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Terminology
Anatomy
Physiology
Diseases
100
Shortness of breath
What is SOB
100
vessel
What is angi/o
100
two upper chambers of the heart
What is atria
100
relaxation of heart
What is diastole
100
heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood
What is congestive heart failure (CHF)
200
premature ventricular contraction
What is PVT
200
arm
What is brachi/o
200
the two lower chambers of the heart
What is ventricles
200
contraction of the heart
What is systole
300
myocardial infarction
What is MI
300
heart
What is cardi/o
300
drains blood from the upper portion of the body
What is inferior vena cava
300
abnormal blood flow produce swishing sound in the valves
What is murmur
300
Disease of the arteries surrounding the heart
What is Coronary artery disease (CAD)
400
unstable angina;chest pain at rest or of increasing frequency
What is UA
400
pulse
What is sphygm/o
400
Oxygen - poor blood enters the heart through the two largest veins in the body
What is venae cavae
400
The region is within the interatrial septum
What is Atrioventricular node(AV node)
400
passageway (ductus arteriosus) between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains open (patent) after birth
What is patent ductus arteriosus
500
normal sinus rhythm
What is NSR
500
mucus
What is myx/o
500
The walls of the left atruim contract to force blood
What is mitral valve
500
Blood pressure is the force that the blood exerts on the arterials walls.
What is sphygmomanometer
500
abnormalities in the heart at birth
What is congential heart disease