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The name of the muscular wall separating the left and right sides of the heart is the ______.
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A patient's heart muscle fibers are contracting and sending blood out of the ventricles. This phase is called __________.
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Medical Terminology
Cardiovascular Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The name of the muscular wall separating the left and right sides of the heart is the ______. | Septum |
| A patient's heart muscle fibers are contracting and sending blood out of the ventricles. This phase is called __________. | Systole |
| Septum, Ventricles, and Atria are parts of what organ? | Heart |
| A vessel supplying oxygenated blood to the heart muscle is called a _________. | Coronary artery |
| What heart chamber receives oxygen-poor blood? | Right atrium |
| Oppressive Pain in the Heart | Angina Pectoris |
| Irregular Heartbeat | Arrhythmia |
| Rapid Beating of the heart | Palpitation |
| Cava | Hollow |
| Vena | Vein |
| Inferior | Lower |
| A patient's heart muscle fibers are relaxed and the heart is filling with blood. This phase is called ______. | Diastole |
| Which of the following is the term for a large diameter vein that gathers blood from the body and returns it to the heart? | Vena Cava |
| The heart chamber that sends oxygen-rich blood out of the heart is the _________ ventricle | Left |
| A vessel supplying oxygenated blood to the heart muscle is called a _______. | Coronary artery |
| The root scler in the term angiosclerosis means ______. | Hard |
| This structure gathers blood from the lower portion of the body and returns it to the heart. | Inferior vena cava |
| Dilation of the aorta is ______. | Aortectasia |
| Cephalic veins, Ulnar veins, Median antebrachial vein, Radial Vein, Axillary vein, Brachial vein, Basilic Vein. are located where? | In the Upper extremeties |
| The term that describes a closing or blockage of a passage is _______. | Occlusion |
| Record of the Bramlood Vessels | Angiogram |
| Record of Aorta | Aortogram |
| Record of an Artery | Arteriogram |
| The portion of the vena cava that gathers blood from the upper portion of the body is called _________. | Superior vena cava |
| The condition that involves the heart muscle being too thick is known as _____________ | Hypertrophic, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM |
| Formation of fatty plaque on the wall of an artery is called ______. | Atherogenesis |
| Pericardiocentensis | Puncture of the tissue around the heart |
| Valvectomy | Surgical removal of a heart valve |
| Valvotomy | Incision into a heart valve |
| Valvuloplasty | Surgical reconstruction of a heart valve |
| Which of the following is the definition of a mass of matter present in the blood? | Embolus |
| MRA CABG PCI | Referring to treatments or procedures |
| In the heart condition atrial _______ defect, there is a flaw in the septum that divides the two atria of the heart. | Septal |
| CHF, HTN,SCA | Diagnoses |
| Inflammation of the heart vessels | Angiocarditis |
| Quivering or spontaneous contraction of muscle fibers in the heart's atrium | Atrial fibrillation |
| Flaw in the septum that divides the two atria of the heart | Atrial septal defect |
| Cessation of functional circulation | Cardiac arrest |
| Heart cavity is unable to pump all the blood out of itself and becomes stretched | Congestive cardiomyopathy |
| In this heart problem, the heart cavity is unable to pump all the blood out of itself. | Congestive cardiomyopathy |
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