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Anatomy heart test

Terms in this set (24)

Stress
Increase heart rate and constrict blood vessels
Nicotine
Increase heart rate and co2 intake
Cholesterol and fat
Increase deposits on the arterial walls and blood flow restricted
Obesity
20% over ideal body weight
regurgitaion
Leaky valves
Plaque
Fat deposits
Hypertension
high blood pressure
Ischemia
Low O2 in blood
Mortality
death
Morbidity
illness
Bypass
Alternative passage
Capillaries
Vessels between arteries and veins
Cardiac
Heart
Cardiac arrest
Heart attack (myocardial infarction)
Catheter
A small, thin tube; may refer to a tube used during a cardiac catheterization procedure to inject dye, obtain blood samples and measure pressures inside the heart.
Angiography
An x-ray study that uses dye injected into arteries to study blood circulation
Atherosclerosis/arteriosclerosis
Commonly called "hardening of the arteries"; a variety of conditions caused by fatty or calcium deposits in the artery walls causing them to thicken
Left atrium
The upper left chamber of the heart. It received oxygen-rich (red) blood from the lungs via the four pulmonary veins, and then sends this blood to the left ventricle
Left ventricle
The lower left chamber of the heart. It receives oxygen-rich (red) blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta, which takes the blood to the body. The left ventricle must be strong and muscular in order to pump enough blood to the body to meet its requirements.
Pulmonary vein
vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left side of the heart
Artery
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
vein
A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
right ventricle
The lower right chamber of the heart, which receives oxygen-poor (blue) blood from the right atrium and sends it to the pulmonary artery
graft
To transplant or implant surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect
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