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Chapter 9
Cardiovascular System
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Anatomy
11th Grade
04/01/2009

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Term
artery
Definition
blood vessel which carries blood away from the heart using pressure from the contraction phase of the heartbeat
Term
vein
Definition
blood vessel, which carries blood toward the heart using the valves to prevent the blood from flowing the back.
Term
capillarty
Definition
smallest blood vessels
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aorta
Definition
largest artery, exit the heart and passses the length of the trunk
Term
vena cava
Definition
largest vein,the inferior and superior vein cavae enter the heart at the right artrium.
Term
atrium
Definition
one of the two upper chambers of the heart, blood enters the heart from the atria
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ventricle
Definition
one of the two chambers of the heart, blood exits frome the ventricle
Term
Angi/o or Vas/o
Definition
vessel
Term
arteri/o
Definition
artery
Term
atri/o
Definition
atrium
Term
Hemangi/o
Definition
Blood Vessel
Term
Thromb/o
Definition
Blood Clot
Term
Aort/o
Definition
aorta
Term
ather/o
Definition
Fatty Plaque
Term
Cardi/o
Definition
Heart
Term
Phleb/o or Ven/o
Definition
Vein
Term
sphygm/o
Definition
pulse
Term
Percardium
Definition
the sac containing the heart
Term
endocardium
Definition
a serouse membrane that lines the four chambers of the heart and its valves and is continuous with the arteries.
Term
myocardium
Definition
the muscular layer of the heart
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epicardium
Definition
the outermost muscular layer of the heart
Term
Coronary Arteries
Definition
arteries which lie over the top of the heart and supply the heart muscles with blood
Term
Systole
Definition
The contraction phase.
Term
Diastole
Definition
Relaxtion stage phase, whenthe ventricles are filling with blood
Term
hypertension
Definition
elevated blood pressure
Term
hypotenstion
Definition
lower blood pressure
Term
coronary artery disease
Definition
a disease that interferes with the arteries giving insuifficiant amount of blood
Term
thrombosis
Definition
infecting organisms embedded in blood clots
Term
Angina Pectoris/ Angina
Definition
suffocating chest pain
Term
myocardinal infaraction
Definition
hecrosis of the heart muscle blood supply completely supressed
Term
diaphoresis
Definition
Profuse sweating
Term
tachycardia
Definition
rapid heart action
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bradycardia
Definition
slow hear action
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stenosis
Definition
narrowing of an opening or lumen
Term
aneurysm
Definition
abnormal dialation of the vessel
Term
arrhythmia
Definition
irregularly in a heart attach
Term
conjestive heart failure
Definition
failure of the heart to supply an adequate amount of blood to tissue and organs
Term
edema
Definition
swelling surrounding the tissue caused by excessive leak through the vein.
Term
embolus
Definition
mass of undissolved matter circulating in the blood *mass moving in the vascular system
Term
fibrillation
Definition
quivering or spontanious muscle contraction of the heart
Term
infaract/infarction
Definition
area of tissue that undergoes nercosis because there is no blood supply
Term
ischemia
Definition
local and temporary deficiency of blood supply because of circulatory obstruction
Term
patenet
Definition
open
Term
thrombus
Definition
clot formation, obstructing vessel
Term
thrombophlebitis
Definition
inflammation of the lining of a vein with formation of a lood clot
Term
echocardiography
Definition
the use of sound waves to visualize the structure of the heart
Term
electrocardiogram(ECG, EKG)
Definition
recording of the electrical impulses of the heart
Term
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty(PTCA)
Definition
Angioplasty
Term
ASHD
Definition
ARTERIOSCLEROTIV HEART DISEASE
Term
CAD
Definition
CAORANARY ARTERY DIESEASE
Term
CABG
Definition
CORNARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
Term
CHF
Definition
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Term
DVT
Definition
DEEP VEIN THROMBUS
Term
MI
Definition
MYCARDIAL INFRACTION
Term
PTCA
Definition
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORANARY ANGIOPLASTY
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