Unit 29: Vocabulary

Tube by which air can pass into the lungs.

First responders are taught to check patients for a blocked airway.

Having no oxygen.

Anoxia can have long-lasting effects on the patient such as brain damage.

Of or connected to the front of the body.

The infection was restricted to the anterior of the eye.

Suffocation, the deprival of oxygen.

The medical examiner concluded that he had died from asphyxia.

The stopping of the heart.

Mortality rates from cardiac arrest have improved over time with updated procedures and medical equipment.

Any disorder of the heart muscle.

Proper diet and exercise are important for the prevention of cardiomyopathy.

Medicine used to improve the pumping of the heart.

The patient responded well to the cardiotonic medicine.

Using electric shocks to stabilize the heart beat.

Cardioversion is used primarily to treat a fast, irregular heart rhythm.

Near or in the direction of the lower side of the organ.

The artery enters the heart at the caudal pole.

The results or outcomes of an action.

There are many negative consequences from drug abuse.

A breathing condition in children causing coughing.

It is important to keep a child suffering from croup calm as agitation can worsen the coughing.

The rest period of the heart between contractions.

During diastole the aortic and pulmonary valves remain closed.

Referring to a further distance from the center.

The radius was fractured at the distal end.

Carrying away from a starting point, such as an organ or the central nervous system.

Efferent nerves carry neural impulses away from the central nervous system to the muscles to cause movement.

A rounded or hanging part of something.

The pituitary gland is divided into the anterior lobe and the posterior lobe.

A device inserted under the skin to control the heart rate.

Implanting a pacemaker is now considered a minor surgical procedure.

The membrane enclosing the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels.

An inflamed pericardium will cause chest pain.

Thin tissue covering the interior walls of the chest and the exterior of the lungs.

The pleura aids the lungs in breathing by providing lubrication and cushioning.

Of or connected to the lungs.

The child was born with a congenital pulmonary malformation.

A machine used to help a person breathe.

The comatose boy was put on a ventilator to help keep him alive.