Chapter 19: Heart And Neck Vessels

Front 1

Angina pectoris

Back 1

Acute chest pain that occurs when myocardial demand exceeds its oxygen supply.

Front 2

Aortic regurgitation

Back 2

(Aortic insufficiency) incompetent aortic valve that allows backward flow of blood into the left ventricle during diastole.

Front 3

Aortic stenosis

Back 3

Calcification of aortic valve cusps that restricts forward flow of blood during diastole.

Front 4

Aortic valve

Back 4

The left semilunar valve separating the left ventricle and the aorta.

Front 5

Apex of the heart

Back 5

Tip of the heart pointing toward the 5th left intercostal space.

Front 6

Apical impulse

Back 6

Point of maximal impulse.

Front 7

Base of the heart

Back 7

Broader area of hearts outline located at the 3rd right and left intercostal space.

Front 8

Bell of the stethoscope

Back 8

Cup-shaped end piece used for soft low pitched heart sounds.

Front 9

Clubbing

Back 9

Bulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of fingers and toes that occurs with chronic cyanosis heart and lung conditions.

Front 10

Coarctation of the aorta

Back 10

Severe narrowing of the descending aorta a congenital heart defect.

Front 11

For pulmonale

Back 11

Right ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension.

Front 12

Diaphragm of the stethoscope

Back 12

Flat end piece of the stethoscope used for hearing relatively high pitched heart sounds.

Front 13

Diastole

Back 13

The hearts filling stage.

Front 14

Dyspnea

Back 14

Difficult labored breathing

Front 15

Edema

Back 15

Swelling of legs or dependent body part due to increased interstitial fluid.

Front 16

Erbs point

Back 16

Traditional ausculatory area in the 3rd intercostal space.

Front 17

S1

Back 17

Occurs with closure of the antriventricular valves signaling the beginning of systole.

Front 18

Gallop rhythm

Back 18

The addition of a 3rd or 4th heart sound.

Front 19

Inching

Back 19

Technique of moving the stethoscope incrementally across the precordium through the ausculatory areas while listening to the heart sounds.

Front 20

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)

Back 20

Increase in thickness of myocardial wall that occurs when the heart pumps against chronic outflow obstruction

Front 21

Midclavicular line

Back 21

Imaginary verticality bisecting the middle of the clavicle in each hemithorax.

Front 22

Mitral regurgitation

Back 22

Mitral insufficiency; incompetent mitral valve allows regurgitation of blood back into the left atrium during systole.

Front 23

Mitral stenosis

Back 23

Calcified mitral valve impedes forward flow of blood into the left ventricle during diastole.

Front 24

Mitral valve

Back 24

Left atrioventricular valve separating the left atrium and ventricle.

Front 25

Palpitation

Back 25

Uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heart rate.

Front 26

Paradoxical splitting

Back 26

Opposite of a normal split s2 so that the split is heard in expiration and in inspiration the sounds fuse to one sound.

Front 27

Pericardial friction rub

Back 27

High pitched scratchy extra cardiac sound heard when the precordium is inflamed.

Front 28

Physiologic splitting

Back 28

Normal variation in s2 heard as 2 separate components during inspiration.

Front 29

Precordium

Back 29

Area of the chest wall overlying the heart and great vessels.

Front 30

Pulmonic regurgitation

Back 30

Pulmonic insufficiency

Front 31

Pulmonic stenosis

Back 31

Calcification of pulmonic valve that restricts forward flow of blood during systole.

Front 32

Pulmonic valve

Back 32

Right semilunar valve separating the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.

Front 33

S2

Back 33

Occurs with closer of the semilunar valves, signals end of systole

Front 34

Summation gallop

Back 34

abnormal mid-diastolic heart sound heard when both s3 and s4 is present.

Front 35

Summation gallop

Back 35

abnormal mid-diastolic heart sound heard when both s3 and s4 is present.

Front 36

Syncope

Back 36

Temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased cerebral blood flow.

Front 37

Syncope

Back 37

Temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased cerebral blood flow.

Front 38

Thrill

Back 38

Palpable vibration on the chest wall accompanying severe heart murmur

Front 39

Tricuspid valve

Back 39

Right atrioventricular valve separating the right atrium and ventricle.