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The Cardiovascular-Terminology-By Ann DePetris

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Two medical roots terms for vessel   angi/o, and vaso/o  
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Medical root term for crown   coron/o  
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Medical prefix meaning pressure   tens-  
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Medical root for ventricle   ventricul/o  
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Medical root term for clot   thromb/o  
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Medical root for dilated   varic/o  
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What does cardiovascular system do   Delivers oxygen and nutrients to body cells helps regular body temperature, and collect waste products from the cells and ransport them to other parts of the body for elimination.  
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What are the three layer of the heart   endocardium, myocardium, epicardium  
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What is medical term for the sac that surrounds the heart   pericardium  
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What is the inner layer of the pericardium   epicardium  
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What is the name of the wall seperating the heart   septum  
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What does the right side of the heart do   pumps deoxygenated blood to the pulmonary circuit (lungs) where it picks up oxygen  
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What does the left side of the heart do   pumps the oxygenated blood to all other part of the body through the systemic circuit  
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What is the right artrioventricular valve called   tricuspid valve  
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What is the left artrioventricular valve called   bicuspid (mitral) valve  
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What are the exit valves called   semilunar  
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What is the exit point for leaving the right ventricle   pulmonary semilunar valve  
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Name of the valve located left ventricle and the aorta.   aortic semilunar valve  
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What is the pacemaker of the heart called   Sinoatrial (SA) node  
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What is the secon electrical impulse node called   atrioventricular (AV) node  
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Where does the artrioventricular (AV) node transmits electrical impusles   Bundle of His  
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Where does the Bundle of His transmits impulses to   Prukinje fibers  
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Each contraction called   systole  
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Relaxation phase called   diastole  
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The electrical activity of the heart can be visualized and recorded on an _____________   electrocardiogram ( ECG or EKG )  
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A normal or __________________ originates in the SA node and has a normal rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute (BPM).   sinus rhythm  
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Three phases of cardiac cycle   Diastole, atrial systole, ventricular systole  
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The ________ of a blood vessel is the opening through which blood fl ows.   lumen  
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The nervous system can stimulate the lumen to be more open, called ___________ (sometimes vasodilatation) (vas/o means “vessel”; dilation from the English verb dilate , meaning “to open up a hollow structure”), or more closed, called __________   vasodilation, vasoconstriction  
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Blood pressure can be measured by several methods, but the most common is with an instrument called a ______________   sphygmomanometer  
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Common name for sphygmomanometer   blood pressure cuff  
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The formed elements in blood consist of red blood cells (RBCs), or ______ ; platelets, or ; and white blood cells (WBCs) , or   erythrocytes,thrombocytes,leukocytes  
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The oxygen binds to a protein in the red blood cell called   hemoglobin (Hb),  
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What is Hb   hemoglobin  
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What is HDL   High-density lipoprotein  
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What is HR   Heart Rate  
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What is HTN   Hypertension  
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What is ICU   Intensive Care Unit  
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What is LDL   Low-density lipoprotein  
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What is MI   myocardion ifarction  
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What is P   pulse  
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What is PTCA   percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty  
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What is RBC   Red Blood Cell  
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What is SA   sinoatrial  
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What is SOB   shortness of breath  
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What is WBC   white blood cell  
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________ are drugs that increase the force of the myocardial contractions with-out causing an increase in oxygen consumption; they are used in CHF and sometimes atrial fi brillation.   Cardiac glycosides  
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_______ restore heart rhythm to nor-mal.   Antiarrhythmics  
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______ remove water or fl uid from the body, thus decreasing blood pressure and work-load of the heart.   Diuretics  
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______________ increase the lumen of the blood vessels (dilate the vessels). This action increases blood fl ow and also treats hypertension (high blood pressure).   Vasodilators  
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__________ decrease the inside diameter of the blood vessels, causing an increase in blood pressure. Vasoconstrictors are used to treat hypotension (low blood pressure) and shock.   Vasoconstrictors  
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_________ (anti- means “against”; angina is constricting chest pain) drugs are used to treat angina or chest pain. They frequently are part of the drug group, nitrates, and cause vasodilation by relaxing the vascular smooth muscle.   Antianginal  
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_______ block the production of cholesterol in the liver. They lower LDL (“bad” cholesterol) and triglycerides and have a mild effect in raising HDL (“good” cholesterol). Because of the job they do, statins are part of a group called _______ drugs.   Statins, antihyperlipidemic  
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A blood ___________ is any abnormal-ity of the blood.   dyscrasia(dys- means “bad”; -crasia means “blending” or “mixture”)  
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There are three major types of abnormalities involving the blood: ______ , _________ , and __________ .   anemia,leukemia,clotting disorders  
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_________ An abnormally low level of hemoglobin or low level of RBCs, caused by exces-sive bleeding or hemorrhage, other conditions causing blood cells to rupture, or failure of bone marrow to produce RBCs   Anemia  
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_________ Characterized by an excessive increase in the number of WBCs   Leukemia  
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_______ hereditary bleeding disorder caused by a defi ciency of a special clotting factor   hemophilia  
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________ insufficient number of thrombocytes caused by insuffi cient production or increased destruction)   thrombocytopenia (-penia is a suffi x meaning “a defi ciency”;  
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___________ (extreme clotting or coagulation caused by massive burns, trauma, cancer, or infection)   disseminated intravascular coagulation  
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______________ is diagnosed when the heart cannot effectively pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for oxygen and nutrients.   Congestive heart failure (CHF )  
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Over time, an increase in blood pressure can cause the arterial walls to become hard and thick, resulting in __________.   arteriosclerosis  
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arteriosclerosis and hypertrophy can be caused by ________ over time.   high blood pressure  
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________ , occurs when the systolic blood pressure ex-ceeds 140 mmHg or the diastolic pressure is greater than 90 mmHg.   hypertension ( HTN )  
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_________ , a method of treatment for fi brillation, involves the application of an electric current to restore a normal heart rhythm.   Cardioversion  
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________ , applying radiofrequency waves to the heart, is used to cure a variety of cardiac arrhythmias, such as some tachycardias and atrial fi brillation.   Ablation therapy  
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sustained __________, in which the ventricles ineffectively pump blood, can be fatal.   ventricular fibrillation  
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___________ occurs when the atria beat faster than the ventricles.   Atrial fibrillation (A-fib)  
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_________ describes rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart.   Fibrillation  
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___________ is a formation of a blood clot, or thrombus, in a blood vessel (   Thrombosis (thromb/o means “blood clot”)  
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A_____________( MI ) , or heart at-tack, results from a lack of oxygen supply to the myocardium.   myocardial infarction (MI)  
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What is the root work for death   necr/o  
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_________________ (insertion of a catheter and contrast dye into the coronary arteries to detect blockage),   cardiac catheterization  
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_________ (an ultrasonic evaluation of the motion of the heart),   echocardiography  
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A ________________ (also sometimes called a thallium stress test) may also be ordered to assess the blood fl ow through the heart during a dictated activity.   nuclear stress test  
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_________ agents may be administered directly into the coronary artery to dissolve the clot, open up the artery, and restore blood fl ow.   Thrombolytic (-lysis means “destroy”)  
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___________ Surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is blocked with atheromatous plaques   Endarterectomy (end- means “within, inner”; arter/o means “artery”; -ectomy means “surgical removal”):  
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__________ Involves the insertion of a balloon-tipped catheter to open the blocked coronary artery.   Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) (per- means “through”; cutane/o means “skin”; -ous means “pertaining to”; angi/o means “vessel”; -plasty means “surgical repair”):  
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____________ is a mesh tube that is implanted into an artery to provide support and prevent re-stenosis   Arterial stent  
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______________ An open thoracic surgical procedure to graft another blood vessel (   oronary artery bypass graft (CABG)  
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