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chap 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -graph | instrument usd to record; record |
| -odynia | pain |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| brady- | slow |
| acute coronary syndrome(ACS) | sudden symptoms of insuffient blood supply to the heart indicating unstabe angina or myocardial infarction. |
| aneurysm | ballooning of a weekend portion of an arterial wall |
| angina pectoria | chest pain :may radiate to the left arm and jaw |
| arrhythmia | any disturbance or abnormallylity in the hearts normal rhythmic pattern |
| atrial fibrillation(AFib) | a cardiaca arrhythmia characterized by chaortic, rapid electrial impulses in the atria. |
| 2types a AFib | 1. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(PAF)-intermittent 2.chronic atrial fibrillation-sustained |
| cardiac arrest | sudden cessation of cardiac output and effective circulation. *cpr |
| coarctaton o the aorta | congenita cardiac condition characterized by a narrowing o aorta. |