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Cardiovascular Vocabulary Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Hematopoiesis

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The formation of blood cells

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Erythropoiesis

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Manufacture of blood cells

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Leukocytes

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White blood cells

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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Thrombocytes

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Platelets: part of megakaryocytes and needed for blood clotting

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Plasma

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Liquid part of blood that contains corpuscles

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Hemaglobin

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Oxygen carrying pigment of the blood

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Rh factor

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Antigen found in red blood cells

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Anemia

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Blood disorder that’s reduction in red blood cells/hemoglobin

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Diastole

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When the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood

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Systole

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When heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries

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Cardiac output

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The total volume of blood ejected from the heart per minute

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Stroke volume

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The amount of blood ejected from the ventricles with each heartbeat

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Heart rate

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Heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart beat per min

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Endocardium

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The me Rene lining the interior of the heart

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Myocardium

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Muscle of the heart

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Pericardium

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Closed membranous sac surrounding the heart

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Arrhythmia

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Absence of a normal heartbeat rhythm

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Tachycardia

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Abnormally rapid heartbeat

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Bradycardia

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Abnormally slow heartbeat: less than 60 bpm

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EKG

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Device that measures electric conduction system of the heart

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Angina pectoralis

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Severe chest pain caused by lack of blood supply to the heart

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Veins

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Vessels that carry blood toward the heart

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Hypertension

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Abnormally high blood pressure

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Hypotension

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Abnormally low blood pressure

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