PPP 2 Vocabulary for Quiz 6

Chapter 10

defibrillation

Restoration of uncontrolled twitching of cardiac muscle fibers to normal rhythm

pacemaker

Device that regulates cardiac electrical activity

stent

Wire mesh tube used to keep arteries open

palpitation

Forcible, rapid beat of the heart felt by the patient

paroxysmal

Occurring in sharp, spasmodic episodes

claudication

Intermittent leg pain and limping

cardiomegaly

Enlargement of the heart

cardiomyopathy

Disease of heart muscle, the myocardium

brachiocephalic

Pertaining to the head and arm, as an artery supplying blood to both

cor pulmonale

Right-sided heart failure arising from chronic lung disease

effusion

Collection of fluid that has escaped from blood vessels into a cavity or tissues

vasodilation

Increase in diameter of a blood vessel

endocarditis

Inflammation of the lining of the heart

exudate

Fluid that has come out of a tissue or its capillaries because of inflammation or injury

pitting edema

Edema that maintains for a time indentations made by applying pressure to the area

myocarditis

Inflammation of the heart muscle

pericarditis

Inflammation of the pericardium, the covering of the heart

thromboembolism

A piece of detached blood clot (embolus) blocking a distant blood vessel

prosthetic (adj)

A manufactured substitute for a missing or diseased part of the body