Heart Parts
The upper chambers of the heart.
What are atria?
This is surgical repair of a blood vessel where an occlusion is mechanically widened using a balloon.
What is an angioplasty?
This is an interruption of the conduction pathway of the heart.
What is a heart block?
This medical term means "Pertaining to within a vein."
What is intravenous?
Blood vessel that conducts blood toward the heart.
What are veins?
The membrane surrounding the heart and roots of the great vessels.
What is the pericardium?
This is the medical term for a heart attack.
What is a myocardial infarction?
This term refers to the condition of a resting heart rate below 60 beats per minute.
This medical term refers to "Dissolution of a (blood clot)"
What is thrombolysis?
This type of blood vessel is rounder, has thicker walls, and higher oxygen concentration in systemic circulation.
What are arteries?
The muscular wall separating the left and right ventricles.
What is the interventricular septum?
This is a surgical procedure where an occlusion in a blood vessel is bypassed using a graft of a blood vessel from another area.
What is a coronary bypass surgery?
This problem may occur when the heart's natural pacemaker fails to initiate an impulse, or when the conduction system of the heart fails to transmit that impulse properly.
What is arrhythmia?
The procedure 'angioscopy' involves doing this.
What is a visual examination of the blood vessels?
The extracellular matrix of the cardiovascular system.
What is blood plasma?
The atrium and ventricle on each side of the heart is separated by these types of valves.
What are the atrioventricular valves?
The process of using sound to record the heart.
What is echocardiography?
A condition where the heart beats in a wild, uncontrolled manner.
What is a fibrillation?
The delivery of blood to an area, tissue, or organ through a capillary.
What is perfusion?
The most abundant formed element in blood.
What are erythrocytes?
What is the mitral valve?
These medications may be prescribed to treat high blood pressure.
What are antihypertensives?
This condition occurs when the aorta is hardened and narrowed, preventing it from opening fully.
The formation of red blood cells.
What is hematopoiesis?
This type of cell frequently leaves the blood stream to perform defensive functions in the body's tissues.
What are leukocytes?