Cardiovascular

Innermost layer of the pericardium

• endocardium

• epicardium

• myocardium

• endocarditis

Meaning of suffix in myocardium

• muscle

• structure; tissue; thing

• heart

• vessel

Third chamber in the blood flow of the heart

• left ventricle

• right ventricle

• left atrium

• right atrium

"pacemaker" of the conduction system

• sinoatrial node

• atrioventricular node

• bundle of his

• purkinje fibers

Side of the heart containing DE-oxygenated blood

• Right

• Left

Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

• Aorta

• Arteries

• Veins

• Venules

End of electrical impulse, causing ventricles to contract

• sinoatrial node

• atrioventricular node

• bundle of his

• purkinje fibers

AKA high blood pressure

• hyperextension`

• tachycardia

• hypertension

• hypertrophy

Measures BP when heart contracts

• sphygmomanometer

• systolic

• diastolic

• electrocardiogram

Root word in atherosclerosis

• hardening

• enlargement

• arteries

• plaque; fatty buildup