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34 Cards in this Set
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The heart consists of what 4 chambers?
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Right and Left Atrium
Right and Left Ventricle |
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Heart chamber walls consist of cardiac muscle called...
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myocardium
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The heart chamber walls internal lining consists of a smooth, delicate membrane called...
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endocardium
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A double-layered membrane that encloses the heart?
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Pericardium
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What valves permits one-way blood flow from the Atria to the Ventricles?
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Atrioventricular Valves
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How long does the heart take to beat one beat?
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0.8 of a second
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What acts as a pacemaker of the heart?
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Sinoatrial node
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What stimulates the hearts pacemaker?
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Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
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Intrinsic conduction system for the heart?
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Sinoatrial Node--> Atrioventricular Node-->left and righ bundle branches--> Purkinje Fibers
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What carries oxygenated blood?
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Aorta, arteries, arterioles
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What carries de-oxygenated blood?
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Venuoles, veins, venae cavae
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Listening through a stethescope for abnormal sounds...
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auscultation
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Electrical recording of the heart actions...
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Electrocardiogram
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What utilizes high-frequency soundwaves to examine size, shap, and motion ofthe heartstructures?
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Echocardiography
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A procedure in which a catheter is passed into the heart through vessels to sample the blood in each chamber for O2 content...
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Cardiac Catheterization
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When a contrast indicator is injected into the cardiovascular system to detect blockages...
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Angiocardiography
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Treatment for Hypercholesterolemia?
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Good diet
Exercise No smoking or alcohol Statins |
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Disease causing artery walls to thicken, become inflexible, partly due to calcium deposits..leads to HTN...
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Arteriosclerosis
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The most common cause of Arteriosclerosis is...
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Atherosclerosis
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Disease causing hardening of the arteries...
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Atherosclerosis
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An inflammatory disease of the heart caused by viruses such as the coxackie virus, adenovirus,and echovirus...
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Myocarditis
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Three types of Cardiomyopathy...
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Dilated
Hypertrophic Restrictive |
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Myocardial Diseases...
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Myocarditis
Cardiomyopathy |
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Endocardial Diseases
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Infective Endocarditis
Rheumatic Heart Disease |
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What heart disease is a sequela of infection by group A hemolytic streptococci of skin, throat, and ear?
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Rheumatic Heart Disease
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What is an auto-immune disease that results froma reaction between streptococcal antigens and the pt. own antibodies against them?
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Rheumatic Fever
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What is the prodominate cause of mitral stenosis?
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Rheumatic Fever
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A sustained rapid heart rate of greater than 100 beats per minute...
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Tachycardia
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A slow heartrate of less than 50 beats per minute...
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Bradycardia
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What can cause additional beats and take over the normal pacemaker activity ofthe SA Node?
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Ectopic Pacemaker
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Name the etiologies of shock...
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heart disease, hemorrhage, trauma, surgery, allergic reaction, release of bacterial toxins, damage to the CNS
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Deoxygenated blood must bypass the lungs and enter into the systemic circulation to cause...
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Cyanosis
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Examples of Cyanotic heart disease...
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Tetrology of Fallot
Transposistion of the Great Arteries |
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Examples of Non-Cyanotic Heart Disease...
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Septal Defects
Patent Ductus Arteriosus Coarctation of the Aorta |
