1
Q
Endocardium
A
inner layer of the heart
2
Q
System of blood vessels that carries blood to the lungs for gas exchange and returns it to the heart
A
Pulmonary circuit
3
Q
Circuit of blood that carries blood between the heart and the rest of the body
A
Systemic circuit
4
Q
Divides the right and left chambers of the heart
A
Septum
5
Q
Seminlunar valves
A
Pulmonic and Aortic
6
Q
A
2
7
Q
Valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle.
A
Bicuspid valve
8
Q
Valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
A
Tricuspid valve
9
Q
Tricuspid valve
A
Systole
10
Q
No contraction; flat line
A
asystole
11
Q
Where does the left ventricle pump blood to?
A
Aorta; whole body
12
Q
Where does the right ventricle pump blood to?
A
Pulmonary artery; lungs
13
Q
What are the vessels that carry blood to the heart?
A
veins
14
Q
What are the vessels that carry blood away from the heart?
A
arteries
15
Q
Sphygmomanometer
A
measures blood pressure
16
Q
Abnormal sound of blood flowing through the heart
A
heart murmur
17
Q
absence of spleen
A
asplenia
18
Q
Aortostenosis
A
narrowing of the aorta
19
Q
Arteriosclerosis
A
Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries
20
Q
X-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material
A
Angiography
21
Q
Cardioptosis
A
Downward displacement of the heart
22
Q
Thrombosis
A
blood clot
23
Q
Myocardial Infarction
A
Heart Attack; ST elevation on EKG
24
Q
Ischemia
A
lack of blood supply
25
Embolism
blockage of an artery
26
Slow heart rate-caused by infections, hypothyroid and medication
Bradycardia
27
A weakened and expanded arterial wall
Aneurysm
28
Ductus Arteriosus
Connects the pulmonary artery and aorta in the fetus
29
_____________ medications that open/dilate blood vessels
Vasodilator
30
Foreman Ovale Foreman
opening that connects right atrium and left atrium in featus
31
Where does sinus rhythm originate?
SA Node
32
CPR
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation
33
Ventricular Fibrillation can be tx with?
An AED
34
Blood pumped by left ventricle
stroke volume
35
cardiac output
Blood pumped by heart
36
Enlargement of distal portion of digits
clubbing
37
Painful raised lesions on hand, associated with endocarditis
osler nodes
38
Yellow fat under skin around the eyes, found in hyperlipidemia
xanthelasma
39
Normal triglycerides
less than 150
40
Cholesterol
less than 200
41
Good cholesterol; greater than 40
HDL
42
Bad cholesterol; less than 100
LDL
43
Atrial depolarization
P wave on EKG
44
Ventricle depolarization
QRS segment on EKG
45
Ventricular repolarization
T wave on EKG
46
Mitral and tricuspid open and allow blood into ventricle and semilunar valves are closed
diastole
47
AV valves close--heart contracts semilunar valves open
systole
48
systolic murmur
during contraction
49
Diastolic murmurs
during relaxation
50
Causes of hypotension
Cardiac and vascular
51
52
indicates having no valvular or other pathologic cause, benign
innocent murmur
53
Cause of Congenital Heart Disease
No cause
54
When does Congenital Heart Disease form?
first 8 weeks
55
endocarditis
Inflammation of the endocardium
56
Normal BP
120/80
57
Normal HR
60-100 bpm
58
Abnormally slow heart rate below 60 beats per minute
caused by infection, medications, old age, hypothyroid
bradycardia
59
Nerve that decreases HR
vagus nerve
59
Bad, painful, difficult
Dys-
60
heart rate over 100 beats per minute
tachycardia
61
itis
Inflammation
62
-ism, -ia
condition of
63
meatus
Opening or canal
64
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space
Thoracentesis
65
caudal
Toward the tail
66
Acro
extremities
67
subdermal
Under the skin
68
Visual examination of the abdomen
Laparoscopy
69
Divides body into left and right portions
sagittal plane
69
Divides the body into front and back portions
frontal lobe
70
Divides body into upper and lower portion
transverse plane
71
Test done by placing the stem of a vibrating tuning fork on the midline of the head and having the patient indicate in which ear the tone can be heard, normal lateralizes equally
weber test
72
abduct
away from the body
73
Eye muscles are used for this
convergence
73
adduct
towards the body
74
Inflammation of the conjunctiva (pink eye) can be viral bacterial and allergic
Conjuctivitis
75
Inflammation of the middle ear (tympanic membrane)
ottis media
76
Retina receptor cells
rods and cones
77
Infection of the auditory canal (swimmers ear)
ottis externa
78
Extra-ocular Movement
Big H Test
79
Snellen eye chart
visual chart/test
80
Viewing of pupillary response to light
indirect is viewing the eye that the light is not shined into
Direct and Indirect pupillary response
81
Nystagmus
involuntary rapid eye movements
82
Clouding of the lens
cataracts
83
Increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve with loss of vision
glaucoma
84
Diplopia
double vision
85
Myopia
nearsighted
86
Abnormal deviation of the eye (crossed eyes)
strabismus
87
Pain around eyes, side of nose
infection in ethmoid
88
Pain above eyebrows; forehead
Sinus infection in frontal
89
Pain around the eyes, head, and temples
Sinus infection in sphenoid
90
laryngitis
Inflammation of the larynx
91
Bronchiectasis
Dilation of the bronchioles
92
Surgical puncture of the pleura to remove fluid
Pleurocentesis
93
Pleuritis
Inflammation of the pleura
94
Pneumonitis
inflammation of the lungs
95
Pneumothorax
air in the pleural cavity
96
Atelectasis
collapsed lung
97
A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe, chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, sarcoidosis
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
98
Conditions, such as pulmonary fibrosis, where patients experience difficulty expanding their lungs with air
restrictive airway disease
99
Parainfluenza, pediatric, fever barking cough
Croup
100
eupnea
normal breathing
101
dyspnea
difficulty breathing
102
bradypnea
abnormally slow breathing
103
tachypnea
rapid breathing
104
orthopnea
ability to breathe easily only in an upright position
105
Afebrile
without fever
106
poikil/o
irregular
107
Anti-a-contra-de -dis-an
negative prefixes
108
rhintis
inflammation of the nose
109
spirometry
a measurement of breathing (or lung volumes
110
pneumoconiosis
dust in the lungs
111
myocardial infarction (MI)
Death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia
112
x ray pneumonia
cloudiness in right lung
113
Xray atelectasis
whole area cloudy
114
fever - barking cough-normal lung exam 2 year old patient
croup
115
SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibers
conduction system
116
polyarteritis
inflammation of many arteries
117
aortostenosis
narrowing of the aorta
118
chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen signals coronary artery disease
angina pectoris
119
Myocardium
muscle of the heart
120
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