Test 3(P-Z) Flashcards
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PA
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Pulmonary artery
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the partial pressure of oxygen where hemoglobin is 50% saturated with oxygen
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P50
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PAC
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Premature atrial contraction
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The partial pressure exerted by O2 dissolved in arterial
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PaO2
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PFO
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Patent foramen ovale
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The partial pressure exerted by CO2 dissolved in arterial blood
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PaCO2
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To relieve the symptoms of without fixing or repairing the underlying condition
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Palliative
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The pressure exerted by a gas dissolved in plasma and RBC water
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Partial pressure
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The partial pressure exerted by CO2 in mmHg
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pCO2
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PCWP
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Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
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PDA
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Patent ductus arteriosus
Posterior descending artery
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PE
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Pulmonary embolus
Pulmonary edema
Peripheral edema
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Compression of an athromatous lesion by inflating a intracoronary balloon catheter to dilate the vessel
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PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
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Pupils equal and reactive to light and accommodation
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PERLA
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Flowing over;
Blood flow through the organs and tissues of the body
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Perfusion
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To test to determine the status of blood flow to an organ
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Perfusion scan
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Variation of PTCA in which a catheteris inserted in the artery that permits blood flow during balloon inflation
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Perfusion balloon angioplasty
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Health professional educated to operate the heart and lung machine and other life support devices
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Perfusion technologist
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Peri-
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Surrounding, around
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The tough non-elastic membrane surrounding the heart
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Pericardium
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Inflammation of the pericardium
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Pericarditis
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The inverse log of the hydrogen ion activity
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pH
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PH2 O
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Water vapor pressure
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WBC that engulfs and destroys foreign organisms
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Phagocyte
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A test of heart function during intentional drug-induced stress
Pharmacological stress test
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Ventilation scheme where the total CO2 increases as the temp falls
pH stat
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PI
Pulmonary insufficiency
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PICU
Pediatric intensive care unit
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PJC
Premature junctional contractions
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A constant that describes the rate or degree to which a chemical rxn goes to completion depending on temp and pH
pK
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Hemoglobin released from dying or damaged RBC
Plasma free hemoglobin
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The acellular, colorless liquid portion of blood
Plasma
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The substance found in blood that digests fibrin resulting in clot dissolution
Plasmin
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The precursor to plasmin that is activated by TPA
Plasminogen
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Thrombocyte
Platelet
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PND
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
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pO2
Partial pressure of oxygen
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Cold blooded;heterothermic; animals whose body temp changes with the environment
Poikilothermic
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Serious condition characterized by too many RBC
Polycythemia
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Platelets collected from multiple donors and mixed together for use in transfusion
Pooled platelets
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Angina occurring from 1 to 60 days after an acute MI
Post-MI angina
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ECG PR segment, interval of time between the P wave and the R wave
PR interval
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To fill the extracorporeal circuit with fluid
Prime
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Variant angina, a clinical syndrome of rest pain and reversible ST-segment elevation
Prinzmental's angina
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PS
Pulmonary valvular stenosis
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PT
Prothrombin time
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PTCA
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
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PTT
Partial thromboplastin time
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Referring to the lung or the biscuspid valve separating the RV
Pulmonary
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Condition, usually acute, but sometimes chronic, where fluid builds up in the lungs
Pulmonary edema
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Small or undeveloped pulmonary valve
Pulmonary atresia
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Pulmonary valvular incompetence
Pulmonary insufficiency
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Pulmonary valvular stenosis
Pulmonary stenosis
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The blood propulsion device included in the ECC
Pump
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Slang for the technologist that is a perfusionist
Pumptech
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PV
Pulmonary valve
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PVC
Premature ventricular contraction
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PVD
Peripheral vascular disease
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PVR
Pulmonary vascular resistance; resistance to the flow of blood through the pulmonary vascular beds
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QIP
Quality improvement process
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RA
Right atrium
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A diagnostic test in which a radioactive substance is injected into bloodstream
Radionuclide test
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RBBB
Right bundle branch block
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RBC
Red blood cell; erythrocyte
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RCA
Right coronary artery
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Referring to the kidney
Renal
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Failure of the kidney to cleanse the blood causing the build up waste products in the blood
Renal failure
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The chemical processes that occur at the tissue level converting oxygen and water
Respiration
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An abnormal physiological process in which there is a primary reduction in alveolar reduction in ventilation relative relative to the rate of CO2 prod
Respiratory acidosis
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An abnormal physiological process in which there is a primary increase in the rate of alveolar ventilation relative to the rate of CO2 prod.
Respiratory alkalosis
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The recurrence of a stenosis
Re-stenosis
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Against the normal direction of flow
Retrograde
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Restoration,to the extent possible,of normal blood flow to the myocardium by surgical or percutaneous means
Revascularization
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RH
Relative humidity
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Rh
Rhesus monkey factor
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RHD
Rheumatic heart disease
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RIMA
Right internal mammary artery
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RISC
Research Group on Instability in Coronary Artery Disease
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High, intermediate
Risk
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RITA
Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina
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RM
Right Main Coronary Artery
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RRR
Regular rate and rhythm
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RV
Right ventricle
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RVH
Right ventricular hypertrophy
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Rx
Therapy or treatment
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SA node
Sinoatrial node
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SBP
Systolic blood pressure
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SCOPA
South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency
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Sed. Rate
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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SEM
Systolic ejection murmur
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SGOT
Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase(AST)
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SGPT
Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase
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Acute peripheral circulatory failure
Shock
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Bundle of excitatory tissue found in the right atrium
Sinus node
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The portion of the aortic root just distal to the aortic valve
Sinus of Valsalva
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Percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen
sO2
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The ability of a gas to dissolve into plasma and RBC water
Solubility
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S tach
Sinus tachycardia
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A narrowing or blockage of a coronary artery
Stenosis
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STICU
Surgical trauma intensive care unit
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Beneath the tongue
Sublingual
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An irregular heart beat that originates in the atria or AV node
Supraventricular arrhythmia
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SV
A device placed in a vessel to keep it open,coronary stent;
| Stroke volume
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SVCSVC
Superior vena cava
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SVG
Saphenous vein graft
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SVO2
Mixed venous oxygen saturation
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SVR
System vascular resistance
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SV tach
Supraventricular tachycardia
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Referring to the period of time during contraction of the ventricle
Systole
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TAPVR
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
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TEE
Transesphogeal echocardiography, a doppler echocardiography
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A person highly skilled in a certIn field or process
Technician
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A person who applies scientific knowledge in a specialized field
Technologist
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The mathematical process to correct for the physical changes
Temperature correction
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TGA
Transposition of the great arteries
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The small veins terminating into the right sided chambers of the heart
Thebesian veins
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Abnormal decrease in number of blood platelets
Thrombocytopenia
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Platelet; disc shaped enucleated body found in the body that initiates the coagulation process
Thrombocyte
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Pharmacological treatment with a class of drugs that can break up fibrin blood clots
Thrombolytic therapy
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Blood clot
Thrombus
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Small or undeveloped tricuspid valve
Tricuspid atresia
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TI
Tricuspid insufficiency
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TM
Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
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TIA
Transient ischemic attack
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TOF
Tetralogy of Fallot
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Consists of HCO3,H2CO3, and dissolved CO2
Total CO2 content
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TPA
Tissue plasminogen activator; substance that converts plasmin to dissolve clot
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TR
Triscupid regurgitation
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Trans-
Across or through
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Through the skin
Transcutaneous
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The injection of whole blood or blood prod. into blood stream
Transfusion
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Cardiac pacemaker using a pacing electrode
Transvenous pacemaker
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Screening and classification of sick persons to determine priority of need
Triage
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The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle
Tricuspid valve
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TS
Tricuspid stenosis
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A general term for a membrane or lining a body part
Tunica
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TV
Tricuspid valve
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UAC
Umbilical artery catheter
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UO
Urine output
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The separation of fluid and electrolytes from the body
Ultrafiltration
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Angina or chest pain that occurs at rest
Unstable angina
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VA
Veterans administration
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VAD
Ventricular assist device
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Surgical repair of a cardiac valve
Valvuloplasty
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To make an incision into a diseased cardiac valve
Valvulotomy
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Prinzmental's angina, clinical syndrome of rest pain and reversible ST-segment
Variant angina
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The small blood vessel providing nutrient blood flow to large arteries
Vasa vasorum
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Pertaining to blood vessels
Vascular
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The arterioles decrease in diameter restricting blood flow
Vasoconstrict
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The arterioles increase in diameter
Vasodilate
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A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
Vein
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Large vein collecting the venous return from the head
Vena cava
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The movement of gas in and out of the lungs
Ventilation
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A small cavity or chamber
Ventricle
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A procedure for visualization of ventricles
Ventriculography
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V fib
Ventricular fibrillation
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Coagulation disorder
Von Willebrand Disease
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VSD
Ventricular septal defect
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V tach
Ventricular tachycardia
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VWF
Von Willebrand Factor
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WBC(leukocyte,neutrophil,basophils,eosinophils,monocytes )
White blood cell
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WNL
Within normal limits
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XC
Cross clamp
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Tissue taken from another species
Xenograph
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Bifurcation junction resembling alphabet "y" used for dividing or merging the flow through two pieces of tubing
Y connector
