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The Heart Flashcards

1
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sense of pain

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algesia

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2
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vessel (root)

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angi/o

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3
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artery (root)

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arteri/o

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4
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stopped heart

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cardiac arrest

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5
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fingers (root)

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dactyl/o

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6
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heart shocked to a regular heartbeat

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defibrillation

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7
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obstruction of a blood vessel

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embolism

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8
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foreign particle in the bloodstream

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embolus

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9
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feeling, sensation

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esthesia

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10
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very fast, irregular heartbeat

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fibrillation

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11
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spinal cord, bone marrow

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myel/o

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12
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speech

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phas/o

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13
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vein

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phleb/o

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14
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formation

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plas/o

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15
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blood clot occluding a vessel

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thrombosis

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16
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a blood clot

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thrombus

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17
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absent, without (prefix)

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a- or an-

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18
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slow (prefix)

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brady-

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19
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bad, difficult, painful (prefix)

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dys-

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large (prefix)

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macro-

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21
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small (prefix)

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micro-

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22
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fast (prefix)

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tachy-

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23
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many (prefix)

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poly-

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24
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together (prefix)

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sym-, syn-

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25
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rupture, bursting apart (suffix)

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-orrhexis

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26
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rubbing, crushing (suffix)

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-tripsy

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27
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blood (suffix)

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-emia

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28
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abnormally fast or rapid heart action

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tachycardia

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29
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lung (root)

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pneumon/o

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30
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slow heart action

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bradycardia

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31
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radiographic picture of the heart vessels

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cardioangiogram

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32
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hardening of the veins

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phlebosclerosis

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33
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incision into a vein

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phlebotomy

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34
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inflammation of a vein

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phlebitis

35
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inflammation of a vessel with the formation of a clot

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thrombophlebitis

36
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clot

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thrombus

37
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cell that aids in clotting

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thrombocyte

38
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a heart attack caused by a clood clot occluding the coronary blood vessel

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coronary thrombosis

39
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rupture of the bladder

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cystorrhexis

40
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rupture of the small intestine

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enterorrhexis

41
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rupture of the blood vessel

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anigioorrhexis

42
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rupture of the heart

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cardiorrhexis

43
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rupture of a vein

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phleboorrhexis

44
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hemmorrhage from the liver

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hepatorrhagia

45
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runny nose

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rhinorrhea

46
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suturing or joining of the fallopian tubes

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salpingorrhaphy

47
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suturing or closing a hernia

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herniorrhaphy

48
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repair, close, suture (suffix)

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-orhaphy

49
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burst forth, hemorrhage (suffix)

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-orrhagia

50
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discharge, flowing (suffix)

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-orrhea

51
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rupture, bursting apart (suffix)

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-orrhexis

52
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without feeling

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anesthesia

53
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instrument for measuring feeling or sensation

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estesiometer

54
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abnormal sensitivity to pain

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hyperesthesia

55
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without sensitive of pain

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algesia

56
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an-emia

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less blood

57
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a-stomia

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without a mouth

58
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a-febrile

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without fever

59
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an-odontia

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toothless

60
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without speech

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aphasia

61
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abnormally fast speech

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tachyphasia

62
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abnormally slow speech

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bradyphasia

63
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pain/difficulty speaking

A

dysphasia

64
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to rub or massage

A

tripsis

65
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an immature bone marrow cell

A

myeloblast

66
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hearnia of the spinal cord

A

myelocele

67
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formation or change

A

plasia

68
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bad, defective / poor or abnormal formation

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dysplasia

69
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failure of an organ to develop properly

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aplasia

70
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overgrowth or excessive development in the formative years

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hyperplasia

71
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defective development of cartilage

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chondrodysplasia

72
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defective formation of bone and cartilage

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osteochondrodysplasia

73
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abnormally large tongue

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macroglossia

74
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abnormally large ears

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macrotia

75
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abnormally large nose

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macrorhinia

76
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abnormally large fingers or toes

A

dacylomegaly

77
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digit/fingers/toes

A

dactyl/o

78
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inflammation of a digit

A

dactlyitis

79
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cramps or spasm of a digit

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dactylospasm

80
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to many fingers or toes

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polydactylism

81
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excessive amounts of urine

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polyuria

82
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immovable joints

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synarthrosis

83
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a condition of two or more digits joined together as one

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syndacylism

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