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24 Cards in this Set
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How many chambers are in the heart
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Four
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What are the 3 layers of the heart
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Endocardium, Myocardium, Pericardium
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What is the upper right portion of the heart called
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Right Atrium
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What is the lower right portion of the heart called
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Right Ventricle
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What is the upper left portion of the heart called
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Left Atrium
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What is the lower left portion of the heart called
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Left Ventricle
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What is the exit point for blood leaving the right ventricle called
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Pulmonary Semilunar Valve
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What is the left atrioventricular valve between the left atrium and ventricle called
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Bicuspid or Mitral Valve
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Blood exits from the left ventricle through the
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Aortic Semilunar Valve
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What are the microscopic blood vessels with thin walls that allow the passage of oxygen and nutrients to the body and let the blood pick up waste and carbon dioxide called
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Capillaries
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What records the electrical activity of the heart
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EKG/ECG
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A standard EKG consists of 12 leads, what are they
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RA, RL, LA, LL, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6
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What are the leads recorded on a EKG
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I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF
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What are the vessels that supply blood to the cells of the heart
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Couranary Circulation
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These carry blood away from the heart
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Arteries
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These carry blood to the heart
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Veins
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This receives blood from the head, neck, shoulders, and the upper arms
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Supieor Venicava
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This collects most of the venous blood from the organs below the disphragm
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Inferior Venicava
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This is a blood test performed to determine cardiac damage in an acute myocardial infarction
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Cardiac Enzeymes
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This test dye is pumped through a catheter, enabling the physician to locate x-ray any blockages in the arteries supplying the hear
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Cardiac Catherization
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What method is used for recording a patient's EKG for 24 hours
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Holter Monitor
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A small amount of backflow often occurs, even in normal individuals. The swirling action creates a soft but distinctive sound called
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Heart Murmur
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What is blood pressure
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Contracting of the ventricles - Systolic --- Relaxation of the ventricles - Diastolic
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Name the arteries and where they are located
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Radial - Wrist
Bracial - Arm Corotid - Neck Temporial - Temple Femoral - Groin Papliteal - Knee Dorsalis Pedis - Foot |
