The ability of of cardiac muscle cells to contract without stimulation from the nervous system.
What is automaticity.
100
A term used to describe a group of symptoms cause by myocardial ischemis: includes angina and myocardiacl infarction.
What is Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
100
an irregular or abnormal heart rhythm.
What is arrhythmia.
100
A slow heart rate less than 60BPM.
What is bradycardia.
200
Body's main artery.
What is the Aorta
200
A heart attack
What is acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
200
Death of a body tissue, usually caused by interruption of its blood supply.
What is infarction.
200
A disorder in which the heart loses part of its ability to effectively pump blood, usually as a result of damage to the heart muscle and usually result of damage to the heart resulting in a backup of fluid into the lungs.
What is Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).
300
This side of the heart receives oxygen-POOR blood from the venous circulation.
What is the right side.
300
heart rate x stroke volume
What is cardiac output
300
A rapid heart rate greater than 100BPM.
What is tachycardia.
300
A lack of oxygen that deprives tissues of necessary nutrients.
What is ischemia.
300
An emergency situation created by excessively high blood pressure which can lead to serious complications such as stroke or aneurysm.
What is hypertensive emergency.
400
This side of the heart receives oxygen-RICH blood from the lungs through the pulmonary veins.
What is the left side.
400
basic compenents of blood.
What is red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), and platelets.
400
The complete absence of heeart electrical activity.
What is asystole.
400
A fainting spell or transient loss of consciousness.
What is syncope.
400
Disorganized ineffective twitching of the ventricles, resulting in no blood flow and a state of cardiac arrest.
What is ventricular fibrillation (V-FIB).
500
Part of the nervous system that controls the involuntary activities of the body such as the heart rate, blood pressure, and digestions of food.
What is the autonomic nervous system.
500
Therapy used to break clots. Must be given within one hour.
What is thrombolytic therapy.
500
A state in which the heart fails to generate effective and detectable blood flow; pulses are not palpable.
What is cardiac arrest.
500
A weakness in the wall of the aorta that makes it susecptibe to rupture.
What is aortic aneurysm.
500
A disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside the walls of blood vessels, eventually leading to partial or complete blockage of blood flow.