Rheumatism pain caused by inflammation in joints
Coronary heart disease-associated with obesity
Angina-chest pain due to decrease in oxygen
Spasm- involuntary muscle contractions
Vasospasm- narrowing of coronary arteries due to contractions of smooth muscle
Prinzmetal's angina- chest pain in young women. Reason--> narrowing of coronary arteries due to contractions of smooth muscle, not due to atherosclerosis.
ausculation-listening to sounds of the heart using a stethoscope
stereotic- In Greek, stereo=3-dimensional and tactic= touched . Stereotactic surgery--> using 3 dimensional precise location by MRI or CT to go deep into the brain while the patient's head is clamped.
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