary |
| When the heart compresses, the ventricles force the blood out into the outgoing blood vessels called _______ | Arteries |
| The right ventricle sends blood to the _______ to get fresh ______ and to discard excess ______ _______. | 1. Lungs 2. Oxygen 3. Carbon Dioxide |
| The fresh _____ is sent out from the heart by the left ventricle to the rest of the body to provide _______ and collect the body's _____ _____ waste | 1. Blood 2. Oxygen 3. Carbon Dioxide |
| Atri/o | Atrium |
| Sept/o | Septum (Plueral= Septa) |
| Ventricul/o | Ventricle (Lower layer) |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| The Aotra branches into smaller ______ | Arteries |
| The blood flowing in tiny vessels knows as _________. | Capillaries |
| Smaller veins collect into larger veins, which collect into the upper (Superior) and lower (Inferior) _______ ______. | Vena Cava |
| The main veins return blood into the _____ Atrium. | Right |
| Coron/o | Heart |
| Term used to refer specifically to the heart's blood supply ________. | Coronary |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Aort/o | Aorta |
| Ateri/o | Artery |
| Ather/o | Fatty Plaque |
| Atherosclerosis | Hardening of an artery |
| Arteriosclerosis | Hardening of an artery due specifically to fatty plaque |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| Ven/o | Vein |
| Phlebotomy means to | Phleb/o-Vein Tomy- Incision |
| Lobotomy | Lob/o- Lobe tomy-Incision |
| Oppressive pain in the chest caused by irregular blood flow to the heart. | Angina Pectoris |
| Irregular Heartbeat | Arrhythmia Dysrhythmia |
| Palpitation | Rapid or irregular beating of the heart |
| Pectoralgia | Chest Pain |
| Aortalgia | Pain in the Aorta |
| Profuse Sweating | Diaphoresis |
| Loss of Blood | Hemorrhage |
| Pain in vein | Phlebalgia |
| What does blood pressure measure? | How strong the flow of blood is in the body. |
| When a Patient's heart muscle fibers are contracting and sending blood out of the Ventricles, the pressure in the arteries is at its ________. | Highest |
| The Arterial pressure is called the _______ | Systole |
| The systole is the ____ number in a blood pressure reading. | First |
| The Pressure on the vessels when the heart is relaxed and filled with blood is call the _______ | Diastole |
| The Diastole is the _____ number in a blood pressure reading. | Second |
| When a Patient's blood vessels are caked with hard deposits, _____ pressure is needed to force blood through them. | Higher |
| High blood pressure is called ____________. | Hypertension |
| 2 Common tests that are used to observe the heart | Electrocardiograms and echocardiograms |
| Decreased blood flow to the heart is called | Ischemia |
| Three Layers of the heart | 1. Pericardium 2. Myocardium 3. Endocardium |
| What is it called with the blood in the heart flows back in the wrong direction? | Regurgitation |
| What is it called when the blood flow through the valves are tight? | Stenosis |
| What is it called when a floating object is blocking blood flow in the blood vessles? | Embolus |
| What is it called when there is a cutoff of blood flow in the blood vessels? | Occlusion |
| What is it called when there is a dilation of a blood vessel? | Ectasia |
| Tissue lining the outside of the Heart | Epicardium |
| Heart Muscle tissue | Myocardium |
| Tissue around the heart | Tissue around the heart |
| Tissue lining the inside of the heart | Endocardium |
| Bradycardia | Slow Heartbeat |
| Enlarged Heart | Cardiomegaly |
| Bluish appearance to the skin; sign the tissue is not receiving enough oxygen | Cyanosis |
| Abnormal heart sound | Murmur |
| Rapid Heartbeat | Tachycardia |
| Large-diameter vein that gathers blood from the body and returns it to the heart | Vena Cava |
| Portion of the vena cava that gathers blood from the lower portion of the body. | Inferior Vena Cava |
| Portion of the Vena Cava that gathers blood from the upper portion of the body (Head and Arms) | Superior Vena Cava |
| Angiogenesis | Development of Blood Vessels |
| Angiolith | Stone forming in the wall of a blood vessel |
| Angiopoiesis | Formation of blood vessels |
| Angiosclerosis | Hardening of blood vessels |
| Aortectasia | Dilation of the Aorta |
| Aortic Stenosis | Narrowing of the Aorta |
| Aortolith | Stone deposit in the wall fo the aorta |
| Arteriolith | Stone in Artery |
| Arteriorrhhexis | Rupture of an Artery |
| Arteriosclerosis | Hardening of an artery |
| Atherogenesis | Formation of fatty plaque on the wall of an artery |
| Atherosclerosis | Hardening of an artery due to buildup of fatty plaque |
| Blockage in a blood vessel caused by an embolus | Embolism |
| Blockage of blood flow to an organ | Ischemia |
| Phlebosclerosis | Hardening of a vein |
| Blood Clot | Thrombus |
| An enlarged, dilated vein toward the surface of the skin. | Varicose veins |
| Involuntary contraction of a blood vessel | Vasospasm and venospasm |
| Venosclerosis | Hardening of a Vein |
| Trapping of Blood in an extremity due to compression | Venostasis |
| Record of the blood vessel | Angiogram |
| Procedure to describe the blood vessel | Angiography |
| Record of the Aorta | Aortogram |
| Arteriogram | Record of an artery |
| Record of a vein | Venogram |
| Angioscope | Device for looking into a blood vessel |
| Cardiac Catheterization | Process of inserting a tube (Catheter) into the heart |
| Image of the heart produced using sound waves | Echocardiogram |
| Use of sound waves to produce an image of the heart | Echocardiography |
| Record of electrical currents of the heart | Electrocardiogram |
| Sonography | Use of sound waves to produce diagnostic images |
| Stress Electrocardiogram | Records electrical signals of the heart while the Patient experiences increases of exercise stress |
| Transesophageal Echocardiogram | Record of the heart using sound waves performedby inserting the transducer into the esophagus |
| Vascular Endoscopy | Procedure to look inside a blood vessel |
| Pressure exerted on blood vessels when heart is contracting | Systolic Pressure |
| Pressure exerted on blood vessels when heart is relaxed | Diastolic Pressure |
| The force exerted by blood on the walls of blood vessels | Blood Pressure |
| Pertaining to the Heart and Blood Vessels | Cardiovascular |
| Moving of blood from the heart through the vessels and back to the heart | Coronary Circulation |
| Circulation of blood from the heart and lungs (to oxygenate) | Pulmonary Circulation |
| Circulation of blood from the heart to the rest of the body | Systemic Circulation |
| Specialist in veins | Phlebologist |
| Study of veins | Phlebogoly |
| Poisonous to the heart | Cardiotoxic |
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