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Medical Terms: Blood Pressure, Heart Conditions, and Blood Components, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

Southwestern Michigan College Medical Sciences

Definitions for various medical terms related to blood pressure, heart conditions, and blood components. Topics include normal ranges for blood pressure, definitions of heart conditions such as murmur, arrhythmia, and palpitation, and definitions of blood components like hemoglobin, lymph, and platelets.

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TERM 1

blood pressure

DEFINITION 1

pressure of the blood in the circulatory system(systolic and

diastolic)>120 / >80 normal120-139 / 80-89

prehypertension140-159 / 90-99 Stage 1 hypertension160 or

more / 100 or more Stage 2 hypertension

TERM 2

murmur

DEFINITION 2

abnormal heart/vessel sound

TERM 3

arrythmia

DEFINITION 3

heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm

TERM 4

palpitation

DEFINITION 4

flutter (skip a beat)

TERM 5

fibrillation

DEFINITION 5

heart rhythm is fast and irregular

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blood pressure

pressure of the blood in the circulatory system(systolic and

diastolic)>120 / >80 normal120-139 / 80-

prehypertension140-159 / 90-99 Stage 1 hypertension160 or

more / 100 or more Stage 2 hypertension

TERM 2

murmur

DEFINITION 2

abnormal heart/vessel sound

TERM 3

arrythmia

DEFINITION 3

heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm

TERM 4

palpitation

Medical Terms: Blood Pressure, Heart Conditions, and Blood Components, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

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blood pressure

pressure of the blood in the circulatory system(systolic and

diastolic)>120 / >80 normal120-139 / 80-

prehypertension140-159 / 90-99 Stage 1 hypertension160 or

more / 100 or more Stage 2 hypertension

TERM 2

murmur

DEFINITION 2

abnormal heart/vessel sound

TERM 3

arrythmia

DEFINITION 3

heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm

TERM 4

palpitation

DEFINITION 4

flutter (skip a beat)

TERM 5

fibrillation

DEFINITION 5

heart rhythm is fast and irregular

bradycardia

slow heart beat

TERM 7

tachycardia

DEFINITION 7

fast heart beat

TERM 8

ischemia

DEFINITION 8

lack of blood flow

TERM 9

defibrillator

DEFINITION 9

helps stop fibrillation

TERM 10

sphygmomanometer

DEFINITION 10

measures blood pressure

carotid pulse

neck

TERM 17

myocardial infarction

DEFINITION 17

heart attack

TERM 18

CVA

DEFINITION 18

cerebrovascular accident (stroke)rupture or occlusion of a

blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

TERM 19

embolism

DEFINITION 19

blood clot that travels

TERM 20

cardiomegaly

DEFINITION 20

enlarged heart

hypercalcemia

too much calcium in blood

TERM 22

functions of lymphatic system

DEFINITION 22

helps carry capillary seepage back to bloodstreamhelps fight

infection

TERM 23

thrombocytes

DEFINITION 23

clot cells (platelets)

TERM 24

plasma

DEFINITION 24

fluid part of blood

TERM 25

serum

DEFINITION 25