Cardiac Medical Terminology
Heart attack
Myocardial Infarction
Laying face down
Prone
Nose
Rhin/o
Medication given by mouth
PO (per os)
Inflammation of the meninges
Meningitis
Slow heart rate
Bradycardia
The front surface of the body
Anterior (or ventral)
Child or foot
Ped/o
Medication given under the tongue
SL (sublingual)
The class of medications that mimic the sympathetic nervous system
Sympathomimetics
Red blood cell
Erythrocyte
Parts of the body that lie farther from the midline
Lateral
Blue
Cyan/o
Aneurysm in the descending aorta
AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm)
Physician who specializes in diseases of the nervous system
Neurologist
Enlarged heart
Cardiomegaly
Motion or movement away from the midline
Abduction
Rib
Cost/o
Nitroglycerine
NTG
Paralyzed on one half of the body
Hemiplegia
Below normal blood flow to the vital organs
Hypoperfusion
Closer to the trunk (or point of attachment)
Proximal
Chest
Thorac/o
Aspirin
ASA
Stroke
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)