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Chapter 7- Circulatory System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

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Vessel

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Arter/o, 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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Yellow fatty plaque

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Phleb/o, ven/o

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Vein

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Venul/o

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Venule

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Severe chest pain and constriction about the heart caused by insufficient supply of blood to the heart itself.

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Angina Pectoris

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Irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat

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Arrhythmia

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Enlarged size of heart

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Cardiomegaly

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Abnormalities present in the heart at birth

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Congenital heart defects

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Condition characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and edema in lower portions of the body

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Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Congestive heart disease
Hearty failure

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Abnormal condition that affects the heart’s arteries and produces various pathologic effects, especially reduced flow of blood to the myocardium

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Coronary artery disease (CAD)

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Heart damage resulting in from insufficient oxygen cause by pathologic changes in the coronary arteries

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Coronary heart disease (CHD)

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Servere cardiac arrhythmia in which contractions are too rapid and uncoordinated for effective blood circulation

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Fibrillation

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Soft blowing or rasping sound that may be heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope; not necessarily pathologic

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Heart murmur

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Excessive lipids in the blood.

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Hyperlipidemia

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Elevated blood pressure above the normal values of 120/80mm Hg in an adult over 18 years of age

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Hypertension

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Necrosis of a localized area area of tissue caused by lack of blood supply to that area

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Infarction

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A blood pressure below 95/60 mm Hg

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Hypotension

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Deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium

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Myocardial ischemia

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Defect in the wall separating the left and right sides of the heart.

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Septal defect 
(Remember congenital or ASD or VSD)
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Serious condition in which blood flow to the heart is reduced to such an extent that body tissues do not receive enough blood. This condition can result in death.

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Shock

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Adenoid/o

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Adenoids

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Cervic/o

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Neck (or the uterine cervix)

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Home/o

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Sameness

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Lymphat/o

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Lymphatics

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Splen/o

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Spleen

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Thromb/o

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Thrombus, blood clot

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