Vital Signs
Pulse found in your wrist - what artery is it from?
Radial pulse - Radial artery
Heart rate less than 60 - Heart rate greater than 100
Valve found between the R-atrium and R-ventricle
TRIcuspid valve
Occurs when part of the heart muscle does not receive enough blood
Myocardial Infarction
Systolic pressure measures.......
Reflects the pressure when the heart is beating (or squeezing)
Bottom number of a blood pressure
Diastolic Blood Pressure
Thrombus
Stationary blood clot
Location in the heart where the Aortic semilunar valve can be found (What is it between?)
Between the L-ventricle and the aorta
Occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs
CHF - Congestive Heart Failure
Dr. who will diagnosis, treat and try to prevent problems with the cardiovascular system
Cardiologist
Systolic Blood Pressure
Embolus
Moving blood clot
Largest blood vessel in our body
AORTA - big boy
High blood pressure consistently over 140/90
Hypertension - HTN
Diastolic pressure measures.....
Pressure when the heart is resting between beats - relaxed and refilling
A normal blood pressure
120/80
A weakened blood vessel wall that allows outpunching to occur - can rupture at any time
Aneurysm
When a valve does not open/close properly it can cause what?
Murmurs, backflow, etc
Left sided CHF will present with what type of symptoms?
LEFT=LUNGS!
SOB, cough, pink frothy sputum
Artery that has DEOXYGENATED blood & Vein that has oxygenated blood
Pulmonary Artery & Pulmonary Vein
The sound you hear when listening to the heart is caused by what?
Closing of the valves
Where venous blood and arterial blood mix
CAPILLARIES
YAY for gas exchange!!!
Once blood leaves the Aorta and heads to the body, what is the proper order of vessels that it flows through?
Arteries, Capillaries, Veins
Right sided CHF will present with what type of symptoms?
RIGHT=REST OF BODY
Swelling
Three different layers of the heart
Endocardium - smooth inside lining
Myocardium - Thick layer, Middle layer
Pericardium - Double membrane, surrounds outside