Vet Term Chapter 7

Front 1

Auricul/o

Back 1

Auricle of the heart, flap that lays on top of the heart. Or the ear lobe/flap

Front 2

Vascul/o

Back 2

Blood vessel, tube that conveys or circulates blood

Front 3

Dia

Back 3

Apart away from seperate

Front 4

Atrio

Back 4

Atrium, upper chamber of the heart

Front 5

Corono

Back 5

Crown

Front 6

Emia

Back 6

Blood condition

Front 7

Ischo

Back 7

Stop, keep back, suppress

Front 8

Pericardial sac

Back 8

Multilayered sac that encloses the heart within the body

Front 9

Epicardium

Back 9

Inner layer of pericardial sac

Front 10

Myocardium

Back 10

Middle and thickest layer of the heart

Front 11

Base of heart

Back 11

The wider top part

Front 12

Apex of heart

Back 12

The pointy bottom part

Front 13

Pulmonary artery

Back 13

Artery on top front of base of heart that carries blood to the lungs

Front 14

Aorta

Back 14

Arched artery that has two smaller arteries (tubes) coming out of the top on the top base of the heart. Branches into all blood vessels that carry blood to body parts except the lungs

Front 15

Coronary blood vessels

Back 15

Carry blood to the myocardial cells

Front 16

Ischemia

Back 16

Decreased blood supply (ischo means stop or suppress)

Front 17

Necrosis

Back 17

Death

Front 18

Infarct

Back 18

Localized area of dead tissue

Front 19

Endocardium

Back 19

Thin membrane that lines the inside surface of the chambers of the heart

Front 20

Tricuspid valve

Back 20

Right atrioventricular valve (A-V valve). Has three flaps, or cusps.

Front 21

Semilunar valves

Back 21

Pulmonary valves, flaps look like half moons or crescents.

Front 22

Bicuspid valve/mitral valve

Back 22

Left atrioventricular valve, has two flaps that look like a bishops miter or hat

Front 23

Ango/angio

Back 23

Vessel

Front 24

Vaso

Back 24

Vessel for blood or other fluids

Front 25

Aorto

Back 25

Aorta, largest artery in the body

Front 26

Veno

Back 26

Vein, carries blood toward the heart

Front 27

Stasis

Back 27

Stopping, slowing, or stable

Front 28

Rrhexis

Back 28

To break or rupture

Front 29

Rrhage

Back 29

Excessive flow

Front 30

Order of blood flow

Back 30

Heart --> artery --> arteriole --> capillary --> venule --> vein --> heart

Front 31

Arterioles

Back 31

Branches of small arteries

Front 32

Capillaries

Back 32

Walls only one cell thick, smallest diameters of all blood vessels, exchange O2 and nutrients for CO2 and other waste materials

Front 33

Venules

Back 33

Formed from convergence of capillaries, larger diameters than capillaries but smaller than veins, converge to form veins

Front 34

Endothelium

Back 34

Thin smooth inner lining of arteries and veins

Front 35

Brady

Back 35

Slow

Front 36

Stetho

Back 36

Chest

Front 37

Mega, megalo

Back 37

Large or enlarged

Front 38

Sclero

Back 38

Hard

Front 39

Edemo

Back 39

Swelling

Front 40

Engorged

Back 40

Swollen with blood, water or fluid

Front 41

Philia, philo

Back 41

Loving

Front 42

Phobia

Back 42

Fear

Front 43

Systemic circulation

Back 43

When oxygenated blood leaves the heart via the aorta and is distributed through the body to exchange oxygen and nutrients for waste and then returns to the heart via the vena cava

Front 44

Where blood enters heart from body

Back 44

Right atrium

Front 45

Where blood enters heart from lungs

Back 45

Left atrium

Front 46

Where blood leaves the heart to go to lungs

Back 46

Right ventricle

Front 47

Where blood leaves the heart to go to body

Back 47

Left ventricle

Front 48

Sinoatrial (S-A) node

Back 48

Where specialized cardiac muscle cells form the space where the heartbeat begins

Front 49

P wave

Back 49

First part of heart beat, time it takes for wave of contractions to travel from S-A node to atria

Front 50

QRS complex

Back 50

Measures the contraction

Front 51

T wave

Back 51

Measures ventricular relaxation

Front 52

Ascites

Back 52

Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity, also known as dropsy

Front 53

Fibrillation

Back 53

Rapid irregular heart contractions resulting in loss of simultaneous heartbeat and pulse

Front 54

Lavage

Back 54

Washing out a hollow organ by flushing with water while suctioning it out

Front 55

Murmur

Back 55

An atypical heart sound associated with a functional or structural valve abnormality

Front 56

Arteritis

Back 56

Inflammation of artery

Front 57

Phlebitis

Back 57

Inflammation of vein

Front 58

Venostasis

Back 58

Abnormally slow or completely stopped blood flow through a vein

Front 59

Insufficiency

Back 59

Condition that results when valves don't completely close allowing blood to flow back. Can cause a murmur

Front 60

Stenosis

Back 60

Abnormal narrowing of a passageway, vessel, or valve

Front 61

Aortic and mitral stenosis

Back 61

Valves don't open properly and impede the blood flow. Will produce a heart murmur

Front 62

Fibrillation

Back 62

Arrhythmia

Front 63

Hypertension

Back 63

Increase in arterial blood pressure

Front 64

Congestive heart failure (CHF)

Back 64

Impaired pumping ability of the heart

Front 65

Effusion

Back 65

Abnormal buildup of fluid within a space

Front 66

Idiopathic

Back 66

Unknown cause/origin

Front 67

Pericardial effusion

Back 67

Abnormal buildup of fluid between the fibrous layer of the pericardial sac and the epicardium

Front 68

Cardiac temponade

Back 68

When pericardial sac is so full of fluid that the heart cannot beat

Front 69

BPM

Back 69

Beats/breaths per minute

Front 70

HR

Back 70

Heart rate

Front 71

CVP

Back 71

Central venous pressure

Front 72

Afib

Back 72

Atrial fibrilation

Front 73

Vfib

Back 73

Ventricular fibrilation

Front 74

CHF

Back 74

Congestive heart failure

Front 75

ECG

Back 75

Electrocardiography, graph and gram

Front 76

C or c with a line over it

Back 76

With

Front 77

S or s with a line over it

Back 77

Without

Front 78

Ventricle

Back 78

Lower heart chamber