med term cram notes

auscultation means listening to heart sounds

the mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve

the tricuspid valve connects the right atrium and ventricle

A for atria and V for Veins to remember the anatomy

systole means contraction

diastole means relaxation

S1 is the shutting of the atrioventricular valves (lub sound)

S2 is the shutting of the semilunar valves (pulmonary and aortic valves make the dub sound)

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is the same thing as a balloon angioplasty

heart layers from deep to superficial the endocardium, myocardium, and pericardium

the butter layer of the heary is called the epicardium

the epicardium’s inner layer is called the visceral pericardium, and the butter layer is called the parietal pericardium

the semilunar valves are made up of the pulmonary and aortic valves

the heart receives its own blood supply from the coronary veins and arteries

the atrioventricular valves are the tricuspid and mitral/bicuspid valves

Genesis: Produces, generates

genic: producing, produced by

gen: that which produces

the right upper quadrant has minor portion of the pancreas but a lot of the liver

ostomy: to create an opening

otomy: cutting into