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25 Cards in this Set
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Aorta |
Large arterial trunk |
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Arteriole |
Small terminal twigs |
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Artery |
elastic walled vessel |
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Arteriosclerosis |
Chronic disease.. abnormal thickening |
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Atherosclerosis |
Disease.. develop on the inner walls of the arteries |
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Atrium |
Chamber... into a ventricle |
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Blood pressure |
Hydrostatic force that blood exerts |
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Capillary |
Smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles |
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Cardiac muscle |
Straited muscle fibers |
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Cardiac outputv |
Volume of blood ejected |
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Circulation |
Movement of blood |
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Coronary artery |
That arteries tht arise |
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Heart rate |
Measure of cardiac activity |
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Peripheral artery disease |
Partial or total blockage of an artery |
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Peripheral vascular disease |
Vascular disease affecting blood |
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Pulmonary circulation |
Passage of Venous blood from the |
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Pulse |
Recurrent wave of distension |
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Smooth muscle |
Located in the walls of hollow internal organs |
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Stoke volume |
Pumped from ventricle of the heart in one beat (short def) |
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Systemic circulation |
The passage of arterial blood |
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Valve |
Bodily structure (mital valve) |
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Varocose vein |
Swelling... superficial veins |
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Vein |
Branchin vesdels tht carry blood |
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Ventricle |
Blood forced into the arteries |
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Venule |
Minute veins |