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DAANCE Flashcards

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Wave of Depolarization

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An Advancing wave of change reversal as the nerve impulse advances along the neuron

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Wakefulness System

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The system in the brain that maintains the state of consciousness of wakefulness.

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Vomiting center

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The center in the brainstem the induces the vomiting system

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Vital center

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Centers in the brainstem that control such physiological Processes as the blood pressure and pulse

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Ventricular Nerve

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Part of the eighth cranial nerve that is connected with Equilibrium and hearing

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Venue

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Any of the small vessels that collect the blood from the networks of capillaries and join them to form veins

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Ventricular Tachycardia

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A cardiac dysrhythmia in which there is rapid firing of an ectopic focus in the ventricles

140-200Bpm and a Wide QRS Complex with no P wave

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Ventricular Rhythms

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Cardiac Dysrhythmia in which the pacemaker is in the ventricles rather than the SA Node or atria

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Ventricular Foci

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A Displaced point of origin from a dysrhythmia that is in the ventricles

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Ventricular Fibrillation

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Arrhythmia characterized by contractions of the ventricle muscle fibers due to rapid excitation of the myocardial fibers without coordinated contractions of the ventricle

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Ventricle

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One of the cavities that have thick muscular walls that make up the bulk of the heart

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Veins AKA Vena

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The Vessel that carries blood from organs or other parts of the body back to the heart

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Vasodilation

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Dilation of the vessel, Especially dilation of the arteriole leading to increased blood flow to a part

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Vasoconstrictors

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Pharmacological agents that cause blood vessels to constrict

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Vasoconstriction

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The decreased in diameter of a vessel, constriction of arterioles leading to decreased blood flow

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Vaporizer

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A device that allows for the controlled evaporation and release of inhalation anesthetic agents for the administration of inhalation anesthetic

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Vapocoolant

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A chemical spray applied to the skin to rapidly cool the skins surface and desensitize it in preparation for venipuncture or an injection of medication

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Vagus Nerve

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The Tenth cranial nerve which supplies fibers to many parts of the body, including the ears, tongue, pharynx, larynx, and thoracic, and abdominal, viscera

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Type II Diabetes

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Non Insulin dependent diabetes

Adult onset diabetes

Which rarely requires insulin injections to regulate glucose levels

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Type I Diabetes

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Insulin dependent Diabetes

Juvenile Diabetes

Patients must receive insulin injections to regulate glucose levels

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Trigeminal nerve

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The Fifth cranial nerve which provides sensation to the face, teeth, mouth and nasal cavity, and supplies motor abilities to the facial muscles. (Muscle of mastication )

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Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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A brief attack of cerebral dysfunction caused by reduced blood flow in the brain

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Tracheostomy

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The surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck

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Trachea

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The tube descending from the larynx and branching in to the left and right main bronchi AKA the windpipe

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Titrate

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To Give a small quantity of a drug and assess its effects before giving additional drugs

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Tidal Volume

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The amount of gas that is inspired and expired during one respiratory cycle

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Thrombosis

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Formation of blood clots in a blood vessel, usually a vein

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Third degree AV Block

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An atrioventricular clock in which the impulse does not conduct from the atria to the ventricles and there is independent contraction of the atria and ventricles

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Terminal Button

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The Bulge at the end of the nerve that touches the next nerve in the nerve pathway at the synapse

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Tachycardia

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Fast heart rate grater that 100 Bpm

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T wave

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Ventricular Repolarization

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Systolic

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When the ventricles contract

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Synergistic

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The Phenomenon that exists when two drugs are administered together, and the combined effects is greater than the sum of its part

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Syncope

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Fainting

Temporary suspension of the consciousness due to generalized cerebral ischemia

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Synaptic cleft

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The gap between two nerves where they meet and a synapse

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Synapse

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The junctions between two neurons where impulses are transmitted from on neuron to another

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