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MPS450
Operators Manual
AV JUNCTION
AV NODE
BAUD
BLOOD PRESSURE
BPM
BUNDLE OF HIS
COMPUTATIONAL
CONSTANT
CARDIAC
CARDIOVASCULAR
CAPILLARY
GRAM
HERTZ
IMPEDANCE
INFRARED
JOULE
KILOGRAM
LCD
METER
B-2
Table B-1. Glossary (cont.)
Term
A junction consisting of the
Conducts the electrical impulse sent from the
atria
into the
Also called the atrioventricular node. Located in the right
the septum. Conducts the electrical impulse in the heart to the
bundle of His
branches.
A unit of measurement that denotes the number of discrete signal
elements, such as bits, that can be transmitted per second. Bits-per-
second (bps) means the number of binary digits transmitted in one
second.
The pressure of the blood within the arteries, primarily maintained by
contraction of the left
Beats per minute. SEE
A collection of nerves (about 1 cm in length) that lies just below the
node
in the heart. Part of the heart's electrical conduction system.
With the AV node, forms the
nerves divide into left and right branches.
Pertaining to cardiac output. Sometimes called calibration coefficient.
Of, near, or pertaining to the heart.
Of, pertaining to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels.
One of the minute blood vessels that connect the
A metric unit of mass and weight, equal to one-thousandth of a
kilogram
A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second. Used to measure
electrical current and light, especially ultraviolet radiation (as in
fluorescent light).
A measure of the total opposition to current in a circuit.
Of, pertaining to, or being electromagnetic radiation having
wavelengths
those of microwaves.
A unit of energy, equal to the work done when a current of
ampere
one
second.
The fundamental unit of mass in the International System, about
2.2046 pounds.
Liquid crystal display. A digital display consisting of a liquid crystal
material between sheets of glass that becomes readable in the
presence of an applied voltage.
The fundamental unit of length, equivalent to 39.37 inches, in the
metric system.
Definition
AV node
ventricles
.
, which passes it on to the left- and right-bundle
ventricle
.
pulse
.
AV junction
, about 0.035 ounces.
greater than those of visible light and shorter than
resistance
is passed through a
bundle of His
and the
.
SA node
from the
atrium
. Below the bundle, the
arteries
and veins.
ohm
of one
for one
near
AV
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