CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Flashcards by Lucy Warburton

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card/o, cardi/o

A

heart

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angi/o, vas/o

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blood vessels

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arteri/o, arter/o, artero

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arteries

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capill/o

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capillaries

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phleb/o, ven/o

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veins

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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aort/o, aorto

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aorta

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hemangi/o

A

pertaining to the blood vessels

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pericardi/o

A

protective sleeve surrounding the heart

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thromb/o

A

blood clots

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heart

A

hollow muscular organ

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valv/o, valvul/o

A

valves

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ventricul/o

A

ventricules

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leuko-

A

white

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erthro-

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red

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tachy-

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too fast

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brady-

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too slow

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hyper-

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above

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hypo-

A

below

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-cyto

A

cell

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ecchymosis

A

bruise, discolouring of skin –> bleeding underneath

Q

hematoma

A

blood tumour

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epi-

A

above

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-penia

A

deficiencies

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systolic

A

blood pressure –> heart contraction/ pump

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diastolic

A

blood pressure –> heart at rest

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angina

A

chest pain

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syncope

A

fainting

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coagul/o

A

clotting

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myo, myocardi/o

A

heart muscle

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ECG/EKG

A

electric cardio gram

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Stent

A

scaffolding

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defibrillation

A

electrically shocking heart while being dead

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cardioversion

A

electrically shocking heart while being alive

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ACLS

A

advanced cardio life support

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CHF

A

congestive heart failure

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CABG

A

coronary artery bypass graph

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CHD

A

coronary heart disease

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EF

A

ejection fraction –> measures how much blood your left heart puts out