Basic Anatomy
Blood Vessels that carry blood AWAY from Heart; blood vessels that carry blood TO the Heart
What are ARTERIES?
What are VEINS?
These Heart Valves close during Systole
What are the Bicuspid [Mitral] and Tricuspid V's?
This term means Insufficient blood supply
What is Ischemia?
Term that indicates the Heart's ability to generate electrical impulse without needing the Nervous System
What is Automaticity?
This measures the electrical activity of the Heart
What is ECG/EKG?
These are the Atrioventricular Valves
What are the Bicuspid [Mitral] and Tricuspid Valves?
These Heart Valves open during Systole
What are the Aortic and Pulmonary [Pulmonic] V's?
Term that means Death of Heart Muscle
What is Myocardial Infarction?
Ability of the Heart's tissue to transmit an impulse directly to surrounding cells
What is Conductivity?
This examines the Heart's mechanical Activity, by using Sound Waves and Sonography
What is an Echocardiograph?
the three layers of the heart, from superficial to deep
What are the Epicardium, Myocardium, and Endocardium?
This is how Cardiac Output is determined:
What is Heart Rate multiplied by Stroke Volume?
General Term that indicates the Heart has lost its ability to pump effectively
What is Heart Failure?
Central portion of the Chest Cavity
What is the Mediastinum?
Time measured by One Small Box on EKG Paper
What is 0.04 Second?
The fibrous structure that holds the Atria and Ventricles together
what is the Cardiac Skeleton?
The portion of the Cardiac Cycle where the Ventricles fill with blood
What is Diastole?
Results from a blood clot traveling from a body vein, into the heart, and to the lungs
What is Pulmonary Embolism?
Term that indicates Plaque buildup in Arteries
What is Atherosclerosis?
Term that indicates amount of Electricity measured on EKG Paper
What is Amplitude or Voltage?
These supply the Heart's own blood circulation
What are the Coronary Arteries [RCA, LAD, LCx]?
This supplies 30% of the Final Ventricular Filling...
What is the Atrial Kick [Atrial contraction at the End of Diastole]
Results from a blood clot in the brain
What is CVA/stroke?
This term means the Heart has stopped beating
What is Cardiac Arrest?
This displays constant ECG monitoring in a hospital's Telemetry region
What is an Oscilloscope?