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Everest345moddwk2
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Question | Answer |
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a | no, without, lack of |
-al | pertaining to |
angi/o | blood vessel |
atri/o | atrium |
brady- | slow |
cardi/o | heart |
cordi/o | heart |
ech/o | sound |
electr/o | electricity |
-gram | resulting record |
-graph | the instrument for recording |
-graphy | the process of recording |
my/o | muscle |
phon/o | sound |
pre- | before |
rhythm/o | rhythm |
-rrhexis | rupture |
sin/o | hollow |
tachy | fast |
ventricul/o | small chamber |
arrhythmia | irregular heart rate |
bradycardia | abnormally slow heart rate |
echocardiogram | the ultrasound record of the heart structure and motion |
electrocardiograph | the instrument for recording electric currents of the heart |
electrocardiography | the study and interpretation of the recording of electric currents of the heart |
phonocardiogram | recording of the heart sounds |
precordial | relating to the chest leads V1-V6 |
sinoatrial | relating to the sinus of the vena cava of the right atrium |
tachycardia | abnormally fast heart rate |
artifacts | incidental recordings due to technique |
baseline | horizontal plane representing no electric charge |
bipolar | 2 electrodes on different regions contributing to a lead |
conduction | transmitting electricity |
depolarization | discharge of electrical activity that proceeds contraction |
electrolyte | a compound in solution that conducts electricity |
fibrillation | random and ineffective contraction of the heart causing it to neither fill or empty properly |
PAC | premature atrial contractions |
repolarization | return to polarization after a depolarized state; return to rest |
standardization | test to document a machine's compliance |
electrode | sensor that detects electrical charges |
interval | time between beginning of one phase and the beginning of the next phase |
wave | deviations up or down from zero |
segment | time from the end of one phase to the beginning of the next phase |
Einthoven's triangle | imaginary equilateral triangle with the heart in the center and equal sides representing the 3 standard limb leads of the electrocardiogram |
holter monitor | technique for long term continuous recording of electrocardiographic signals |