a/p 2 practical 1-4

ACE inhibitor

blocks angiotensin II from being made, relaxes and widens blood vessels

Anterior interventricular artery

Anterior interventricular sulcus

anterior ventricular artery

Anticoagulant

slows down process of making blood clots

Aortic arch

aortic semilunar valve

apex of heart

ascending aorta

R/L atrioventricular valve

R/L atrium

1 + 2

Bicuspid valve

2

Tricuspid valve

13

R/L axillary vein

R/L axillary artery

base of heart

purple section

basophil

beta-blocker

blocks effect of epinephrine, slows HR/BP

R/L Brachial Artery

R/L Brachial Vein

Brachiocephalic artery

Brachiocephalic trunk

Bradycardia

less than 60 bpm

Calcium blocker

prevents calcium from entered heart cells, lowers BP

Cardiac Cycle

events taking place in the heart during one heart beat

Carditis

inflammation of the heart

Celiac trunk

1

R/L Cephalic vein

chordae tendinae

circumflex artery

R/L common cartoid artery

Common hepatic artery

2

R/L common iliac artery

R/L common iliac vein

R/L coronary artery

1+3

coronary artery bypass

procedure done to create new path for blood flow using a graft

coronary sinus

descending abdominal aorta

descending aorta

descending thoracic aorta

Diastole

filling of heart, occurs after T wave and through the R section

ECG

measures electrical changes within the heart

Eosinophil

R/L external carotid artery

R/L external iliac artery

R/L external iliac vein

R/L external jugular vein

R/L femoral artery

R/L femoral vein

fibrillation

abnormal heart rate

fibrous pericardium

gastric artery

great cardiac vein

R/L great saphenous vein

hepatic portal vein

hypertension

force of blood pushing against artery walls is consistently too high

inferior mesenteric artery

inferior vena cava

interatrial septum

R/L internal carotid artery

R/L internal iliac artery

R/L internal iliac vein

R/L internal jugular vein

interventricular sulcus

Anemia

Lasix diuretic

helps lower blood pressure and gets rid of extra water and salt

ligamentum arteriosum

lymphocyte

marginal artery

middle cardiac vein

monocyte

myocardium

neutrophil

P wave

Atrial depolarization (atria contract)

Pacemaker

device to help control irregular heartbeats

papillary msucles

parietal pericardium

outer layer of heart

platelet

posterior interventricular artery

posterior vein of left ventricle

3

R/L pulmonary artery

7

R/L pulmonary vein

pulmonary semilunar valve

pulmonary trunk

QRS complex

ventricular depolarization + atrial repolarization (atria relax, ventricles contract)

R/L radial artery

red blood cell

R/L renal artery

R/L renal vein

sickle cell disease

sinus rhythm

electrical signal starts at SA node

small cardiac vein

2

splenic artery

statin

slows down buildup of fatty plaque in arteries

R/L subclavian artery

superior mesenteric artery

superior vena cava

systole

contraction of heart, R to T wave

T wave

Ventricular repolarization, ventricles relax

Tachycardia

over 100 beats bpm