Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

cardiac terms

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
Heart rate   normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute  
🗑
Ejection fraction   total amount of blood in the left ventricle is pumped out with each heartbeat.  
🗑
Preload   end diastolic volume that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest dimensions under variable physiologic demand  
🗑
Afterload   the pressure against which the heart must work to eject blood during systole  
🗑
Cardiac output   the amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute.  
🗑
Cardiac index   Cardiac Output ÷ Body Surface Area (BSA) 2.7 to 3.2 L/min/m2 BSA  
🗑
Stroke volume   amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction.  
🗑
Myocardial contractility   the “strength” of contraction  
🗑
SA Node   the heart's natural pacemaker consists of a cluster of cells that are situated in the upper part of the wall of the right atrium (the right upper chamber of the heart). The electrical impulses are generated there.  
🗑
AV Node   controls the heart rate, is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system. The AV node serves as an electrical relay station, slowing the electrical current sent by the sinoatrial (SA) node before the signal is permitted to pass down through  
🗑
Arrhythmia   condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm  
🗑
Bachmann's Bundle   is a branch of the anterior internodal tract that resides on the inner wall of the left atrium  
🗑
LAD   anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery, or anterior descending branch) is a branch of the left coronary artery. Occlusion of this artery is often called the widow-maker infarction due to a high death risk  
🗑
P wave   atrial depolarization befor every QRS  
🗑
PR interval   tracks the atrial impulse from the atria through the AV node, bundle of His, and right and left bundle branches .12 -.20 sec  
🗑
QRS Interval   Ventricular depolarization last 0.06-0.10seconds  
🗑
ST Segment   represents the end of ventricular conduction or depolarization and the beginning of ventricular recovery or repolarization. may vary from –0.5 to +1 mm in some precordial leads.  
🗑
T Wave   represents ventricular recovery or repolarization.  
🗑
U Wave   represents the recovery period of the Purkinje or ventricular conduction fibers. It isn’t present on every rhythm strip  
🗑
QT Interval   measures ventricular depolarization and repolarization. varies according to heart rate.  
🗑
MAP   indication of perfusion. Want at least 60 mmHg to provide enough blood to the coronary arteries, kidneys, and brain. The normal range is between 70 and 100 mmHg  
🗑


   

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.

 
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
Created by: tbarnable
Popular Science sets