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Respiratory system

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Nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs

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Cardiovascular

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Pertaining to heart and blood vessels

Heart, blood vessels, arteries, capillaries, veins

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Thrombocytes

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Platelets (blood clotting)

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Cystic Fibrosis

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Hereditary condition causing endocrine glands to malfunction

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Myocardium

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Thick muscular middle layer of heart

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Endocardium

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Inner layer of the heart, lining the 4 chambers

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Leukopenia

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Too few white blood cells

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Red bone marrow

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Tissue where most of the red blood cells are made

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Bacteria

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Primitive single celled micro organism that are present everywhere

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Leukocytosis

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Too many white blood cells

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Hemopoiesis

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Blood cells being produced in the red bone marrow

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Ventilation

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Flow of the air between the outside area of the lungs

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Cilia

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Hairs in the nasal cavity that filters the dust

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Pneumonia

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Inflammatory condition of lungs caused by bacterial or viral infection

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Nares

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The two openings of the nasal passages (nostrils)

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Erythrocytes

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Red blood cells

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Arteries

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Large thick walled vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Sputum

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Mucus or phlegm coughed up from lining of the respiratory tract

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Pathogenic

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Bacteria, viruses, other foreign materials

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Epistaxis

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Nose bleed

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Sanguinous

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Pertaining to blood

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Sinoatrial node

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Pacemaker, electrical impulses begin

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Viruses

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Group of infectious particles that cause disease

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Rectum

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Where feces are stored

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Plasma

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Watery substance in blood that surrounds cells and transports substances

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Lymphadenitis

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Inflammation of lymph glands swollen glands

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Larynx

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Voice box

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Patent

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Open or unblocked

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Pharynx

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Throat

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Nasal septum

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Middle deviser for the nasal cavity

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Hemolytic

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Excessive loss of erythrocytes

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Pulmonary artery

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Between heart and lungs transports deoxygenated blood to the lungs to get oxygen

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Capillaries

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Network of tiny blood vessels

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Systemic circulation

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Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart

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Trachea

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Windpipe

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Glottis

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Opening between vocal chords

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Nasopharynx

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Superior part of the pharynx

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Superior vena cava

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Vein coming from upper portion of body to the right atrium carrying deoxygenated blood

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Inferior vena cava

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Vein coming from lower portion of body carrying deoxygenated blood to the right atrium

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Hemoglobin

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Iron pigment in red blood cells transports protein

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Arterioles

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Smallest of arteries delivers blood to capillaries

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Spleen

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Consists of lymphatic tissue - filters out and destroys old or damaged red blood cells

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Oropharynx

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Middle section of pharynx that receives food and drink from mouth

This is where the palatine and lingual tonsil are

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Oxygen

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Gaseous element absorbed by blood from the air sacs

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Erythropenia

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Too few red blood cells

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Alveoli

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Tiny air sacs at the end of each bronchioli

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Aorta

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Largest artery in body carries blood away from heart to the tissue of the body

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Foreign material

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Anything that does not belong in or on the body

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Stridor

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The high pitched breathing sound made when there is an obstruction of the larynx

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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Less severe but longer lasting form of pneumonia

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Palate

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Roof of mouth

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Splenectomy

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Cutting into the spleen

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Splenectomy

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Surgical removal of the spleen

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Parietal pericardium

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Outer layer of pleura

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Visceral pericardium

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Inner layer of the pleura sac

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Asthma

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Disease caused by allergens resulting in constriction of bronchial airways

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Lymphatic system

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System that helps body fight infection

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Epicardium

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Outer layer of the heart

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Internal respiration

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Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide that takes place in the lungs

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Apex

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Lower tip of the heart

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Diastole

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Period of time the chambers of the heart or relaxed

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Systole

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Period of time the heart contracts

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Lumen

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Channel within the blood vessels through which blood flows

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Auscultation

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Process of listening to the sounds within the body by stethoscope

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Albumin

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Transports fatty substances that plasma cannot dissolve

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Fibrinogen

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Is a blood clotting protein

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Gamma globulin

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Acts as an antibody

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Endocrine glands

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Can not cause diabetes

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RH+

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A person with RH factor in their red blood cells can not make an anti-RH antibodies

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RH-negative

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Will produce RH antibodies therefore can be given either RH+ or RH- blood

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Universal blood donor

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