Heart test

Severe, constricting pain or pressure in the chest

Angina

What is the term for the lowest part of the exterior of the heart? What is its significance?

Apical pulse infaut

Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood from the heart throughout the tissues of the body?

Arteries

Severe calf muscle pain resulting from insufficient blood flow

Claudication

Disease resulting from reduced blood flow from the heart

Congestive heart failure CHF

Narrowing of the coronary arteries, causing insufficient blood supply to the heart

Coronary artery disease CAD

A mass in the bloodstream that causes blood vessel obstruction

Embolus

What are the terms for the four chambers of the heart? What are the chambers functions?

Left and right atrium and ventricle. Atrium receives blood from the veins. Ventricle receives blood from the atrium and pumps into circulation.

Tissue death in the heart muscle caused by occlusion of a coronary artery

Myocardial infarction MI

What is the term for the fibroserous sac that surrounds the heart? What does the prefix Peri mean

Pericardium (around)

Name the two types of circulation in the body and briefly describe the pathway of each

Pulmonary to the lungs and systemic to the body

Peripheral blood flow insufficient to return blood to the heart for normal function

Shock

Which blood vessels carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart

Veins

Localized, abnormal dilation of a blood vessel , usually an artery

aneurysm

What is another name for the cardiovascular system

circulatory system

Which side of the heart pumps blood to all parts of the body?

left

Which part of the heart functions as the pulmonary circulation pump?

right

Blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel or a cavity of the heart

thrombus

Enlarged, twisted, superficial veins

varicose veins