Vocab (2 of 6) Flashcards
(109 cards)
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A sac within or on the body surface containing air or fluid
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CYST
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Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane due to lack of oxygen
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CYANOSIS
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A condition of skin puckering caused by the contraction of the erector pili.
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CUTIS ANSERINA
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A blood clot which contains all of the blood elements coagulated in an evenly mixed mass.
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CURRENT AND/OR JELLY CLOT
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In embalming, the chemical joining of proteins brought about by the chemical reaction of aldehydes with different forms of nitro¬gen. Cross-linkage results in firmness of embalmed tissue.
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CROSS-LINKAGE OF PROTEINS
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Thin, medial portion of the ethmoid bone of the skull.
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CRIBRIFORM PLATE
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A disease of the central nervous system with unknown Etiology assumed to be a slow virus; because of unknown etiology, care givers using invasive procedures use extreme caution.
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CREUTZFELD-JACOB DISEASE aka CJD
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Crackling sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpated, asIn subcutaneous emphysema.
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CREPITATION
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Those elements remaining after cremation of a dead human body aka cremains. However, many professionals deem the term cremains slang and deem the term inappropriate to use in the funeral home.
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CREMATED REMAINS
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Method used to embalm the contents of the cranial cavity through the contents of the cranial cavity through aspiration and injection of the cranial chamber by passage of a trocar through the cribiform plate.
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CRANIAL EMBALMING
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that part of the human skull which encloses the brain.
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CRANIUM
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Embalming aid used on cases with cranial autopsies to absorb seepage and prevent the soiling of the casket pillow.
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CRANIAL CAP
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Plastic garment designed to cover the body from the chest down to the upper thigh.
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COVERALL
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Dye that helps to cover internal discolorations such as jaundice.
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COUNTER STAINING COMPOUND
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Embalming fluid that contains dyes and coloring agents intended to Restore a more natural skin tone through the embalming process.
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COSMETIC FLUID
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Causing visible destruction of living tissue at point of contact.
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CORROSIVE
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Having an abnormal amount of fat on the body.
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CORPULENCE aka OBESITY
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An official of a local community who holds inquests concerning sudden, violent, and unexplained deaths.
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CORONER
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Legal term referring to a dead body.
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CORPSE
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That portion of the cornea recovered for transplantation in situ The cornea and sclera considered together comprising the tunica fibrosa or fibrous coat of the eye.
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CORNEAL SCLERA BUTTON
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Transparent part of the tunic of the eyeball that covers the iris and pupil andadmits light into the interior.
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CORNEA
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a bruise.
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CONTUSION
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Any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including,but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, and exposed ends of wires.
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CONTAMINATED SHARPS
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Laundry which has been soiled with blood or other potentially Infectious materials or may contain sharps.
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CONTAMINATED LAUNDRY
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The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.
CONTAMINATED
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Disease that may be transmitted between individuals, with reference to the organism that causes a disease.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
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to contract or compress.
CONSTRICT
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Mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the white portion of the eye.
CONJUNCTIVA
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Rounded articular process on a bone.
CONDYLE
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the immediate and temporary disturbance of brain function
CONCUSSION
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Method of drainage in which drainage occurs continuously during vascular (arterial) injection.
CONCURRENT DRAINAGE
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Disinfection practices carried out during the embalming process.
CONCURRENT DISINFECTION
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a solution containing a relatively large amount of solute.
CONCENTRATED SOLUTION
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A type of air pressure apparatus where air or CO2 is pumped from tanks into a fluid chamber to create pressure.
COMPRESSED AIR OR GAS, CO2 APPARATUS
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Disease that may be transmitted either directly or indirectly between individuals by an infectious agent.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
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Preparation room equipment which may serve for both embalming and dressing human remains.
COMBINATION TABLE
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A method of creating injection pressure in which a bulb syringe is built into the tubing of the gravity percolator.
COMBINATION GRAVITY METHOD & BULB SYRINGE
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The irreversible cessation of brain activity and loss of consciousness; death beginning at the brain.
COMA
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a solution-like system in which the size of the solute particle is between 1 and 100 nanometers Particles of solute pass through filters but not membranes.
COLLOID
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the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.
COLON
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Bacterial inhabitants of the colon.
COLI-FLORA
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Microorganisms (Colon Bacillus) found normally in the colon.
COLIFORM ORGANISMS
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A condition which occurs in dead bodies when exposed to temperatures near or below the freezing point, thus causing the tissues to become firm and rigid.
COLD STIFFENING
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A fluid used primarily to supplement and enhance the action of vascular (arterial) solutions.
COINJECTION FLUID
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The injection of a specialized chemical in conjunction with the routine arterial chemical.
COINJECTION
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Substances which increase the activity of enzymes.
CO-ENZYMES OR ACCELERATORS
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The process of converting soluble protein to insoluble protein by heating or contact with a chemical such as an alcohol or an aldehyde The solidification of a sold into a gelatinous mass Agglutination is a specific form
COAGULATION
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Chemical and physical agents that bring about coagulation.
COAGULATING AGENTS
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Anaerobic, saprophytic, spore-forming bacterium responsible for tissue gas Referred to as a gas bacillus.
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
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Drainage procedure that limits the exposure of the embalmer to the drainage. Tubing is attached to a drain tube allowing drainage to floe directly from a vein into a sanitary disposal system; tubing may also be attached to a trocar and aspirator allowing drainage to be taken from the right atrium of the heart to the sanitary disposal system.
CLOSED SYSTEM DRAINAGE
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A phase of somatic death lasting from 5-6 minutes during which life may be restored.
CLINICAL DEATH
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(Late 17th C.) An influential person in medical embalming who published a book about a method of embalming without evisceration [German]
CLAUDERUS, GABRIAL
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The means by which a pathogen is passed from host to host.
CIRCLE OF TRANSMISSION
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a disease with a more or less slow onset and long duration
CHRONIC
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One of several methods used for mouth closure (antiquated)
CHIN REST
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A blood clot which contains all of the blood elements with red and white blood cells separated into distinct layers.
CHICKEN FAT CLOT
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The application of chemical reagents in the treatment of disease in humans, causing an elevated preservation demand.
CHEMOTHERAPY
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A change in the body's chemical composition thatoccurs after death such as hemolysis.
CHEMICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGE
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Dehydration caused by using too harsh of an arterial solution to embalm a dead human body.
CHEMICAL EVAPORATION
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Substances that bind metallic ions such as EDTA -(Ethylenediarnine-tetraceticacid) used as an anticoagulant in embalming solutions.
CHELATE
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Restorative treatment usually accompa¬nied by aspiration, gravitation, or external pressure to remove gases or excess liquids from tissues; pas¬sages are made through the tissues with a scalpel, hypodermic needle, or trocar.
CHANNELING
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A major agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, concerned with all phases of control of communicable, vector-borne, and occupational diseases.
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION/CDCP aka CDC
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Embalming machine that uses an electrical pump to create pressure either pulsating or non-pulsating
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE MACHINE aka MODERN EMBALMING MACHINE
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Right atrium of the heart.
CENTER OF VENOUS DRAINAGE
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Ascending and/or arch of the aorta.
CENTER OF FLUID DISTRIBUTION
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Death of the individual cells of the body.
CELLULAR DEATH
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An embalming instrument which is connected to a bottle of cavity fluid to aid in injecting the cavity fluid into the various cavities of the body.
CAVITY INJECTOR
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Embalming chemicals which are injected into the cavities of the body following the aspiration in cavity embalming. Cavity flui'd can also be used as the chemical in hypodermic and surface embalming.
CAVITY FLUID
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Direct treatment, other than vascular (arterial) injection, of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera; usually accomplished by aspiration and injection.
CAVITY EMBALMING aka CAVITY TREATMENT
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a hollow place or area
CAVITY
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The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis.
CAVITATION
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a chemical capable of drying tissues by searing; caustic.
CAUTERIZING AGENT
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A condition in which the vital signs of life are feebly maintained and there is a waxy rigidity of the body.
CATALEPSY
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The total sum of those considerations given the case at hand, beginning before the embalming procedure is begun and continuing throughout the operation.
CASE ANALYSIS
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a specialized type of dense connective tissue; attached to the ends of bones and forming parts of structures, such as the nasal septum and the framework of the ear.
CARTILAGE
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A cancer-causing chemical or material.
CARCINOGEN
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Circumscribed inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms, such as fever and leukocytosis; Several communicating boils of the skin and subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue
CARBUNCLE
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A compound of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen; sugars, starches, and glycogen.
CARBOHYDRATE
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Plastic protective garment designed to cover the legs, buttocks, and abdomen. A combination of pants and stockings.
CAPRI GARMENT
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Ability of substances to diffuse through capillary walls into the tissue spaces.
CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY
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Minute blood vessels, the walls of which comprise a single layer of endothelial cells. Capillaries connect the smallest arteries (arteriole) with the smallest veins (venule) and are where pressure filtration occurs.
CAPILLARIES
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Any malignant neoplasm marked by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
CANCER
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Formation of new channels in a tissue.
CANALIZATION
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Special needles which are used to anchor the calvaria securely in the head of autopsied cases and is applied with a needle injector.
CALVARIUM NEEDLES
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A device used as a means of fastening the calvarium after a cranial autopsy.
CALVARIUM CLAMP
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The dome-like superior portion of the cranium; that portion removed during cranial autopsy.
CALVARIUM
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A prolongation of the last violent contraction of the muscles into the rigidity of death
CADAVERIC SPASM aka INSTANTANEOUS RIGOR MORTIS
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a disease with a more or less slow onset and long duration
CHRONIC
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A cancer-causing chemical or material.
CARCINOGEN
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Dead human body used for medical purposes: including transplantation, anatomical dissection and study.
CADAVER
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General deterioration of the body; a state of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting It may occur in many chronic diseases as certain malignancies and advanced pulmonary tuberculosis [Wasting Syndrome]
CACHEXIA
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(1828-1866) One of the discoverers of formaldehyde [Russian]
BUTLEROV, ALEXANDER M
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Self-contained, soft rubber and manual pump designed to create pressure to deliver fluid as it passes through one-way valves located within the bulb It is used only to deliver fluids; it cannot be used for aspiration.
BULB SYRINGE
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A chemical which affects the stabilization of the acid-base(pH) balance within embalming solutions and in the embalmed tissues.
BUFFERS
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Vestibule of the oral cavity; the space between the lips, gums, and teeth.
BUCCAL CAVITY
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(ecchymosis) an injury caused by a blow without laceration; a contusion.
BRUISE
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Individual stitch knotted at the tissue edge; may be applied prior to embalming to align tissues.
BRIDGE SUTURE aka TEMPORARY INTERRUPTED SUTURE
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An embalming instrument used to maintain the elevation of the vessels above the surface of the skin.
BONE SEPARATOR/SEPARATOR
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Acute, deep-seated inflammation in the skin which usually begins as a subcutaneous swelling in a hair follicle.
BOIL aka FURUNCLE
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Preparation room equipment which is designed to eliminate the physical strain of moving caskets and bodies by hand.
BODY AND CASKET LIFTER
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The separation and pushing aside of the superficial fascia leading to blood vessels and then the deep fascia surrounding blood -vessels, utilizing manual techniques or round ended instruments which separate rather than cut the protective tissues.
BLUNT DISSECTION
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having relatively large patches of color somewhat different from the remainder of the coloring.
BLOTCHED
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OSHA REGULATION (29CFR 1910-1030) regulating the employee's exposure to blood and other body fluids OSHA DEFINITIONS: Blood Human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.
BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN RULE
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Pathogenic microorganisms that are present inhuman blood and can cause disease in humans; these pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
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Circulatory network composed of the heart, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.
BLOOD VASCULAR SYSTEM
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The pressure exerted by the blood in the living body on the arterial wall measured in millimeters of mercury.
BLOOD PRESSURE
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Discolorations resulting from changes in blood composition, content, or location, either intravascularly or extravascularly.
BLOOD DISCOLORATION
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Tissue that circulates through the vascular system and is composed of approximately 22% solids and 78% water.
BLOOD
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a thin vesicle on the skin containing liquid matter.
BLISTER
