Abnormal Conditions R/T the Cardiovascular System
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What causes chest discomfort during an MI? | Decreased amount of oxygenated blood
🗑
|
||||
| Why would someone with CHF have distended neck veins? | Due to the excess fluid in the body.
🗑
|
||||
| Hypertension can be caused by? | Fluid overload
🗑
|
||||
| What coronary artery is considered the "widowmaker"? | Left anterior descending artery
🗑
|
||||
| Ballooning of an artery wall | Aneurysm
🗑
|
||||
| S/S of an aneurysm | Pain, Pressure or no symptoms
🗑
|
||||
| Common sites of an aneurysm | Brain, aorta or abdominal artery
🗑
|
||||
| Treatment of an aneurysm | Surgical removal of damaged area, replace area with graft
🗑
|
||||
| Air, blood clot, or fat circulating in the blood stream | Embolus
🗑
|
||||
| An embolus could cause? | Blockage of a blood vessel
🗑
|
||||
| Diuretics are used to treat 2 conditions we talked about | HTN and CHF
🗑
|
||||
| Blood flow to the heart is cut off, causes? | MI
🗑
|
||||
| General S/S of an MI | Crushing CP, Chest pressure, Diaphoretic, Cool/Clammy, N/V
🗑
|
||||
| S/S a woman my have who is having an MI | Fatigue, not feeling "right"
🗑
|
||||
| Home treatment for an MI? | Rest, aspirin, call 911
🗑
|
||||
| Hospital/Ambulance treatment for an MI? | 02, Nitroglycerin, Thrombolytics, Cardiac cathertization
🗑
|
||||
| Define BP | Force exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries.
🗑
|
||||
| Pressure when the heart is contracted | Systole
🗑
|
||||
| Pressure when the heart is relaxed | Diastole
🗑
|
||||
| when measuring BP, the blood is coming from? | Left ventricle
🗑
|
||||
| The name of the sound you hear when you take a BP | Korotkoff sound
🗑
|
||||
| HTN risk factors | Family history, Race, Obesity, Stess, Smoking, Diet,
🗑
|
||||
| Injury or destruction of bone marrow | Aplastic anemia
🗑
|
||||
| Pale,tired, Dyspnea, Tachycardia could be S/S of what condition? | Anemia
🗑
|
||||
| Iron deficiency is treated with? | Iron supplements
🗑
|
||||
| Hardening or thickening of the arterial walls | Arteriosclerosis
🗑
|
||||
| Build of fatty plaque in the blood vessel walls | Atherosclerosis
🗑
|
||||
| How does Atherosclerosis cause an MI | Causes narrowing of the coronary arteries, decrease blood flow to the heart
🗑
|
||||
| HTN and smoking can cause? | MI, Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis
🗑
|
||||
| Why do people with CHF take diuretics? | To get rid of excess fluid in their body
🗑
|
||||
| Why are people with CHF on a low sodium diet? | To help prevent them from retaining fluids
🗑
|
||||
| What is Congestive Heart Failure? | The heart is not pumping as effectively, cannot tolerate the usual fluid capacity
🗑
|
||||
| The following: Atherosclerosis and MI, could cause? | CHF
🗑
|
||||
| S/S of CHF | Edema, Dyspnea, cyanosis, tachycardia, cough with pink frothy sputum
🗑
|
||||
| What do elastic support stockings do? | Increase the blood flow in the legs
🗑
|
||||
| What is happening in a CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) surgery? | The coronary arteries are being surgical replaced using an artery from the leg
🗑
|
||||
| What is a Sphygmomanometer? | A device used to measure Blood Pressure
🗑
|
||||
| Why do people who HTN take diuretics? | To decrease the excess fluid in the body
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
Ms. Blair
Popular Anatomy sets