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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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pulse

A

sphygmo

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2
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vein (twisted)

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varic/o

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3
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clot

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thromb/o

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moving clot

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embol/o

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5
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ventricle

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ventricul/o

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vessel

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angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

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7
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artery

A

aort/o

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8
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fat

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arteri/o, ather/o, lip/o, adip/o

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9
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vessels coming to the heart

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veins

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10
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vessels leaving the heart

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arteries

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11
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atrium

A

atri/o

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12
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heart

A

cardi/o, coron/o

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chest

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pector/o, steth/o, thorac/o

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vein

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ven/o, phleb/o

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15
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gas exchange process

deoxygenated

A

deoxygenated blood- transmitted via veins to superior and inferior vena cava to R atrium
sent to lungs from R ventricle via pulmonary artery

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16
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gas exchange process

oxygenated

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transmitted from lungs to L atrium via pulmonary vein

sent to body from L ventricle via aorta

17
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blood pumped from atria to ventricles

A

diastole

18
Q

blood is pumped from ventricles to body

A

systole

19
Q

change from polarized to contraction

A

depolarization

20
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recharging from contracted state to resting state

A

repolarization

21
Q

resting state of myocardial cell

A

polarization

22
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NSR

A

normal sinus rhythm

23
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ventricular contraction sends blood to lungs

A

pulmonary circulation

24
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ventricular contraction sends blood to body

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systemic circulation

25
Q

which side of the heart is the systemic circulation

A

left

26
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which side of the heart is the pulmonary circulation

A

right

27
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the pacemaker; highly specialized neurological tissue impeded in the wall of the right atrium

A

sinoatrial node

28
Q

neurological tissue in the center of the heart that receives and amplifies the conduction of impulses from the SA node to the bundle of His

A

atrioventricular node

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