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121Cardiac impression on lung — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = impressio cardiaca pulmonis GraySubject = 240 GrayPage = 1095 Caption = Mediastinal surface of right lung. Caption2 = Mediastinal surface of left lung. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = i 04… …
122Cardiac stimulant — A cardiac stimulant is a substance which acts as a stimulant of the heart for example, via positive chronotropic or inotropic action.An example is cocaine.cite journal |author=Billman GE |title=Intracellular calcium chelator, BAPTA AM, prevents… …
123cardiac sphincter — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Circular muscles at the entrance to the midgut of certain insects; cardiac valve; stomodeal valve …
124cardiac stomach — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, the anterior portion of the stomach. 2. (BRYOZOA: Phylactolaemata) That part of the stomach between the cardiac valve and caecum. 3. (ECHINODERMATA: Asteroidea) The large, loosely folded adoral stomach of a …
125cardiac glycoside — Pharm. any of a group of drugs used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure, obtained from a number of plants, as the foxglove, squill, or yellow oleander. Also, cardiac glucoside. * * * …
126cardiac neurosis — Pathol. an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart. Also called effort syndrome, irritable heart, neurocirculatory… …
127Cardiac aneurysm — An outpouching of an abnormally thin portion of the heart wall. Cardiac aneurysms tend to involve the left ventricle because the blood there is under greatest pressure. * * * ventricular a …
128Cardiac defibrillator, implantable — A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and correct them. Defibrillators continuously monitor the heart rhythm in order to detect overly rapid arrhythmias such as… …
