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Cardiopulmonary Vocabulary
Vocabulary needed for the studies of the heart and the lungs
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| cordial | relating tot he chest overlying the heart |
| cuspid | having cusps-flaps |
| rhythmia | heart rhythm condition |
| uresis, uria | urination, |
| ABG | arterial blood gas |
| abnormal heart sounds | thrill, murmur, bruit, lift, gallop |
| afterload,preload | ventricle ejects blood, stretching of the resting muscle |
| angina pectoris | chest pain |
| apic/o | apex, at the tip or the top |
| ather/o | fatty degeneration |
| atrial flutter | irregular heart beat without a pattern |
| bas/o, basil/o | base, at the base |
| cardiac rhythm | sinus rhythm, nodal rhythm |
| cav/o | vena cava |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| cor pulmonale | pulmonary heart disease, heart failure |
| coronary artieries | left anterior descending LAD, circumflex, collateral, diagonal, obtuse marginal |
| DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
| embol/o | floating clot or foreign body in the blood system |
| fibrill/o | fibrillation, quiver |
| foramen | magnum, ovale, of Monro, Bochdalek, Magendie |
| heart block | AV block, left bundle branch block LBBB |
| heart disease classifications | NYHA and CCVS |
| heart tones | S1,S2,S3 and S4 |
| HTN | hypertension |
| ino/ | related to fiber or fibrous material |
| jugul/o | jugular vein |
| JVD | jugular venous distention |
| kinesis | motion |
| LAE | left atrial enlargement |
| RAE | right atrial enlargement |
| LVEDP | left ventricular end-diastolic pressure |
| LVH, | left ventrical hypertrophy |
| RVH | right ventrical hypertrophy |
| LAH | left atrial hypertrophy |
| major arteries | carotid, subclavian, celiac, axis or trunk, mesenteric, ductus arteriosus, ligamentum arteriosum |
| major veins | saphenous, azygos, portal, circle of Willis, ductus venosus |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| mitr/o | mitral or left AV heart valve |
| mm3, cc, cm3 | cubic millimeter, cubic centimeter |
| neutr/o | neutral, white cells that don't stain |
| palpitation | sensation of an unduly rapid heart beat |
| patent | unobstructed-open |
| platelet | thrombocyte |
| PND | paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea |
| RHD | rheumatic heart disease |
| saphen/o | saphenous vein |
| SBE | subacute bacterial endocarditis |
| small vessels | arterioles, venules, capillaries |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| sputum | expectoration |
| systole | contraction of the heart |
| varicose | dilated veins |
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