level: Vocab
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| faulty valves | Murmurs |
| irregular heart rate | Arrhythemia |
| slow heart rate [less than 60 bpm] | Bradycardia |
| fast heart rate [greater than 100 bpm] | Tachycardia |
| rapid, uncontrollable heart rate | Fibrillation |
| ventricle contractions that pushes blood through arteries | Pulse |
| force exerted by the blood on the walls of blood vessels | Blood pressure |
| blood pressure cuff | Sphygmomanometer |
| contracting phase of ventricle | Systolic |
| relaxing phase of ventricle | diastolic |
| a mixture of venous and arterial blood | capillaries |