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Perfusion Terminology

Across
Force (pressure) ventricles must overcome to eject blood.
Volume of blood returning to the heart to create muscle fiber stretch and tension.
Ability of the cardiac muscle to contract or expand.
A clot that is attached to the vessel wall and is somewhat stable.
The ability of the heart to respond by adjusting cardiac output to an increase need for oxygen supply.
Opening between the atria in the fetal heart allowing blood to flow from the right atrium to the left atrium and into the ventricle.
Measurement of the pressure exerted as the blood flows through the arteries.
Below normal blood pressure reading.
Tissues do not receive enough oxygenated blood resulting in oxygen deprivation of tissues.
Fraction or percent of blood ejected from the heart during systole.
Amount of blood pumped with each heart beat.
Main intracellular protein of erythrocytes.
Difference between systolic and diastolic pressure.
Above normal blood pressure reading.
Down
Heart rate less than 60 beats per minute in adults, infant and newborn below 80 beats per minute, teen below 50 beats per minute, 5 - 8 year old below 75 beats per minute.
Heart rate above 100 beats per minute in adults, above 180 in the newborn, above 90 in teen years, above 140 in infants, above 120 in children 5 - 8 years of age.
Ventricular relaxation.
Ability of the cardiac muscle fibers to shorten.
Cardiac output adjusted for the client's body size (body surface area).
A clot or foreign body that is circulating in the blood stream and can cause an occlusion.
An increase in the size of muscle cells of the myocardium.
The difference of the apical pulse and radial pulse resulting from weak and ineffective ventricular contractions.
Fibrous tissue replaces elastic tissue of arteries creating a decreased ability of the arteries to contract and dilate.
Proportion of the red blood cells to the blood plasma.
Ventricular contraction.