- The atria of the heart are separated by a thin muscle wall called the interatrial ______.
- During the cardiac cycle, when the atria contract, the ventricles ______.
- The heart rests at an angle with the majority of its mass to the ______ of the sternum.
- Name the term for enlargement of the heart.
- What is the double-layered connective tissue sac that surrounds and protects the heart?
- Match the type of arrhythmia with its definitionpremature ventricular contractions
- Restoration of a normal heart rhythm by electric shock or medications is termed ______.
- A medical specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of the heart is called a(n) ______.
- The heart is located in the ______ cavity between the lungs.
- What type of arrhythmia occurs most often in elderly people and is usually associated with caffeine and stress?
- Cardiology vocabulary: Select the correct medical term.What is the function of a valve?
- When blood is routed from the right side of the heart to the lungs, this is done through _____ circulation.
- What is the main trunk of the systemic arterial system of the heart?
- Cardiology vocabulary: Select the correct medical termThe ____________ Department sent a specialist to examine the patient in the Emergency Room because of his symptoms. The ____________ ordered an angioplasty, which found that the patient had three obstructed arteries in his heart, so the ____________ surgeon prepared to operate immediately. Before surgery could begin, the patient suffered a heart attack and ____________ resuscitation was needed.bank: cardiology, cardiovascular, cardiopulmonary, cardiologist
- The ______________ was detected during ventricular _____________.
- The __________________ node is the pacemaker for the heart rhythm
- The root of the term thromboembolism tells you that is a(n)
- construct the word meaning: a process of throbbing (forceful, rapid beat of the heart)
- Strenuous exercise can cause arrhythmia in an otherwise healthy person with no history of heart disease.
- Abbreviation for myocardial infarction