Medical Term CH 5 & 6
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Pearsons Medical Terminology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 HTN | hypertension |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| EKG, ECG | elctrocardiogram |
| ENDOCARDITIS | inflammation of the inner lining layer of the heart |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | hardening of the arteries |
| ANGIOGRAM | record of a vessel |
| ANGIOGRAPHY | process of recording a vessel; x-ray of a vessel after injection of radiopaque substance |
| STENTS | stainless steel tube placed within blood vessel to widen the lumen |
| THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY | drug, such as streptokinase or tissue type plasminogen activator, are injected into the blood vessel to break up the clot |
| SINOATRIAL NODE | the hearts pacemaker, the electrical pulse that causes the heart to contract |
| APPEX | Top of the lungs are Bottom of the heart is the |
| ATRIA (ATRIUM singular) | Top left and right chambers of the heart |
| Left ATRIUM | receives returning blood from the lungs |
| Right ATRIUM | receives blood returning from the body |
| VENTRICLES | Bottom left and right chambers of the heart |
| Left VENTRICLE | receives blood from the Left ATRIUM and pumps it out to the body |
| Right VENTRICLE | receives blood from the right ATRIUM and pumps it out to the lungs |
| ATRIAL SEPTUM | divider of the two ATRIA |
| VENTRICULAR SEPTUM | divider of the two VENTRICLES |
| MURMUR | Holes in the septum are congenital causes the sound |
| SUPERIOR VENA CAVA | drains blood from the upper body and chest |
| INFERIOR VENA CAVA | drains blood from the abdomen and lower body |
| AUSCULTATION | listening to sounds in the body with a stethoscope |
| REGURGITATION | to flow backwards this happens when the valves don't shut tight |
| CAPILLARY | smallest blood vessels that allow the exchange of gas, nutrients and waste between blood and tissue |
| VENULE | Smallest vein receives deoxygenated blood from capillaries |
| AORTA | largest artery carries oxygenated blood away from the left side of the heart |
| PULMONARY VALVE | the valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery in the heart which prevents blood from flowing backwards into the ventricle |
| AORTIC VALVE | a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta, prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart |
| MITRAL VALVE | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
| TRICUSPID VALVE | valve with three cusps, situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle; allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts |
| SA | SINOATRIAL NODE |
| ARRHYTHMIA | an irregular or abnormal heart rhythm |
| FIBRILLATION | Abnormal contractions or quivering of heart fibers, in the ventricle this can cause arrest |
| AF | atrial fibrillation |
| Vfib | ventricular fibrillation |
| COAGULATE | congeal; thicken; clot; |
| EMBOLUS | the obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has broken off from a thrombus somewhere else in the body and traveled to the point of obstruction. |
| THROMBUS | FORMED CLOT THAT REMAINS AT THE SITE WHERE IT FORMED |
| CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM FUNCTION | moves blood through the vessels and transports O2, nutrients, hormones, and waste throughout the body |
| HYPERTENSION (HTN) | high blood pressure |
| HYPOTENSION | low blood pressure |
| SYSTOLE | contraction; top number of blood pressure |
| DIASTOLE | relaxation; bottom number of blood pressure |
| Blood Pressure normal range | 120/60 |
| Pulse Normal Range | 60-100 |
| ENDOCARDIUM | inner layer of the heart |
| MYOCARDIUM | muscular layer of the heart |
| EPICARDIUM | outer layer of the heart |
| PERICARDIUM | the sac around the heart |
| SEPTICEMIA | bacteria in the blood |
| HEMOPHILIA | hereditary blood disease, when there is a vital clotting factor missing causes prolonged clotting |
| PANCYTOPENIA | to few of all blood cells |
| HYPERLIPIDEMIA | having to high of lipids, cholesterol in the blood |
| BLOOD TYPING | everyone blood is different due to different antigens or markers on the surface of erythrocytes |
| ABO system | a classification system for the antigens of human blood |
| Rh factor | antigens markers found on eryhtrocytes of a persons with Rh+ blood |
| Rh negative | A person with Rh- blood type. The person's RBCs do not have the Rh marker and will make antibodies against Rh + blood. |
| Rh positive | A person with RH + blood type. The person's RBCs have the Rh marker. |
| BLOOD TYPES | A, B, O, AND AB |
| UNIVERSAL DONOR BLOOD TYPE | O |
| UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT BLOOD TYPE | AB |
| PHLEBITIS | inflammation of a vein |
| HEMORRHAGE | rapid blood flow |
| HEMOSTASIS | blood standing still; stop bleeding |
| HEMOGLOBIN | iron-containing red pigment, the part of the RBC that picks up the oxygen from the lungs and delivers it to the tissues |
| LYTIC | destroy |
| ATHEROSCLEROSIS | most common arteriosclerosis; caused by plaque or cholesterol buildup on the walls of arteries |
| HEMATOMA | swelling or mass of blood in a organ or tissue or beneath the skin |
| DYSCRASIA | general term for diseased blood |
| LEUKOCYTES | white blood cell protects against pathogens |
| ERYTHROCYTES | RBC that picks up the oxygen from the lungs and delivers it to the tissues |
| THROMBOCYTES | clotting cell; platelets |
| LEUKOPENIA | too few white blood cells |
| THROMBOPENIA | too few platelets |
| ERYTHROPENIA | too few red blood cells |
| LEUKOCYTOSIS | to many white blood cells |
| THROMBOCYTOSIS | to many platelets |
| ERYTHROCYTOSIS | too many red blood cells |
| PROTHROMBIN TIME PRO TIME | measurement of time it takes a sample of blood to coagulate |
| PHAGOCYTES | neutrophil componet of blood; has ability to ingest and destroy bacteria |
| SEPTICEMIA | having bacteria in the bloodstream; blood poisoning |
| ANTISEPTIC | against infection |
| ANEMIA | a deficiency of red blood cells |
| PERNICIOUS ANEMIA | anemia associated with insufficient absorption of B-12 |
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