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31 Cards in this Set
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Epi |
Above, on top |
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Atri/o |
Atrium |
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Echo |
Sound |
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Electric/o |
Electric |
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Gram |
Recording |
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Graphy |
Process of recording |
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Sept/o |
Septum |
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Atrium singular |
Atria plural |
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Electrocardiogram |
ECG EKG, measures the electrical activity |
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Electrodes |
Adhesive patches |
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Echocardiography |
Ultrasonic waves to study the structure and motion of the heart . Assesses the mechanical action |
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Ion |
Electrically charged atom |
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Polarized state |
Resting state |
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Depolarized state |
Repolarized state |
Recovery state |
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Artifact |
Substance, structure, or event that does not occur naturally, electrical garbage |
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Isoelectric line |
Straight line, period of time with no electrical activity |
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Deflection |
Any movement away from the baseline in a tracing |
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Wave |
A deflection away from the baseline |
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Complex |
Form made up of many waves |
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Segment |
A part of a line between two points |
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Interval |
A period of time between two points or event |
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Bipolar |
Having two poles or electric charge |
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Unipolar |
Having one pole or electric charge |
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Caliper |
Pocket sized tool for measuring height and width of ECG waves and intervals |
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Somatic tremor |
Artifact appears as jagged peaks with irregular heights and spacing |
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AC interference |
Artifact appears as a series of small spikes that create a thick looking tracing |
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Interrupted baseline |
Baseline looks normal in the beginning, but disappears or goes all over |
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Sinus arrhythmias |
60 beats below is bradycardia, beats 100 above tachycardia |
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Metry |
Process of measurement |
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Myx/o |
Mucus |
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Capn/o |
Carbon dioxide |
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