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56 Cards in this Set
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3 major types of blood vessels
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1. Arteries
2. Veins 3. Capillaries |
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Ischemic pain
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pressing, squeezing or weight like pain caused by decreased blood supply.
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Atypical pain
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stabbing or burning pain unrelated to exertion.
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vascular pain
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pain in the blood vessels
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pulmonary pain
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pain in the lungs
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Pericardial pain
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stabbing, burning or cutting cardiac pain.
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Types of cardiac pain
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1. Atypical pain
2. Vascular pain 3. Pulmonary pain 4. Pericardial pain |
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dyspnea
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bad or painful breathing
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bacteremia
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a bacterial invasion of the blood.
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septicemia
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a very serious form of blood poisoning
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uremia
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occurs when excessive amounts of urea, creatinine, and other nitrogenous waste product build up in the blood.
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endocarditis
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inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves
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pericarditis
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inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart.
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laryngitis
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inflammation of the laryngitis
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cystitus
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inflammation of the urinary bladder
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bronchitis
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inflammation of the bronchi in the lungs
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hepatomegaly
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enlargement of the liver
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myeloma
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bone marrow tumor
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rhinorrhea
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discharge from the nose (runny nose)
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menorrhea
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normal menstrual flow
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menorrhagia
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excessive menstrual flow
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mnemonic
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the letters of a word or word part are turned into an acronym so that each letter reminds you of part of a definition or description. For instance, take the suffix -itis, which means inflammation. You can turn it into a mnemonic such as this one:
i = inflammation with t = tenderness i = itching or s = soreness/swelling |
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diarrhea
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abnormal flow of fluid fecal matter
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hydrotherapy
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the use of water as treatment, particularly using hot water for muscle pain
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hemodialysis (HD)
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the removal of blood and its passage through a kidney machine, where waste products are filtered out.
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atherectomy
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the removal of plaque through a catheter with a rotating shaver
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coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
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This open-heart surgery involves the grafting of a piece of healthy blood vessel from one location, into one the coronary arteries to reroute blood around the blockage.
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hemorrhage
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excessive bleeding
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Ischemia
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holding back blood from an area of the body.
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MI = myocardial infarction
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heart attack
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infarction
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gross necrosis or death from local injury of tissue
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myocardial
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pertaining to heart muscle
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of one half of the body
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Quadriplegia
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paralysis of all four limbs
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hemicrania
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headache that occurs in one half of the head.
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polycystic
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tissue or surface containing multiple cysts.
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congenital
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anomaly with a child at birth
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syndactyly
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condition in which fingers or toes are fused together (webbed)
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dyspnea
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difficulty breathing
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dysuria
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painful or difficult urination
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dysplasia
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abnormality of development of organs or tissues
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neoplasm
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new formation. a mass or growth that arises from normal tissue
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excision
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cut out of, or remove
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abductor (muscles)
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muscles that pull the body part away from the body
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adductor (muscles)
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pull the body part toward the midline of the body.
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antepartum
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before birth
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interocular
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between the eyes
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intercostal
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space between the ribs
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retroflexion
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flexing or bending backward
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diuretic
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increasing the formation and excretion of urine
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transmission
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process of passing or transferring a disease from one person to another.
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pancytopenia
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deficiency of all (blood) cells
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antigen
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a foreign substance that enters the body and stimulates an immune response
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popliteal
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back of the knee vein
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femoral
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thigh vein
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antibodies
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protein substances made by leukocytes
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