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CNHP Ch 9
Question | Answer |
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angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
ather/o | fatty (lipid) paste |
atri/o | atrium |
cardi/o | heart |
coron/o | circle or crown |
my/o | muscle |
pecto/o | chest |
steth/o | chest |
phleb/o | vein |
ven/o | vein |
sphygm/o | pulse |
thromb/o | clot |
varic/o | swollen, twisted vein |
vas/o | vessel |
vascul/o | vessel |
ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
diastole | period in cardiac cycle when blood enters relaxed ventricles from the atria |
systole | period in cardiac cycle when heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and pulmonary artery |
normotension | normal blood pressure |
hypotension | low blood pressure |
hypertension | high blood pressure |
cardiac conduction | provides electrical stimulus that is necessary to cause the heart muscle to pump blood by the continual contraction (systole) and relaxation (diastole) of myocardial (heart muscle) cells |
ACE | angiotensin-converting enzyme |
ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
ASD | atrial septal defect |
AV | atrioventricular |
BP | blood pressure |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CAD | coronary artery disease |
CCU | coronary care unit; critical care unit |
CHF | congestive heart failure |
CO | cardiac output |
CTA | computed tomography angiography |