Word Part Meaning
The Heart
What Does That Mean?
Abbreviations
100
-graph
What is to write, record, instrument for recording
100
4
How many chambers does the heart have?
100
Abnormal widening or ballooning of a protion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel.
What is a aneurysm?
100
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
What is M.R.I.?
200
tacky-
What is rapid, fast
200
Atrium
What are the two top chambers.
200
Process of drawing together, as in the narrowing of a vessel.
What is constriction?
200
Automated external defibrillator
What is A.E.D.?
300
hem/o
What is blood?
300
Tricuspid valve & Mitral Valve
What are the two valves that seperate the chambers?
300
A blockage in a vessel, canal, or passage of the body.
What is occlusion?
300
Coronary heart disease
What is C.H.D.?
400
my/o
What is muscle?
400
Endocardium, Myocardium & Pericardium
What is the names of the muscle and lining of the heart called?
400
Condition in which there is a lack of oxygen due to decreased blood supply to a part of the body caused by constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel.
What is ischemia?
400
Shortness of breath.
What is S.O.B.?
500
-megaly
What is enlargement, large?
500
Blood goes to the legs and head through the arteries and back through the vein
What is the sequence of the blood flow through what vessels from the heart and back to the heart?
500
Abnormal condition of the skin and mucous membranes caused by oxygen deficiency in the blood.
What is cyanosis?
500
Coronary artery bypass graft.
What is C.A.B.G.?
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