anatomy 8
Terms
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- tachycardia
- abnormally rapid heartbeat (usually applied to heart rates faster than 100 bpm)
- chronic
- relating to a health-related state or condition persisting over a long period of time (3 months or longer); may also refer to long-term or prolonged exposure
- brady
- slow
- arterio
- artery
- tachy
- rapid, quick
- bradycardia
- abnormally slow heartbeat (usually applied to heart rates slower than 60 bpm)
- aneurysmo
- a localized, balloon-like dilation or swelling in the wall of an artery or cardiac chamber
- inotropic
- influencing the contractility of muscle cells (fibers)
- costo
- rib or ribs
- angiogram
- an x-ray of blood vessels following injection with radio-opaque material
- auscultate
- to examine, by listening (usually with the aid of a stethoscope), to sounds produced by the movement of gases or liquids within the body; as a means of diagnosis
- costochondral
- pertaining to cartilage that is attached to the ribs
- angio
- blood or lymph vessels; a covering / enclosure
- coronary
- relating to or resembling a crown; term is usually appled to the arteries that encircle and supply blood to the myocardium
- ino
- an obsolete prefix for fiber or fibrous; replaced in most terms by fibro
- athero
- deposit of soft, pasty material; porridge
- chrono
- time
- angioscopy
- insertion of a fiberoptic catheter through a peripheral artery to view the interior of blood vessels. esp pulmonary arteries
- atherosclerosis
- a common form of arteriosclerosis characerized by irregularly distributed lipid deposits in the tunica intima / interna of large and medium sized arteries, that will eventually lead to blockage of blood flow
- costa
- the ribs
- arrhythmia
- loss / lack of rhythm; any deviation from the normal rhythm of the heart; an irregularity of the heartbeat
- arteriosclerosis
- collection of several pathological conditions in which the walls of blood vessels, esp. arteries, become thickened and hardened, losing their elasticity