Medical Terminology: Chapter 9

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  1. 4. to expand; the period during the cardiac cycle when blood enters the relaxed ventricles from the atria
  2. 5. a localized area of necrosis (dead tissue cells) caused by ischemia resulting from occlusion of a blood vessel
  3. 7. a device used to treat slow heart rates (bradycardia) by electrically stimulating the heart to contract
  4. 9. capillaries are tiny vessels that join arterioles and _________
  5. 11. ___________ circulation is the circulation of blood throughout the body via arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins to deliver oxygen and nutrients
  6. 14. surgical repair of a heart valve
  7. 15. the root word steth/o and pector/o means _______
  8. 17. ___cuspid valve is the valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
  9. 19. ______ is the root word for pulse
  10. 20. the heart valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle AKA bicuspid valve
  11. 22. fusiform ____________ a spindle-shaped bulge of an artery
  12. 24. ___________ pericardium is the layer of the pericardium closest to the heart
  13. 25. this is a condition of low blood pressure
Down
  1. 1. what membrane lines the cavities of the heart
  2. 2. a procedure that joins two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other
  3. 3. small vessels that receive blood from the arteries
  4. 6. limping; pain in a limb (especially the calf) while walking that subsides after rest
  5. 8. fluid-filled protective sac enclosing the heart composed of two layers
  6. 10. the interatrial _______ is the partition between the right and left atria
  7. 12. the resting state of a myocardial cell ixin______________
  8. 13. the P in BP stands for blood ____________
  9. 15. root word coron/o means _______or crown
  10. 16. this term means the heart muscle in short
  11. 18. to contract; the period during the cardiac cycle when the heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and the pulmonary artery
  12. 21. the root word atri means
  13. 23. the root word angi/o andvascul/o means
  14. 26. what is the acronym for regular heart rhythm of the heart cycle stimulated by the SA node (average rate of 60-100 beats/minute)