Unit 4 Cardiovascular System Essential Question:
What are the medical terms for our Cardiovascular System's anatomy and physiology? To do this you will need to be able to: 1. Recognize the cardiovascular anatomical structures and functions. 2. Define physicians whose specialties pertain to the cardiovascular system and it's structures. 3. Identify common cardiovascular pathologies and their methods of treatment. Why is it important for me to learn medical terminology? Below the state of South Carolina feels that you should know the following information. Highlight this standard on your list of Med Term standards in the front of your notebook. SC Foundation Standard: 1.3 Analyze the basic structure and function of the human body. 1.4 Describe common diseases and disorders of each body system (prevention, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment). 2.1 Construct medical terms using prefixes, suffixes, roots, and combining forms. 2.3 Identify medical abbreviations to communicate information. 2.5 Pronounce medical terms. |
Upon finishing the muscular test, get a Cardiovascular Cross Word to complete as a homework assignment due next class (12/11).
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Turn in Cardiovascular Cross Word (Homework) to the class box.
Bring up all Components of Blood Ingredients, if you volunteered to bring one in.
Bring up all Components of Blood Ingredients, if you volunteered to bring one in.
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12/15/14, Today's Agenda:
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Quick review from last class, regarding the direction of blood flow.
An animation of a single heart beat and how it is represented on an EKG. Variations in the PQRST patterns can be used to diagnose disease and/or damage to the muscles of the heart.
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The four components of blood and how we can separate them to see exactly how much a patient has of each component. This is called a Hematicrit test (HCT).
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Cardiovascular Pathologies
Tuesday, 1/6/15
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Heart Bypass Surgery briefly explained. Atherosclerosis can lead to heart attacks in arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood. This can be one treatment option to prevent heart attacks from occurring or after a heart attack as occurred.
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Coronary Stent Implantaion
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This is a surgical replacement of the aortic valve due to stenosis (narrowing).
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