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Chapter 5 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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3
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Phleb/o, ven/o

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Veins

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4
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Hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood

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5
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Angi/o

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Blood or lymph vessels

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Atheri/o

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Plaque, fatty substance

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7
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Brady

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Slow

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8
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Crasia

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Mixture or blending

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9
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Emia

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Blood, blood condition

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10
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Erythr/o
Leuk/o

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Red
White

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11
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Tachy

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Fast, rapid

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12
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Thromb/o

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Clot

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13
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Aneurysm

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Localized weak spot or ballon like enlargement of wall of an artery

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14
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Anemia

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Disorder; lower than normal number of erythrocytes

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15
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Angina

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Chest pain

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16
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Angioplasty

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Technique that widening a narrowing or obstructed blood vessel

17
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Arrhythmia

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Loss of normal rhythm of heartbeat

18
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Atherosclerosis

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Harding and narrowing of the arteries

19
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Beta blocker

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Meds to reduce workload of heart

20
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Bradycardia

A

Slow resting heat rate

21
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Thrombosis

A

Abdominal condition of having thrombus

22
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Electrocardiogram

A

A record of the electrical activity of the myocardium

23
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Embolus

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Foreign object; blood clot, air or gas circulating the blood

24
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Embolism

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Sudden blockage of blood vessel by an embolus

25
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-Hemorrhage
-Hemostasis

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-Loss of large amounts of blood in short
Time
-to stop or control bleeding

26
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Leukopenia

A

Decrease in white blood cells

27
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Phlebitis

A

Inflammation or a vein

28
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Sepsis

A

Life threatening infection from bacteria entering blood stream

29
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Tachycardia

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Rapid heartbeat

30
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Thrombus

A

Blood clot attached to the interior wall of artery or vein

31
Q

Varicose veins

A

Abnormal swollen veins

32
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Venous thromboembolism

A

Blood clot that originates in a vein

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