Community Medicine / Medical Terminology

Cardiac arrhythmias: irregularities of heart action.Symptomatic TermsBradycardia =slow heart action.Cardiac edema =retention of water and sodium incongestive heart failure due to circulatory impairment.Cardiac syncope=fainting associated with marked suddendecrease in cardiac output.Murmur =blowing sound of the heart muscle.Tachycardia =rapid heart action.Palpitation =increasing heart rate.Arteries, capillaries, veinAngio, angio,-G= vesselSystole,G=contractionarterio,G=arterypulsus, L=stroke, beatthrombo, G=clotphleb, phlebo,-G=veindiastole, G=expansionveno, L=veinsclera,G=hardhemangio, G=blood vesselAnatomic TermsAorta =main artery of the trunk.Arteries =elastic vessels that carry blood away from theheart and distribute it to various parts of the body.Veins =vessels that return blood to the heart.Capillaries=microscopic vessels that connect arterioles onthe venules.14