Unit 3

Medical Terminology

100

What does the term "heme" mean?

blood

200

What does the term "thrombolysis" mean?

dissolving a clot

300

What does the term "angio" mean?

vessel

400

What does "ischemia" mean

reduced blood flow

500

The amount of blood ejected blood by ventricle during one contraction is called the

stroke volume

Heart Structure

100

_________ valve allows blood to flow from L atrium to L ventricle

Mitral/Bicuspid

200

What is the largest "vein" in the body?

The vena cava

300

What are the three layers of the heart beginning with the outermost layer to the inner?

Epicardium, Myocardium, Pericardium

400

Which chamber of the heart receives blood from the body?

Right atrium

500

The _________ __________ make the ventricles contract

Purkinje fibers

Disorders/Diseases

100

Two most common causes of heart failure include:

HTN amd CAD

200

Two major S/S of pulmonary edema include:

Frothy pink sputum and orthopnea

300

What is the disorder when extra fluid in the space around the heart causes pressure on the heart?

Cardiac tamponade

400

________ is a progressive disease that leads to narrowing or occlusion of the coronary arteries

CAD

500

What does it mean when a pateint has an aneurysm?

weak/ballooning of the artery

Misc

100

What is the formula for cardiac output? (CO)

CO=SV x HR

200

Where can the point of maximal impulse be heard?

5th ICS (b/w 5/6 ribs) at the midclavicular line

300

Normal EF is ____% to ____%

50-70%

400

How does one calculate the pulse pressure?

SBP-DBP

500

What is also known as the pacemaker of the heart?

Sinoatrial Node (SA) node

Select All

100

What does "MONA" stand for?

A. Morphine, O2, Norepinephrine, Analgesics

B. Medicate, O2, Nitro, Aspirin

C. Morphine, O2, Nitro, Aspirin

D. Medicate, Operate, Norepinephrine, Aspirin

C. 

200

Which of the following is considered a congenital defect? 

A. Arteriosclerosis

B. Valvular defects

C. Coarction of the aorta

D. Stenosis

E. Septal Defects

B, C, E

300

Cardiac output is dependent on:

A. peripheral pulses

B. Weight

C. venous return

D. Heart rate

E. strength of contraction

C, D, E

400

What medication "dissolves" the clot in the artery?

A. Nitroglycerin

B. Eliquis

C. Alteplase (tPA)

D. Adenosine

C. 

500

If a patient is in SVT, what is the first method the nurse would have the patient do the bring down their heart rate?

A. Close their eyes and relax

B. Push adenosine

C. Cardioversion

D. Vagal maneuvers