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Chambers of the Heart
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Cardiology Terms
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The innermost layer of the heart.
What is the endocardium?
100
These are the upper chambers of the heart.
What are the atria? (singular: atrium)
100
This valve has three flaps and is located in the right side of the heart.
What is the tricuspid valve?
100
This record of the heart vessels is obtained by injecting radiopaque dye into the circulatory system.
What is an angiogram?
100
A condition of abnormally slow heartbeat less than 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
200
The outermost layer of the heart.
What is the pericardium?
200
These are the larger, lower chambers of the heart.
What are the ventricles?
200
This valve has two flaps and is located in the left side of the heart.
What is the bicuspid (or mitral) valve?
200
This medical term describes a heart that is enlarged.
What is cardiomegaly?
200
The condition in which there is a lack of rhythym of the heartbeat.
What is arrhythmia?
300
The muscular, middle layer of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
300
This atrium receives oxygen rich blood from the lungs.
What is the left atrium?
300
These could be called the "half moon" valves.
What are the semillunar valves?
300
This noninvasive method for evaluating the heart by ultrasound can be obtained painlessly at the patient's bedside or outpatient setting.
What is echocardiograpy?
300
Rapid uncoordinated contractions of the heart.
What is fibrillation?
400
This medical term describes an inflammation of the myocardium (muscle layer).
What is myocarditis?
400
This ventricle pumps blood through the semilunar valve to the lungs.
What is the right ventricle?
400
Blood pumped through the semilunar valves originates in these chambers.
What are the ventricles?
400
This medical term describes a condition of hardening of arteries.
What is arteriosclerosis?
400
This is a record of the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram?
500
This structure divides the heart into the right and left sides.
What is the septum?
500
This ventricle sends blood to all parts of the body except the lungs.
What is the left ventricle?
500
The right atrioventricular valve is also known by this name.
What is the tricuspid valve?
500
This is a condition in which a blood clot is within the vascular system (stationary).
What is a thrombosis?
500
Rapid throbbing or fluttering of the heart usually felt only by the patient.
What are palpitations?