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Cardiac Anatomy
Arteries
Veins
Vascular Anatomy
Misc
100
The number of chambers in the heart
What is 4
100
the outermost layer of the vessel wall
What is tunica adventitia
100
small luminar structure with thin walls
What is veins
100
The 3 branches that come off ascending aorta
What is brachiocephalic, left common carotid, subclavian
100
A medical condition when the lung collapses usually associated with a surgical complication.
What is Atelectasis?
200
The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle
What is tricuspid valve
200
the innermost layer of the vessel wall
What is tunica media
200
smallest component of venous system
What is venoules
200
Is the only artery that carries de-oxygenated blood.
What is the Pulmonary Artery?
200
This starts out as a clot in your vein.
What is a DVT?
300
Return blood to the left atrium
What is pulmonary veins
300
stopcocks of the vascular system
What is arterioles
300
prevents retrograde flow of blood
What is valves
300
Artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes
What is Internal Carotid
300
A clot that moves towards your lung and can be fatal.
What is Pulmonary Embolus?
400
attached to the cordae tendinae in the ventricles
What is papillary muscles
400
large elastic artery that carries blood from heart to rest of the body
What is the aorta
400
Names of the large veins
What is portal, IVC, SVC
400
Is implanted in the veins to prevent PE's.
What is a IVC filter?
400
Elevating the head of the bed to 40 degrees can prevent this condition.
What is Pneumonia?
500
The 2 braches of the left coronary system
What is circumflex and left anterior descending
500
Contraction and squeezing of the vessel wall
What is vasoconstriction
500
Valves are more numerous in the part of the body
What is lower extremities
500
Artery just distal to brachiocephalic that runs down the arm
What is axillary
500
SCD stands for
What is a Sequential Compression Device?