Cardiovascular & Related Terminology

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• Hypertension

  High blood pressure.
• Ischaemia

  Reduced blood supply.
• Wasting syndrome

  Severe weight loss from malnutrition.
• Unsaturated fatty acids

  Healthy fats with double bonds.
• Myocardial infarction

  Heart attack.
• Myocardium

  Heart muscle tissue.
• Orthopnoea

  Difficulty breathing when lying down.
• Oxygen

  Gas essential for life.
• Plaque

  Fatty deposits in arteries.
• Polyunsaturated fatty acids

  Fatty acids with multiple double bonds.
• Preload

  Blood volume in ventricles before contraction.
• Pulmonary artery

  Artery to lungs.
• Saturated fatty acids

  Fats without double bonds.
• Stable angina

  Chest pain at rest.
• Claudication

  Pain due to poor blood flow.
• Stroke volume

  Blood pumped per heartbeat.
• Supine position

  Lying face upward.
• Symptoms

  Signs of disease.
• Systemic circulation

  Blood flow through body.
• Systole

  Heart contraction phase.
• Systolic pressure

  Blood pressure during contraction.
• Vascular elasticity

  Ability of vessels to return to shape.
• Vasodilator

  Widens blood vessels.
• Ventricles

  Lower heart chambers.
• Ventricular fibrillation

  Irregular heart rhythm.