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10.8 - 10.11 Flashcards

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Ode

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Way, road, path

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Palpit

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Throb

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Pector

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Chest

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4
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Ped

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Child, foot

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5
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Phleb

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Vein

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Pulmon

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Lung

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7
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Resuscit

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Revival from apparent death

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8
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Rrhythm

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Rhythm

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Scler

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Hard, white of eye, hardness

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Sedent

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Sitting

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Sept

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Septum, partition

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Sphygm

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Pulse

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Sten

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Narrow, contract

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Steth

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Chest

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Systol

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Contraction

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Tampon

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Plug

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Thromb

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Blood clot, clot

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Vas

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Blood vessel, duct

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Vascul

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Blood vessel

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Ven

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Vein

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21
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Ventricul

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Ventricle

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Viscer

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An internal organ

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23
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Heart arrhythmia

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An abnormal heart rhythm

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Palpitations

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Forcible, rapid beat of the heart felt by patient

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Cardimyopathy

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Disease of heart muscle, the myocardium

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Heart valve stenosis

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Narrowing of a canal or passage, as in the narrowing of a heart valve

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Coronary artery disease

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Caused by plaque buildup in the wall of arteries that supply blood to the heart

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Myocardial infarction

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Heart attack

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Arteriosclerosis

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Thickening and hardening of walls of the arteries

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Atherosclerosis

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Atheroma in arteries

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Aneurysm

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Circumscribed dilation of an artery or cardiac chamber

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Thrombus/embolus

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Clot attached to a diseased blood vessel or heart lining/detach them piece of thrombus, a mass of bacteria, quantity of air, or foreign body that blocks a blood vessel

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Hypertension

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Persistent high arterial blood pressure

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Heart murmur

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Sound of blood flowing through heart, due to anything from a heart exertion during exercise to a diseased heart valve or other abnormality

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Auscultation

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Diagnostic method of listening to body sounds with a stethoscope

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Sphygmomanometer

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Instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure

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Electrocardiogram

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Record of the electrical signals of the heart

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echocardiogram

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Ultrasound recording of heart function

39
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Cardiac angiogram

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Procedure with X-ray to see heart blood vessels

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Cardiac sonography

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Ultrasound equipment to show images of heart chambers, walls, valves, and vessels

41
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Cardiac catherization

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Used to diagnose and treat some heart conditions

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Ablation

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Removal of tissue to destroy its function

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Angioplasty

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Recanalization of a blood vessel by surgery

44
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Defibrillation

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Restoration of uncontrolled twitching of cardiac muscle fibers to normal rythym

45
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AV

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Atrioventricular

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BP

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Blood pressure

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CABG

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Coronary artery bypass graft

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CAD

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Coronary artery disease

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DVT

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Deep vein thrombosis

50
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EEG/EKG

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Electroencephalogram/Electrocardiogram

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MI

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Myocardial infarction

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SA

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Sinoatrial

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SOB

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Shortness of breath

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CPR

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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AED

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Automatic external defibrillator

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