Cardiovascular and lymphatic system pathologies

Question 1

Inability of red blood cells to deliver enough oxygen to tissues producing symptoms of fatigue

Answer 1

Anemia

Question 2

Weakening and widening of an artery wall; tendency to rupture and form clots; often occur in aorta or arteries of the brain

Answer 2

Aneurysm

Question 3

Transient chest pain during exertion caused by ischemic cardiac muscle; the amount of oxygen supply to the heart declines

Answer 3

Angina pectoris

Question 4

Abnormal heart rate; irregular heart rhythm

Answer 4

Arrhythmia

Question 5

Slow heart rate

Answer 5

Bradycardia

Question 6

Fast heart rate

Answer 6

Tachycardia

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Hardening of the arteries; can lead to coronary artery disease

Answer 7

Arteriosclerosis

Question 8

Most common type of arteriosclerosis, when deposits from cholesterol in the blood buildup at stress points (where arteries branch) in the arteries

Answer 8

Atherosclerosis

Question 9

Failure of the left side of the heart to pump, affectively, resulting in congestion in the systemic and pulmonary circulatory systems

Answer 9

Congestive heart failure

Question 10

Blood clot (thrombus), Plaque, air, or gas, fat, tumor cells, tissue, or clumps of bacteria in the bloodstream

Answer 10

Embolus

Question 11

Abnormal heart sound caused by disorders of the valves

Answer 11

Heart murmurs

Question 12

Inability to form blood clots to control bleeding
Genetic disease

Answer 12

Hemophilia

Question 13

Sustained elevation of systolic and dystonic blood pressure
Asymptomatic until complications develop
A.k.a. high blood pressure

Answer 13

Hypertension

Question 14

Death of cardiac muscle cells from ischemia with crushing pain
A.k.a. heart attack

Answer 14

Myocardial infarction

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Affects the blood supply to the fingers and toes, and occasionally to the nose. Temporary spasms in the small arteries, reduce or stop blood flow to the area, and the skin turns pale and then blue. Also aggravated by emotional disturbances.
“ white finger disease”

Answer 15

Raynuad Disease

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Cardiac damage from inflammatory response to a bacterial infection

Answer 16

Rheumatic heart disease

Question 17

Blood vessels dilate rapidly and blood pressure drops

Answer 17

Shock

Question 18

A type of shock resulting in Loss of blood or other fluids

Answer 18

Hypovolemic shock

Question 19

Type of shock due to Bacterial infection
a.k.a. toxic shock syndrome

Answer 19

Septic shock

Question 20

Type of shock occurring from an overreaction of the immune system due to an allergy

Answer 20

Anaphylactic shock

Question 21

Premature destruction of red blood cells, resulting in the sickle shape causing them to not flow smoothly and clot
Genetic disorder

Answer 21

Sickle cell disease

Question 22

A clot in a vein with inflammation

Answer 22

Thrombophlebitis

Question 23

Clotting in an unbroken vessel

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Thrombosis

Question 24

Thrombosis that usually occurs in abdomen or legs

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Deep vein thrombosis

Question 25

Weakening and widening of vein wall due to backward pressure of blood when valves weaken, with a tendency for clots; abnormal an irregular dilations and superficial veins, particularly and lower legs; A.k.a. varicosity

Answer 25

Varicose veins

Question 26

Varicose veins in the rectum A.k.a. piles

Answer 26

Hemorrhoids

Question 27

Presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid and the interstitial tissue spaces

Answer 27

Edema

Question 28

Inflammation of the liver Viral infection leads to A, B, C, D, E, G

Answer 28

Hepatitis

Question 29

Oncogenic and lymphotropic; virus, replicate, and T cells and macrophages Virus

Answer 29

HIV/aids

Question 30

Uncontrolled production of a normal white blood cells; these cells accumulate in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, & liver to that these organs do not function properly

Answer 30

Leukemia

Question 31

Indentations that remain for a time after pressure is released

Answer 31

Pitting edema

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Tissue death

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Necrosis

Question 33

Having an affinity for lymphocytes

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Lymphotropic

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Blocking or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ

Answer 34

Occlusion

Question 35

A gene that causes a host cell to become cancerous

Answer 35

Oncogenic

Question 36

A disorder in which an excessive number of red blood cells makes the blood so sick that it is unable to flow properly

Answer 36

Polycythemia

Question 37

Decrease in platelets

Answer 37

Thrombocytopenia

Question 38

Narrowing

Answer 38

Stenosis

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Thickness

Answer 39

Viscosity

Question 40

No oxygen

Answer 40

Anoxia

Question 41

Leading cause of death in the US

Answer 41

Cardiovascular disease

Question 42

Vomiting blood

Answer 42

Hematemesis

Question 43

Blood and urine

Answer 43

Hematuria

Question 44

Passage of blood outside cardiovascular system

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Hemorrhage

Question 45

Oxygen deficiency

Answer 45

Hypoxia

Question 46

Temporary lack of blood flow

Answer 46

Ischemia

Question 47

High white blood cell count

Answer 47

Leukocytosis

Question 48

Low white blood cell count

Answer 48

Leukopenia

Question 49

Inflammation of endocardium, heart valves, or both

Answer 49

Endocarditis

Question 50

Inflammation of the heart muscle

Answer 50

Myocarditis

Question 51

Inflammation of the pericardium

Answer 51

Pericarditis

Question 52

Inflammation of a vein

Answer 52

Phlebitis

Question 53

This increases urine output

Answer 53

Diarrhetic

Question 54

Disorder caused by the mothers Rh antibodies reacting with the baby’s rh-positive cells

Answer 54

Erythroblastosis fetalis Rhesus disease