Chapter 9 Flashcards
(149 cards)
1
Q
a-
A
lack of
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brady-
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slow
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bi-
A
two
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Q
con-
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together, with
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Q
end-
A
within
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Q
endo-
A
within
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Q
extra-
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outside
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Q
hyper-
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excessive, above
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Q
hypo-
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deficient, below
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Q
peri-
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around
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Q
dys-
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difficult
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Q
semi-
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half
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Q
tachy-
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rapid
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Q
tri-
A
three
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Q
ang/i
A
vessel
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Q
angin
A
to choke
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Q
angi/o
A
vessel
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Q
anastom
A
opening
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Q
aort/o
A
aorta
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Q
arter
A
artery
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Q
arter/i
A
artery
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arteri/o
A
artery
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ather
A
fatty substance, porridge
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Q
ather/o
A
fatty substance, porridge
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atri
atrium
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atri/o
atrium
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card
heart
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card/i
heart
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cardi/o
heart
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cyan
dark blue
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auscultat
listen to
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dilat
to widen
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electr/o
electricity
34
embol
a throwing in
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glyc
sweet, sugar
36
hem
blood
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isch
to hold back
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chol/e
bile
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log
study of
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lun
moon
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man/o
thin
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mitr
mitral valve
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my/o
muscle
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circulat
circular
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oxy
sour, sharp, acid
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phleb
vein
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phleb/o
vein
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phon/o
sound
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pulmonar
lung
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rrhythm
rhythm
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scler
hardening
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sin/o
a curve
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sphygm/o
pulse
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sten
narrowing
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steth/o
chest
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strict
to draw, to bind
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claudicat
to limp
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tens
pressure
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thromb
clot of blood
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vascul
small vessel
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vas/o
vessel
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ech/o
reflected sound
63
ven/i
vein
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corpor/e
body
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ventricul
ventricle
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fibrillat
fibrils
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hem/o
blood
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dynam
power
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infarct
infarct
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occlus
to close up
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ox/i
oxygen
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palpitat
throbbing
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sept
a partition
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tel
end
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thromb/o
clot of blood
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sterol
solid (fat)
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pector
chest
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lipid
fat
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-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-gram
record
83
-centesis
surgical puncture
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-cuspid
point
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-metry
measurement
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-ectasis
dilatation
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-ectomy
surgical excision
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-emia
blood condition
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-er
relating to
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-gen
formation, produce
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
recording
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-ia
condition
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ide
having a particular quality
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-ion
process
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-ism
condition
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-ist
one who specializes
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-itis
inflammation
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-ive
nature of, quality of
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-logy
study of
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-megaly
enlargement, large
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-meter
instrument to measure
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-oma
tumor
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-or
one who, a doer
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-osis
condition
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-pathy
disease
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-puncture
to pierce
110
-scope
instrument for examining
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-spasm
contraction, spasm
112
-tomy
incision
113
-um
tissue
114
-y
pertaining to
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tumor of a blood vessel
angioma
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video x-ray technique used to evaluate patient for CV surgery
angiocardiography
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surgical repair of a blood vessel
angioplasty
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pathological condition of narrowing of a blood vessel
angiostenosis
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irregularity or loss rhythm of the heartbeat
arrhythmia
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inflammation of an artery
arteritis
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valve with two cusps
bicuspid
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physician who specializes in the study of the heart
cardiologist
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enlargement of the heart
cardiomegaly
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pertaining to the heart and lungs
cardiopulmonary
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process of drawing together as in the narrowing of a vessel
constriction
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condition in which a blood clot obstructs a blood vessel
thrombosis
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literally means inflammation of a vein
phlebitis
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rapid heartbeat
tachycardia
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medicine that acts directly on smooth muscles cells within blood vessels to make them widen
vasodilator
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acute myocardial infarction
AMI
131
atrioventricular
A-V, AV
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BP
blood pressure
133
CAD
coronary artery disease
134
cardiac catheterization
CC
135
ECG, EKG
electrocardiogram
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HDL
high-density lipoprotein
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heart and lungs
H&L
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MI
myocardial infarction
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tPA, TPA
tissue plasminogen activator
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medical procedure used to treat cardiac arrhythmias
cardioversion
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quivering of muscle fiber
fibrillation
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fat and protein molecules that are bound together
lipoprotein
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a normal soft, waxy substance found among the lipids
cholesterol
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literally means process of lameness
claudication
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an abnormality of the rhythm or rate of the heartbeat
dysrhythmia
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relaxation phase of the heart cycle
diastole
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contraction phase of the heart
systole
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an abnormal rapid throbbing or fluttering of the heart
palpitation
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process of being closed
occlusion
