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cardiovascular terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angi/o- | Blood or lymph vessels |
| Aortr/o- | Aorta |
| Arteri/o- | Artery |
| Ather/o- | Plaque, fatty substance |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cardi/o- | Heart |
| Coron/o- | Coronary, crown |
| -emia | Blood, blood condition |
| Erythr/o- | Red |
| Hem/o,hemat/o- | Blood, relating to the blood |
| Leuk/o- | White |
| Phleb/o- | Vein |
| Tachy- | Fast, rapid |
| Thromb/o- | Clot |
| Ven/o- | Vein |
| Aneurysm- | A located weak spot of balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery. |
| Angia- | Severe episodes of spasmodic choking og suffocating chest pain caused by an insufficient supply of oxygen to the heart muscle |
| Antiarrhythmic- | Medication administered to control irregularitites of the heartbeat. |
| Anticoagulant- | Medication administered to slow blood clotting and to prevent new clots from forming; also known as a thrombolytic. |
| Antihypertensive- | Medication administered to lower high blood pressure. |
| Anemia, Aplastic- | A marked absence of all formed blood elements. |
| Arrhythmia- | An irregularity or the loss of normal rhythm of the heartbeat; also known as dysrhythmia. |
| Arteritis- | Inflammation of an artery or arteries. |
| Atheroma- | Fatty deposit within the wall of an artery. |
| Atherosclerosis- | Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaques. |
| Bradycardia- | An abnormally slow heartbeat. |
| Cardiac catheterization- | Placement of a catheter through a vein or artery and into the heart. |
| Cholesterol- | Lipids that travel in the blood in packages called lipoproteins |
| defibrillation- | The use of electric shock to restore the heart's normal rhythem |
| Diastolic- | Which occurs when the ventricles are relaxed, is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
| Electrocardiogram- | A record of the electrical activity of the myocardium |
| Embolism- | Blocked vessel by an embolus. |
| Fibrillation- | Rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart |
| Hemoglobin- | A blood test that measures the average blood glucose level over the previous three to four months |
| Hemostasis- | To control bleeding |
| Hypoperfusion- | A deficiency of blood passing through an organ or body part. |
| Ischemia- | Deficiency in blood supply due to either the constriction or the obstruction of a blood vessel. |
| Palpitation- | An examination technique in which the examiner s hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts. |
| Plaque- | A solid raised area of skin that is different form the area around it and greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. |
| Systolic- | Which occurs when the ventricles contract, is the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
| Tachycardia- | An abnormally fast heartbeat. |
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