Cardiac

(kar'-de-ak). Pertaining to the heart. C. Aspect, that nearest the heart. C. Cycle, the total cardiac movement or revolution. C. Dropsy. See Dropsy . C. Dulne , the region covering the position of the heart, as shown by percu ion. C. Dyspnea. See Dyspnea . C. Epilepsy, a rare affection, with intense pain in the region of the heart, occurring in paroxysms. This paroxysm usually Cardiac Cycle. follows a momentary lo The inner circle shows the of consciousne , and at events that occur in the times is a ociated with heart; the outer circle shows the relations of the sounds twitching of the facial and silences to the events. muscles and other spasmodic movements. C. Facies. See Fades. C. Ganglia, lie in the grooves and substance the principal are Remak's and Bidder's, the first on the surface of the sinus venosus, and the latter (two) at the auriculo-ventricular groove. See Ganglia, Table of. C. Impulse, the elevation caused by the movement of the heart, usually seen in the fifth left intercostal space. C. Murmurs. See Murmurs. C. Orifice, of the stomach, the esophageal orifice. C. Pa ion, pain in the heart, or the stomach. C. Plexus. See Plexus . C. the term given to the normal regularity in the force and volume of the individual heart-beats. In cases of cardiac insufficiency this regularity is disturbed to a greater or le degree, as is also the interval between the beats, and this condition has been termed arrhythmia. The name all or rhythmi a has been applied to various perversions of These abnormal conditions are due very probably to some derangement of the intrinsic nerve-apparatus of the heart, and are considered as unfavorable indications.