Heart Basics
This specialist draws blood from veins.
What is a phlebotomist?
This layer is the hearth muscle.
What is the myocardium?
This instrument measures blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
This term means slow heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
Pulmonary circulation carries blood to these organs.
What are the lungs?
This device is used to listen to heart sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
The heart has this many chambers.
What is four?
This test uses ultrasound to evaluate heart funciton.
What is echocardiography?
This condition causes a bluish tint from low oxygen.
What is cyanosis?
These heart structures ensure one-way blood flow.
What are valves?
This artery is located in the side of the neck.
what is the carotid artery?
This large artery carries blood away from the eft ventricle to the body.
What is the aorta?
ECG electrodes are placed on this body area.
What is the chest?
This term means chest pain.
What is angina pectoris?
This term means blood flowing backward.
What is regurgitate?
The pulse behind the knee is the ____ pulse.
What is the popliteal pulse?
The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle is this valve.
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
This procedure guides a tube into the heart under x-ray.
What is cardiac catheterization?
This term means decreased blood supply to tissue.
What is ischemia?
This term means narrowing of a blood vessel.
What is vasoconstriction?
This structure separates the right and left sides of the heart.
What is the septum?
The contraction phase of the heart is called this.
What is systole?
This device records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)?
This condition means persistent high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
An aneurysm is this type of artery abnormality.
What is an abnormally dilated and weakened artery?