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chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atri/o | atrium |
| atrium | upper chamber |
| sept/o | septum |
| septum | partition, dividing structure, wall dividing two cavities |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| ventricle | lower chamber |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| aorta | main artery leaving heart to distribute oxygenated blood to body |
| artery | carry oxygenated blood to body |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| angina pectoris | oppressive chest pain caused by irregular blood flow to heart |
| arrhythmia | irregular heartbeat |
| dysrhythmia | irregular heartbeat |
| palpitation | rapid or irregular heartbeat |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| dia- | through |
| -phoresis | carry |
| hemorrhage | loss of blood |
| murmur | abnormal heart sound |
| vena cava | large-diameter vein that gathers blood from body and returns it to heart |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| scler/o | hardening |
| -osis | condition |
| occlusion | closing or blockage of passage |
| varicose | swollen/twisted |
| varicose vein | enlarged, dilated vein toward surface of skin |
| cardiac catheterization | process of inserting tube into heart |
| diastolic pressure | pressure exerted on blood vessels when heart is relaxed (top) |
| systolic pressure | pressure exerted on blood vessels when heart is contracting (bottom) |
| pulmonary circulation | circulation of blood through heart to lungs to oxygenate it |
| systemic circulation | circulation of blood through heart to body |
| coronary circulation | circulation of blood from heart to heart muscle |
| atrial fibrillation | quivering or spontaneous contraction of muscle fibers in atrium |
| cardiac arrest | cessation of functional circulation |
| congestive cardio myopathy | weak/slow pumping of blood due to cavity becoming congested and stretched (dilated) |
| hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | heart muscle becomes enlarged and blocks blood flow |
| Congestive heart failure (CHF) | heart failure characterized by the heart cavity being unable to pump blood out of itself |
| myocardial infarction | death of heart muscle tissue |
| pericardial effusion | fluid pouring out into tissue around the heart |
| aneurysm | bulge of blood vessel |
| angioedema | swelling of blood vessels |
| percutaneous coronary intervention | alternate treatment for coronary artery that passes instruments up BV to heart |
| anastomosis | creation of opening through two normally separate structures |
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katorn