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Terminology
Condition
Heart
Vitals
General
100
Inner lining of the heart
What is endocardium
100
Lack of rhythm of the heart
What is arrhythmia?
100
The left atrium collects blood from the
What is pulmonary circulation
100
the pressure exerted by the blood on the vessels
What is blood pressure
100
during this stage the chamber fills with blood and prepares for the next heartbeat
What is diastole
200
To choke, quinsy
What is the root word-angin
200
Also known as cardiopathy
What is Heart disease?
200
Heart weight
What is 300 grams or 1 lb.
200
tapping sounds heard during ausculation of blood pressure
What is Korotkoff's sounds
200
the smallest vessels of the venous system
What is venules
300
Fast heartbeat
What is tachycardia
300
Tumor of the blood vessel
What is angioma?
300
known as the pacemaker of the heart
What is the sionatrial node
300
most common site for taking the pulse
What is radial
300
during this stage the chamber pushes blood into an adjacent chamber or into an arterial trunk
What is systole
400
Septum/Myocardium
What is the muscle dividing the left and right sides of the heart
400
Blood clot in the vascular system
What is thrombosis?
400
vessels that supply blood to the cells of the heart form the
What is coronary circulation
400
used to measure the blood pressure
What is sphygmomanometer
400
covers the outer surface of the heart
What is epicardium
500
Meaning blood condition
What is the suffix, emia
500
Slow heartbeat
What is bradycardia?
500
transports blood from the right and left ventricles of the heart
What is arteries
500
most common site to take pulse during an emergency
What is carotid
500
originates at the base of the ascending aorta
What is coronary arteries