The mitral valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle.

The bundle of SA node is known as the natural pacemaker of the heart.

Fibrillation is slow, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart.

The aorta is the largest artery in the body.

Diastolic pressure is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels.

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is also known as bad cholesterol.

Thrombocytes are also known as white blood cells.

An infarct is a localized area of tissue death caused by an interruption of the blood supply.

Fibrillation is a pounding or racing heart that may occur in a response accompanying a panic attack.

Tachycardia is an abnormally rapid heartbeat.

Leukocytopenia is an abnormal decrease in white blood cells.

An angiospasm is abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel.

Perfusion means the flow of blood through the vessels of an organ.

A hematologist is a specialist that treats diseases and disorders of the blood and blood-forming tissues.

Arterioles, and venules are microscopic blood vessels that are only one cell in thickness?

Pulmonary arteries are the exception to the rule that arteries carry oxygen rich blood.

Plaque describes a localized balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery.

An echocardiogram is a diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to trace the flow of blood through the heart.

An elevated count of neutrophils (WBC) indicates a bacterial infection.

Fibrinogen and prothrombin transport oxygen in the blood.

Atrial fibrillation is a condition that is characterized by irregular quivering of the atria and very rapid ventricular heart beat.

Ventricular fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia that is never fatal.

A patient with AB blood can receive blood from a donor with type A, B and O.

A balloon angioplasty opens a blocked artery without actually removing the plaque.

An antiarrhythmic medication would be used to control irregularities of the heartbeat.

Angina pectoris is a condition of abnormal hardening of an artery.

ischemic heart disease is known as a heart attack.

A foreign object circulating through the blood such as a clot is known as a thrombosis or thrombus.

Phlebostenosis is the condition of narrowing of the lumen of a vein from any cause

Abnormally swollen veins in the legs are known as varicose veins.

An anticoagulant helps speeds up the formation of blood clots.

Erythrocytes are white blood cells.

Severe episodes of spasmodic choking or suffocating chest pain are known as angina pectoris.

The opening between the right atrium and right ventricle is controlled by the bicuspid valve.

A catheterization is a procedure in which a catheter is passed into a vein or artery and is guided into the heart.

perineurocentesis is a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pericardial sac.

Thrombophlebitis is the inflammation of a vein with a thrombus.

Epicarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart.

Paroxysmal bradycardia is a fast heartbeat of sudden onset

Septicemia is the medical term meaning the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood.

A cardiac disability that results from an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood is known as ischemic heart disease.

ACE inhibitors reduce the contraction of the muscles that squeeze the blood vessels tightly.

Medications that lower blood pressure are called antihypertenesive medications.

Beta blockers slow the heartbeat.

Diuretics decrease urine secretion.

Calcium channel blockers interfere with action that causes the heart muscles to squeeze.

Angitis is known as inflammation of the heart.

Angio means blood vessels

The suffix -gram would indicate imaging such as x-ray