CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Flashcards by Lucy Warburton

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card/o, cardi/o

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heart

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angi/o, vas/o

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blood vessels

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arteri/o, arter/o, artero

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arteries

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capill/o

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capillaries

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phleb/o, ven/o

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veins

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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aort/o, aorto

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aorta

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hemangi/o

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pertaining to the blood vessels

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pericardi/o

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protective sleeve surrounding the heart

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thromb/o

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blood clots

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heart

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hollow muscular organ

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valv/o, valvul/o

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valves

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ventricul/o

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ventricules

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leuko-

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white

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erthro-

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red

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tachy-

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too fast

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brady-

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too slow

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hyper-

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above

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hypo-

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below

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-cyto

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cell

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ecchymosis

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bruise, discolouring of skin –> bleeding underneath

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hematoma

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blood tumour

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epi-

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above

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-emia

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blood condition

-penia

deficiencies

systolic

blood pressure --> heart contraction/ pump

diastolic

blood pressure --> heart at rest

angina

chest pain

syncope

fainting

coagul/o

clotting

myo, myocardi/o

heart muscle

ECG/EKG

electric cardio gram

Stent

scaffolding

defibrillation

electrically shocking heart while being dead

cardioversion

electrically shocking heart while being alive

ACLS

advanced cardio life support

CHF

congestive heart failure

CABG

coronary artery bypass graph

CHD

coronary heart disease

EF

ejection fraction --> measures how much blood your left heart puts out