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Terminology 10 Flashcards

1
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Arteries

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Large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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2
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Arterioles

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Smaller branches of the arteries

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3
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Veins

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Vessels that carry blood back to the heart

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4
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Venules

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Smaller branches of veins

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5
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Heart has four chamber

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Right and left atrium
Right and left ventricle

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Aorta

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Largest artery in the body

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Capillary

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Smallest vessel materials pass to and from the blood stream through thin capillary walls

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8
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Coronary arteries

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Blood vessels that branch from aorta and carry rich oxygenated blood to the heart muscle

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Deoxygenated blood

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Blood low in oxygen

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10
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Diastole

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Relaxation phase of the heart beat

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Systole

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Contraction phase of the heartbeat

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12
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Endocardium

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Inner lining of the heart

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13
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Pericardium

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Sac like membrane surrounding the heart

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14
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Myocardium

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Muscle layer of the heart

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15
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Septum

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Partition between right and left sides of the heart

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Valve

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Structure in veins/heart that opens and closes so that blood will flow in only one direction

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Vena cava

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Largest vein in the body

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Angi

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Vessel

19
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Aort/o

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Aorta

20
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Arteri/o

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Artery

21
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Ather/o

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Fatty substance made of yellowish plaque

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Brachi/o

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Arm as in brachial artery

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Cardi/o

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Heart

24
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Cyanosis

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Condition of blue

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Phleb

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Vein

26
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Steth

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Chest as in stethoscope

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Arrhythmias

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Abnormal heart Rythms

28
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Flutter

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Rapid but regular contraction of aorta and ventricles

29
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Fibrillation

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Random irregular rapid contractions of the heart

30
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Congenital heart disease

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Abnormalities in the heart at birth

31
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Congestive heart failure

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Heart is unable to pump amount of required blood

32
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Pulmonary edema

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Blood accumulated in the lungs

33
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CAD

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Coronary artery disease
Disease affecting artistes surrounding heart

34
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Hypertensive heart disease

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High blood pressure affects heart

35
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Murmur

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Extra heart sound heard between normal beats

36
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Pericarditis

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Inflammation of the membrane surrounding heart

37
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Aneurysm

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Ballooning out of small area of an artery caused by weakness

38
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Varicose veins

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Abnormally swollen and twisted veins usually in the legs

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