MED TERM
DEFINE AORTA
LARGEST ARTERY OF THE HEART
DEFINE VEN/O
VEIN
DEFINE HYPOTENSION
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE B/P LOWER THAN 90/60
DEFINE WORD PARTS VAS/O
VESSEL
WHAT IS A HOLTER MONITOR
PORTABLE DEVICE ATTACHED TO PATIENT'S BODY THAT RECORD A CONTINUOUS EKG FOR 24 TO 48 HOURS
WHAT IS A VENIPUNCTURE
PUNCTURE OF A VEIN FOR REMOVAL OF BLOOD FOR ANALYSIS
WHAT MED TERM MEANS -ITIS
INFLAMMATION
WHAT DOES MYOCARDIAL MEAN
PERTAINING TO THE HEART
WHAT DOES WORD PART -OMA
TUMOR
WHAT IS AN HEMANGIOMA
BENIGN TUMOR OF A BLOOD VESSEL
DEFINE PHELBITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE VEIN
DEFINE TERM -AL
PERTAINING TO
HOW DO YOU CORRECT AN ERROR IN PATIENT'S RECORD
DRAW A LINE THROUGH THE ERROR
WRITE DATE
WRITE YOUR INITIALS
DEFINE STEN/O
NARROWING
WHAT IS A LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN THE BODY IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH BLOOD FLOW
SHOCK
WHAT DOES MEDICAL TERM MYOCARDIAL MEAN
INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART MUSCLE
WHAT DOES BRADY- MEAN
SLOW
WHAT IS AN EMBOLISM
AN OBSTRUCTION OF A BLOOD VESSEL (BLOCKAGE) BY A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE OR BLOOD CLOT
WHAT DOES -PLASTY MEAN
SURGICAL REPAIR
NAME THE THREE LAYERS OF THE HEART
PERICARDIUM OUTER LINING
MYOCARDIUM MIDDLE MUSCLE LAYER
ENDOCARDIUM INNERMOST LINING
WHAT IS A FLUTTER
RAPID HEART RATE. A HEART RATE OF 200-400 BEATS PER MINUTE IS A ATRIAL FLUTTER. A HEART RATE OF 250 OR MORE IS A VENTRICULAR FLUTTER
DEFINE TERM -OSIS
CONDITION OF
DEFINE CYANOISIS
ABNORMAL BLUISH CONDITION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY LACK OF OXYGEN
DEFINE ANGIN/O
vessel; container
WHAT IS INFLAMMATION OF THE PERICARDIUM
PERICARDITIS