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今日の午前中は心臓に関係する英語について学びました。
午後は語学のクラスでライティング（文章を書く能力）について復習しました。
クラスでは英語で心臓の働きについて説明をする練習をしました。いつもパートナーを組むタイ人の彼女といつも励ましあいながら授業を受けています。

今日のノートは循環器について。

Cardiovascular System
Useful words to explain the system:
then
after that
next
to start with
to begin with
empties into
empties into the right atrium
flows from
flows into
goes from ….. to …….
via the superior vena cava
The blood flows……
The blood travels………
The blood is pumped to the lung.
The blood picks up oxygen.
The blood retune to the heart.


Words
oxygenate
deoxygenate
angioplasty
clogged artery
balloon catheter
atrial
ventricular
valvular e.g Valvular closure precents the backflow of blood.
systolic
diastolic
vascular
arterial
venous
capillaries
coronary
cardiac
haematology
erythrocytes
leucocytes
coagulate
crossmatched
plasma
haemorrhage
thrombocytes
clot




peripheral artery
palpated

Palpation Site
temporal artery
facial
carotid
apical over the apex of heart
radial
brachial
femoral
popliteal
pedal
posterior tibial

Palpation artery
rate
volume
regularity

Abnormal pulse
tachycardia
bradycardia
arrhythmia

Describe pulse
weak
normal
bounding go enagetically
thready a weak and barely perceptible pulse
regular
irregular
arrhythmia
asystole the absence of any heartbeat
ventricular fibrillation:
an often fatal heartbeat irregularity in which the muscle fibres of the ventricles work without coordination, resulting in loss of effective pumping action of the heart
quiver to shake rapidly with small movement

Heart
Inferior Vena Cava
Superior Vena Cava
Right atrium
Tricuspid Valve
Right ventricle
Pulmonary Valve
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Bicuspid (Mitral) Valve
Left ventricle
Aortic Valve
Aorta
Septum

Phrases
The doctor palpated the patient’s abdomen.
The doctor has palpated the patient’s abdomen
The woman palpated her breast.
By palpating the abdomen, the doctor can often diagnose a problem.
to have + none e.g. to have tachycardia
to be + adj. e.g. to be tachycardic