heart anatomy
This chamber of the heart sends blood to the rest of the body.
What is the left ventricle.
This structure allows air to enter the lungs from the mouth.
What is the trachea.
This is what happens when you have a blockage in the artery of the heart.
What is a myocardial infarction.
What is it called when you have a lower airway obstruction that causes wheezing?
What is Asthma.
This is the lung disease most smokers end up with.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
This artery/vein carries the blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What is the aorta.
These arteries/veins are where the gas exchange in completed.
What are capillaries.
This is another name for chest pain.
What is Angina.
This is a childhood airway problem where you hear stridor and a barking cough.
What is croup.
This is why patients have lower leg swelling.
This chamber received deoxygenated blood from the body.
What is the right atrium.
This structure carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
What is the Pulmonary Artery.
What is it called when the vessel from the heart to the rest of the body tears?
What is Aortic Dissection.
This happens when you have a hole in the chest and air is going in.
What is a sucking chest wound.
Hypotension, JVD, muffled heart tones
What is Beck's Triad.
This vein carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
What is the Vena Cava.
What are the two structures that carry air into the lungs from the trachea?
What are the bronchi.
This is the condition when the left ventricle doesn't pump like it should.
What is Heart Failure.
This term is names for fluid in the lungs.
What is pulmonary edema.
What is subcutaneous emphysema.
This artery/vein flows blood back into the heart from the lungs.
What is the Pulmonary Vein.
These are the structures that allow for increased surface area for oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange.
What are Alveoli.
This is what happens when fluid surrounds the heart.
What is cardiac tamponade.
What is it called when the lung has a hole in it and it starts to collapse the lung?
What is a pneumothorax.
This is when the chest moves in a paradoxial movement.
What is a flail chest.