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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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arteriol/o

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arteriole

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ather/o

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fatty substance

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coron/o

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heart

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embol/o

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plug

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isch/o

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to hold back

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myocardi/o

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heart muscle

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phleb/o

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vein

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setp/o

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wall

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son/o

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sound

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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steth/o

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chest

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thromb/o

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clot

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valv/o

valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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blood vessel

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vas/o

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vessel

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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-manometer

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instrument to measure pressure

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-spasm

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involuntary muscle contraction

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pulmon/o

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lung

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myocardium

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muscular middle layer of the heart. contraction produces pressure that pump blood

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atrioventricular valve (AV)

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Tricuspid valve between right atrium and right ventricle

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Semilunar valve

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Pulmonary valve

between pulmonary artery and right ventricle

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Mitral valve

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bicuspid valve

between left ventricle and left atrium

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systole

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contraction phases

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diastole

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relaxation phase

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sinoatrial node (SA)

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pacemaker

electrical impulse begins causing contraction

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venules

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small veins

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sphygmomanometer

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instrument used to measure blood pressure

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arteriol/o

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arteriole

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty substance

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bi/o

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life

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coron/o

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heart

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corpor/o

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body

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duct/o

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to bring

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embol/o

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plug

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isch/o

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to hold back

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pector/o

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chest

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peripher/o

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away from center

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phleb/o

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vein

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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sept/o

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wall

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son/o

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sound

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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steth/o

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chest

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varic/o

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dilated vein

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vas/o

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vessel

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-ia

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condition

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venous, ventricular, venular

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pertaining to a vein, ventricle, and venule

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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embolus

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obstruction of blood vessel by blood clot

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infarct

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area of tissue within organ that undergoes necrosis following loss of its blood supply

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ischemia

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Localized and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to obstruction to circulation

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plaque

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Yellow, fatty deposit of lipids in artery that is hallmark of atherosclerosis

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palpitations

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Pounding, racing heartbeats

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murmur

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A sound, in addition to normal heart sounds

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thrombus

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blood clot formimg within blood vessel

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cardiomyopathy

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general term for disease of myocardium

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anGIna PECtoris

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condition in which there is severe pain with sensation of construction around heart

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congenital septal defect

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hole, present at birth, in septum resulting in mixture of bloods

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congestive heart failure

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Pathological condition of heart in which there is reduced outflow of blood from left side of heart because left ventricle myocardium has become too weak to efficiently pump blood; results in weakness, breathlessness, and edema

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myocardial infarction

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Condition caused by partial or complete occlusion or closing of one or more of coronary arteries

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bundle branch block (BBB)

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Occurs when electrical impulse is blocked from traveling down bundle of His or bundle branches; heart block

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fibrillation (fib)

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Extremely serious arrhythmia

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aneurysm

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weakness in wall of artery resulting in localized widening of artery

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HEMorrhoid

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varicose veins in anal region

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Raynaud’s phenomenon

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periodic ischemic attack

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