Key Terms: Abdominal Aorta and IVC

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Abscess

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Collection of pus

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Anastomosis

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Connection made surgically between blood vessels when they are blocked

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Aneurysm

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A buldge in the blood vessel

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Ascultation

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Listening to the sound of heart

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Bruit

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Vascular sound that represents a heart murmur

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Bulbous

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Fat or round buldging of a vessel

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CAD

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Coronary artery disease most common type of heart disease

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CABG

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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery used to treat heart disease

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Dissection

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A tear of the inner layer wall of artery

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Ectasia

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Diffuse dilation of artery

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Fusiform

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Vessel tapering at both ends

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Marfan syndrome

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Genetic disorder that effects connective tissue which can cause damage to blood vessels

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Mural thrombosis

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They occur in blood vessels and restrict blood flow

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Pseudoaneurysm

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When a blood vessel wall is injured and leaking blood into surrounding tissues

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Saccular

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Aneurysm

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Tortuous

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Full of twist and turns