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34 Cards in this Set
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Angina |
Chest pain from myocardial ischemia |
Myocardial ischemicheart disease - heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries. When arteries are narrowed, less blood and oxygen reaches the heart muscle |
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Aorta |
Largest artery in the body |
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Apex (of the heart) |
Tip of the heart located at the interior aspect of the heart |
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Arteriole |
Small artery |
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Artery |
Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart |
A: away and artery |
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Atrium, Atria |
The upper chambers of the heart |
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Auscultation |
Listening for sounds in the body structures like blood vessels, the heart, or the lungs, typically using a stethoscope |
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Capillary |
Smallest blood vessel; substances can pass into and out of the blood through capillary walls |
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Cardiac arrest |
Sudden, unexpected stoppage of heart action, often leading to sudden cardiac death |
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Coronary artery |
Blood vessel supplying the heart muscle itself with blood |
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Diastole |
The resting, expanding, and filling phase of the heartbeat |
Gr. Diastole: dilation |
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Electrocardiogram |
Record of the electrical activity of the heart |
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Embolus (emboli) |
Clot or other substance that travels and can block a blood vessel |
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Endocardium |
Inner lining of the heart |
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Infarcation |
Area of dead tissue |
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Mitral valve (bicuspid valve) |
Valve between the left atrium and left ventricle |
Bi- two Cuspidus: point, pointy end - refers to teeth Bicuspid: two teeth |
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Murmur |
Abnormal heart sound caused by improper closure of heart valves |
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Myocardium |
Muscular middle layer of the heart |
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Palpitations |
perceptible forcible pulsation of the heart, usually with an increase in frequency or force, with or without irregularity un rhythm |
Palpitare: to throb, to flutter, to tremble, to quiver |
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Patent |
Open |
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Pericardium |
Double - layered membrane surrounding the heart |
Peri- around |
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Petechiae |
Small, pinpoint hemorrhages |
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Pulmonary artery |
Artery carrying deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs |
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Pulmonary vein |
2 pairs of veins carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart |
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Pulse |
A heartbeat felt through the walls of the arteries |
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Septum (septa) |
Partition or wall between 2 cavities such as between the atria or between the ventricles |
L. saeptum: enclosure, fence, partition |
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Sphygmomanometer |
Instrument to measure blood pressure |
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Systole |
Active, contracting, pumping phase of the heartbeat |
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Tricuspid valve |
Valve between the right atrium and right ventricle |
Tri- three |
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Valve |
Structure in veins or the heart that can open and close to allow blood to flow in one direction |
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Vein |
Vessel that carries blood back to the heart; veins contain valves |
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Vena cava |
Largest vein in the body |
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Ventricle |
The lower chambers of the heart |
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Venule |
A small vein |
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