HCMA 112 Week Three Terminology

Abnormal heart rate or rhythm

• Somatic Tremor

• QRS Complex

• Arrhythmia

A substance, structure or event that does not naturally occur in a situation

• Unipolar

• . RL

• Artifact

RA (-) to LA (+); bipolar; creates picture of frontal plane of the heart.

RA (-) to LL (+); bipolar; creates picture of frontal plane of the heart.

LA (-) to LL (+); bipolar creates picture of frontal plane of the heart

Uses RA to provide information on the frontal plane of the heart; unipolar.

Uses LA to provide information on the frontal plane of the heart; unipolar.

Uses LL to provide information on the frontal plane of the heart; unipolar.

Right leg; ground

Unipolar with a positive pole provides information on the horizontal plane of the heart.