Cardiac Vocab

4. Arterial disease with chronic high blood pressure (S>140 and/or D>90)
6. Period during normal beating of the heart in which ventricles contract (push blood out)
8. Constricting chest pain due to insufficient blood supply to the heart
10. An object (usually a blood clot) that moves
11. Buildup of fatty deposits
12. Volume of blood pumped with each systole
13. Deposit of fatty material on/in arterial wall
14. Normal rhythmically occuring relaxation and dilation of ventricles (fill with blood)
15. Death of muscle tissue (a heart attack)
19. Used with pressures that constantly border on hypertension (S=130-139 and/or D=85-89)
20. Plaque that builds up within a wall of an artery

1. Abnormal or chronic low blood pressure (S<90 and/or D<50)
2. Force/pressure exerted by blood on inner walls of the arteries (systole/diastole, normal and 120/80 mm of mercury)
3. Plaque that has a fibrous cap, and is prone to rupture
5. Blockage or obstruction
7. An object (usually a blood clot) that doesn't move
9. Constricting or narrowing of blood vessel
16. Product of heart rate times stroke volume
17. An exam of blood vessels using x-rays following injections of a radiopaque substance
18. The abrupt cessation of normal circulation of blood due to failure of heart to contract during systole