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Lesson 3C (Part 2) Flashcards

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1
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Aorta

A

Large artery that exits the left ventricle and supplies the body with oxygenated blood

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Pulmonary artery

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Large artery exiting the right ventricle supplies the lungs with deoxygenated blood that needs to be re-oxygenated

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3
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Pulmonary veins

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Vein that returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left ventricle

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4
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How many valves do you have?

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4

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What are the 4 valves in the heart?

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  1. Tricuspid
  2. Mitral
  3. Aortic
  4. Pulmonary
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Valves

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Keeps the blood flowing in the proper direction through the heart

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Myocardium

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Muscular walls of the heart

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Coronary arteries

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Arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood

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Brady

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Slow

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Tachy

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Rapid/fast

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Dyspnea

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Shortness of breath

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12
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Tachypnea

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Abnormal increased respiration rate

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13
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Hypertrophy

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Excessive development

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Pathy

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Abnormal condition

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Cardiomyopathy

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Abnormal condition of the heart muscle

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16
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BP

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Blood pressure

17
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Blood pressure

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Force exerted by blood on the vessel wall during the cardiac cycle

18
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What is normal blood pressure?

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120/80

- systol/distol

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

20
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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

21
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What is it called when you have normal blood pressure?

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Normotension

22
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Arrythmia

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Abnormal and irregular heart beat

23
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Emia

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Blood

24
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Penia

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Lack of/deficiency

25
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Osis

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Abnormal condition

26
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Leukopenia

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Decrease in WBC

27
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Lymph/o

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Lymph tissue

28
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MI

A

Myocardial infarction

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Myocardial infarction

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Blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle

- heart attack

30
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CABG

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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

31
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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

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Bypassing of stenotic vessel with a superficial vein from the patients extremity

32
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Endarterectomy

A

Scraping of plaque from the walls

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