Med Term Cardiovascular

A blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood from heart to lungs:

• pulmonary vein

• pulmonary artery

• aorta

• superior vena cava

Sac-like membrane surrounding the heart:

• endocardium

• bundle of His

• interatrial septum

• ventricle

• pericardium

Disease of heart muscle:

• cardiomegaly

• endocarditis

• arteriolitis

• cardiomyopathy

• aortic stenosis

Petechiae:

• small, pinpoint hemorrhages

• vegetations

• dilation of large vessels

• defects or holes in heart septa

• hemorrhoids

Widening of a vessel:

• vasoconstriction

• vasodilation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart:

• congestive heart failure

• coronary artery disease

• endocarditis

• fibrillation

High blood pressure; essential and secondary are types

• aneurysm

• hypertension

• mitral valve prolapse

• varicose veins

Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart:

• aneurysm

• murmur

• pericarditis

• varicose veins

Extra heart sound heart between normal beats:

• aneurysm

• hypertension

• fibrillation

• murmur

High blood pressure that affects the heart:

• aneurysm

• hypertension

• mitral valve prolapse

• murmur

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3