Cardiovascular Essentials for Medical Assistants-Slides: Cardiovascular Medical Terminology

Slides: Cardiovascular Medical Terminology

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The document discusses various cardiovascular medical terminology. It begins with an explanation of cardiac anatomy, including terms related to the heart, muscle, valves, lungs, stomach, armpit, extremities, vessels, ribs, and diaphragm. It then covers direction descriptors such as distal (away from) and proximal (close to), as well as terms like anterior (front), posterior (back), medial (towards the middle), and lateral (towards the side). The document also mentions numeric descriptors like mono (one), di (two), tri (three), and hyp

Keywords

cardiac anatomy

heart

muscle

valves

lungs

stomach

armpit

extremities

vessels

ribs