MMSC 200 EXAM 3.
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Angiogram - Answer: x-ray record of blood vessels (AN-je-o-gram)
Angioplasty - Answer: surgical repair of a blood vessel (AN-je-o-plas-te)
Anoxia - Answer: without oxygen (a-NOK-se-a)
Aorta - Answer: largest artery in the body (a-OR-ta)
Aortic stenosis - Answer: narrowing of the aorta (a-OR-tik set-NO-sis)
Apex of the heart - Answer: lower tip of the heart; bottom of the heart (A-peks of the
hart)
Arrhythmia - Answer: irregular or abnormal heartbeat; literally without rhythm (a-RITH-
me-a)
Arterial anastomosis - Answer: surgical connection between two arteries (ar-TE-re-al a-
nas-to-MO-sis)
Arteriography - Answer: x-ray recording of arteries; contrast is injected (ar-te-re-OG-ra-
fe)
Arteriole - Answer: small artery (ar-TE-re-ol)
Arteriosclerosis - Answer: hardening of an artery with collection of fatty plaque (ar-te-re-
o-skle-RO-sis)
Artery - Answer: largest type of blood vessel; a blood vessel that carries blood away
from the heart (AR-te-re)
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,Atherectomy - Answer: removal of plaque (lipids and clots) that accumulate in the lining
of an artery (a-the-REK-to-me)
Atheroma - Answer: mass of fatty plaque that collects in an artery (ath-er-O-ma)
Atherosclerosis - Answer: fatty plaque deposits in the interior lining of an artery; a form
of arteriosclerosis (ath-er-o-skle-RO-sis)
Atrial - Answer: pertaining to the atrium (upper chamber of the heart) (A-tre-al)
Atrioventricular bundle - Answer: failure of proper conduction of impulses from the SA
node through the AV node to atrioventricular bundle (bundle of His) (a-tre-o-ven-TRIK-u-
lar BUN-dl)
Atrioventricular node - Answer: specialized tissue in walls between the atria; electrical
impulses pass from the sino-atrial node (pacemaker) though the atrioventricular node
and atrioventricular bundle (bundle of His) toward the ventricles
(a-tre-o-ven-TRIK-u-lar nod)
Atrium (atria pl) - Answer: one of two upper chambers of the heart (A-tre-um; A-tre-a)
Brachial artery - Answer: artery that carries blood to the arm (BRA-ke-al AR-te-re)
Bradycardia - Answer: slow heartbeat (brad-e-KAR-de-a)
Bundle of His - Answer: atrioventricular bundle; a bundle of modified heart muscle that
transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing
them to contract (BUN-dl of Hiss)
Capillary - Answer: smallest type of blood vessel (KAP-i-lar-e)
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,Carbon dioxide - Answer: gas produced in issue cells when oxygen and food combine;
exhaled through the lungs (KAR-bon di-OK-sid)
Cardiogenic shock - Answer: circulatory failure due to poor heart function (kar-de-o-
JEN-ik shok)
Cardiomegaly - Answer: enlargement of the heart (kar-de-o-MEG-a-le)
Cardiomyopathy - Answer: disease of the heart muscle (ear-de-o-mi-OP-a-the)
Coronary arteries - Answer: branches of the aorta bringing oxygen right blood to the
heart muscle
(KOR-o-nar-e AR-te-rez)
Cyanosis - Answer: abnormal condition of bluish coloration of the skin (si-a-NO-sis)
Deoxygenated blood - Answer: blood that is oxygen-poor (de-OK-si-je-NA-ted blud)
Diastole - Answer: Relaxation of the heart; relaxation (di-AS-to-le)
Electrocardiogram - Answer: record of the electrical activity of the heart (e-lek-tro-KAR-
de-o-gram)
Endocardium - Answer: inner lining of the heart (en-do-KAR-de-um)
Endothelium - Answer: the specialized epithelial tissue that lines the blood and lymph
vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs; innermost lining of blood vessels (en-do-
THE-le-um)
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, Hypercholesterolemia - Answer: excessive/high levels of cholesterol in the blood (hi-per-
ko-les-ter-ol-E-me-a)
Hypoxia - Answer: deficiency of oxygen in tissues (hi-POK-se-a)
Interventricular septum - Answer: wall between the ventricles of the heart (in-ter-ven-
TRIK-u-lar SEP-tum)
Mitral valve - Answer: value between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart;
prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium; alternative name is
bicuspid valve (MI-tral valv)
Mitral valvulitis - Answer: inflammation of the mitral valve (MI-tral val-vu-LI-tis)
Myocardium - Answer: Thick middle muscle layer of the heart; heart muscle (mi-o-KAR-
de-um)
Myxoma - Answer: benign tumor the connective tissue in the heart tissue; these rare
tumors occur most frequently in the left atrium. (mik-SO-ma)
Normal sinus rhythm - Answer: normal heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node;
usually 60 to 100 beats per minute (NOR-mal SI-nus RI-them)
Oxygen - Answer: gas inhaled and entering the bloodstream through the lungs (OK-si-
jen)
Pacemaker - Answer: specialized nervous tissue (sinoatrial node) in the right atrial wall;
it beings the heart beat; a device that delivers electrical impulses to the heart to regulate
the heartbeat (PAS-ma-ker)
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Angiogram - Answer: x-ray record of blood vessels (AN-je-o-gram)
Angioplasty - Answer: surgical repair of a blood vessel (AN-je-o-plas-te)
Anoxia - Answer: without oxygen (a-NOK-se-a)
Aorta - Answer: largest artery in the body (a-OR-ta)
Aortic stenosis - Answer: narrowing of the aorta (a-OR-tik set-NO-sis)
Apex of the heart - Answer: lower tip of the heart; bottom of the heart (A-peks of the
hart)
Arrhythmia - Answer: irregular or abnormal heartbeat; literally without rhythm (a-RITH-
me-a)
Arterial anastomosis - Answer: surgical connection between two arteries (ar-TE-re-al a-
nas-to-MO-sis)
Arteriography - Answer: x-ray recording of arteries; contrast is injected (ar-te-re-OG-ra-
fe)
Arteriole - Answer: small artery (ar-TE-re-ol)
Arteriosclerosis - Answer: hardening of an artery with collection of fatty plaque (ar-te-re-
o-skle-RO-sis)
Artery - Answer: largest type of blood vessel; a blood vessel that carries blood away
from the heart (AR-te-re)
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,Atherectomy - Answer: removal of plaque (lipids and clots) that accumulate in the lining
of an artery (a-the-REK-to-me)
Atheroma - Answer: mass of fatty plaque that collects in an artery (ath-er-O-ma)
Atherosclerosis - Answer: fatty plaque deposits in the interior lining of an artery; a form
of arteriosclerosis (ath-er-o-skle-RO-sis)
Atrial - Answer: pertaining to the atrium (upper chamber of the heart) (A-tre-al)
Atrioventricular bundle - Answer: failure of proper conduction of impulses from the SA
node through the AV node to atrioventricular bundle (bundle of His) (a-tre-o-ven-TRIK-u-
lar BUN-dl)
Atrioventricular node - Answer: specialized tissue in walls between the atria; electrical
impulses pass from the sino-atrial node (pacemaker) though the atrioventricular node
and atrioventricular bundle (bundle of His) toward the ventricles
(a-tre-o-ven-TRIK-u-lar nod)
Atrium (atria pl) - Answer: one of two upper chambers of the heart (A-tre-um; A-tre-a)
Brachial artery - Answer: artery that carries blood to the arm (BRA-ke-al AR-te-re)
Bradycardia - Answer: slow heartbeat (brad-e-KAR-de-a)
Bundle of His - Answer: atrioventricular bundle; a bundle of modified heart muscle that
transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing
them to contract (BUN-dl of Hiss)
Capillary - Answer: smallest type of blood vessel (KAP-i-lar-e)
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,Carbon dioxide - Answer: gas produced in issue cells when oxygen and food combine;
exhaled through the lungs (KAR-bon di-OK-sid)
Cardiogenic shock - Answer: circulatory failure due to poor heart function (kar-de-o-
JEN-ik shok)
Cardiomegaly - Answer: enlargement of the heart (kar-de-o-MEG-a-le)
Cardiomyopathy - Answer: disease of the heart muscle (ear-de-o-mi-OP-a-the)
Coronary arteries - Answer: branches of the aorta bringing oxygen right blood to the
heart muscle
(KOR-o-nar-e AR-te-rez)
Cyanosis - Answer: abnormal condition of bluish coloration of the skin (si-a-NO-sis)
Deoxygenated blood - Answer: blood that is oxygen-poor (de-OK-si-je-NA-ted blud)
Diastole - Answer: Relaxation of the heart; relaxation (di-AS-to-le)
Electrocardiogram - Answer: record of the electrical activity of the heart (e-lek-tro-KAR-
de-o-gram)
Endocardium - Answer: inner lining of the heart (en-do-KAR-de-um)
Endothelium - Answer: the specialized epithelial tissue that lines the blood and lymph
vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs; innermost lining of blood vessels (en-do-
THE-le-um)
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, Hypercholesterolemia - Answer: excessive/high levels of cholesterol in the blood (hi-per-
ko-les-ter-ol-E-me-a)
Hypoxia - Answer: deficiency of oxygen in tissues (hi-POK-se-a)
Interventricular septum - Answer: wall between the ventricles of the heart (in-ter-ven-
TRIK-u-lar SEP-tum)
Mitral valve - Answer: value between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart;
prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium; alternative name is
bicuspid valve (MI-tral valv)
Mitral valvulitis - Answer: inflammation of the mitral valve (MI-tral val-vu-LI-tis)
Myocardium - Answer: Thick middle muscle layer of the heart; heart muscle (mi-o-KAR-
de-um)
Myxoma - Answer: benign tumor the connective tissue in the heart tissue; these rare
tumors occur most frequently in the left atrium. (mik-SO-ma)
Normal sinus rhythm - Answer: normal heart rhythm originating in the sinoatrial node;
usually 60 to 100 beats per minute (NOR-mal SI-nus RI-them)
Oxygen - Answer: gas inhaled and entering the bloodstream through the lungs (OK-si-
jen)
Pacemaker - Answer: specialized nervous tissue (sinoatrial node) in the right atrial wall;
it beings the heart beat; a device that delivers electrical impulses to the heart to regulate
the heartbeat (PAS-ma-ker)
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