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Heart Structure
Heart Disorders
Diagnosis
Prefixes/Suffixes
A&P
100
Lower left chamber that pumps blood to all parts of the body.
What is the left ventricle?
100
Build up of plaque that narrows coronary arteries.
What is Atherosclerosis?
100
A protein that is released into the bloodstream following a heart attack.
What is Troponin?
100
Prefix meaning restricted or narrowing.
What is "isch", as in ischemia? Deficiency in blood supply to the heart.
100
The anatomic location of the heart.
What is the Thoracic Cavity?
200
Controls the opening between the right atrium & right ventricle.
What is the Tricuspid Valve?
200
Elevated Cholesterol and Triglycerides.
What is Hyperlipidemia?
200
Radiography of a blood vessel after injection of a contrast medium.
What is Angiography?
200
A suffix meaning "narrowing".
What is "-stenosis", as in arteriostenosis? The narrowing of an artery.
200
The blood supply from the heart to the lungs.
What is the Pulmonary Artery?
300
Another name for the heart muscle.
What is the Myocardium?
300
A heart attack; result of a lack of oxygen to the myocardium.
What is a Myocardial Infarction?
300
Instrument used to measure blood pressure.
What is a Sphygmomanometer?
300
A prefix meaning "vein".
What is "phleb", as in phlebotomy? The therapeutic practice of opening a vein to draw blood.
300
Part of the brain that controls heartbeat.
What is the Medulla Oblongata?
400
Contraction measure of the heartbeat. Hint: top value of BP.
What is Systolic?
400
Abnormally slow heartbeat.
What is Bradycardia?
400
Cholesterol lowering drug.
What is a statin?
400
A prefix meaning "blood vessel".
What is "vasculo" as in vasculitis? Inflammation of a vessel.
400
The smallest blood vessels.
What is a capillary?
500
The sac that surrounds the heart.
What is the Pericardium?
500
High blood pressure. Systolic >140 and Diastolic >90.
What is Hypertension?
500
Coronary artery bypass graft.
What a CABG?
500
Suffix meaning "rupture".
What is "rrhexis" as in cardiorrhexis? A rupture in the wall of the heart.
500
The largest coronary artery.
What is the aorta?