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Ch.2-Cardiovascular System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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card/o, cardi/o

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Heart

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angi/o, vas/o

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Blood vessels

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arteri/o

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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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angi/o

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Blood or lymph vessel

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aort/o

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Aorta

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ather/o

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Plaque, fatty substance

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brady-

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Slow

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cardi/o

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Heart

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-crasia

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Mixture of blending

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-emia

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Blood, blood condition

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erythr/o

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Red

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tachy-

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Fast, rapid

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hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood, relating to blood

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thromb/o

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Clot

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vascul

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Blood vessels

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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apex

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Lower tip of the heart

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epi-

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Upon

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-um

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Singular noun ending

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end/o

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Within

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Coronary arteries

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Supply oxygen rich blood to the myocardium

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Atria

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Two upper chambers of the heart

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Ventricles

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Two lower chambers of the heart

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Tricuspid valve

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Controls the opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle

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Pulmonary arteries

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Carry deoxygenated blood out of the right ventricle and into the lungs

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Pulmonary veins

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Carry the oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium of the heart

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Systemic circulation

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Includes the flow of blood to all parts of the body except the lungs

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arteries

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Large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all regions of the body

32
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peri-

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Surrounding

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