LCHS_Ch 11 Diag Term Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
FLUTTER | rapid but regular contractions of atria and ventricles |
FIBRILLATION | rapid, random, ineffectual, and irregular contractions of the heart |
ISCHEMIA | Blood flow is decreased or stopped |
HYPERTENSION | high blood pressure |
MURMUR | an extra heart sound heard between normal beats |
PERICARDITIS | inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart |
ANEURYSM | local widening, dilation, of an arterial wall |
VARICOSE VEINS | abnormally swollen and twisted veins usually occurring in the legs |
ANGINA | chest pain resulting from a temporary deprivation of oxygen to the heart muscle |
INFARCTION | area of dead tissue |
OCCLUSION | closure of a blood vessel |
CLAUDICATION | pain, tension, and weakness in a leg after walking has begun but absence of pain when at rest |
EMBOLI | collection of materials that travel to and suddenly block a blood vessel. |
ANGIOGRAM | a record of the x-ray imaging of blood vessels. |
ANGIOPLASTY | surgical repair of a blood vessel |
SYSTOL | contraction phase of the heartbeat |
DIASTOLE | relaxation phase of the heartbeat |
CORONARY | blood vessel that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle |
MYOCARDIUM | muscle layer of the heart |
SPHYGMOMANOMETER | instrument to measure blood pressure |
STETHOSCOPE | instrument used to listen to sounds within the body |
MITRAL | valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart; bicusip valve |
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