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82 Cards in this Set
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
Laymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx pharyengeal tonsils |
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anthracosis
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coal dust accumulatin in lungs
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aort/o
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Largest artery in the body
Oxygen rich |
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arteriole
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small artery
oxygen rich |
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arter/o
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artery
largest type of blood vessel oxygen rich |
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asbestosis
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asbestos particles accumulates in lungs
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atri/o
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1 of 2 upper chambers
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atrioventricular node
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AV node
specialized tissue in the wall between the artria |
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auscultation
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listening to sounds with in the body
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avle/o
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alveolus
Air sac in the lungs |
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brachi/o
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arm
"break your arm" |
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bronchic/o
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bronchioles
smallest branches of the bronchi |
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bronch/o
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bronchus / bronchial tube
Branch of the trachea that is a passageway into the lung |
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bundle of His
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atrioventricular bundle
Specialized muscle fibers connecting the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them. |
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CABG
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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Arteries and veins are anastomosed to coronary arteries to detour around blockages |
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capn/o
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Carbon Dioxide
Gas produced by body cells when oxygen and food combine "take a cap off soda" |
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cardiac catheterization
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Thin, flexible tube is guided into the heart via vein or artery
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coni/o
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dust
"dusty 'ol Cony Island" |
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COPD
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
"shortness of breath" |
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coronary arteries
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blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry osygen-rich blood to the heart
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cyan/o
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blue
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diastole
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relaxation phase of the heartbeat.
"down' - Stoli Vodka - relaxing |
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DOE
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Dyspnea On Exertion
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-ema
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condition
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endocardium
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inner lining of the heart
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epiglott/o
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epilottis
Lid-like piece of cartilage that covers the larynx, preventing food from entering the larynx and trachea during swallowing |
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epitaxes
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nose bleed
"dropping" to let fall by dropping |
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external respiration
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breathing in and out
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fibrillation
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very rapid, random/irregular hearbeat
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flutter
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rapid but regular heartbeat
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internal respiration
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exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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laryng/o
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larynx / voicebox
Organ of voice production |
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lab/o
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lobe of the lung
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LVH
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Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
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mediastin/o
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mediastinum - Region between the lungs in the chest cavity.
THE BAT trachea, heart, esophagus, bronchi, aorta, thymus |
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MI
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myocardial infraction
death of heart tissue |
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mitral valve
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valve between the left artium and the left ventricle
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myocardium
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muscular middle layer of the heart
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nares
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nostrils
openings through the nose carrying air into the nasal cavities |
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nas/o
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nose
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orth/o
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straight, upright
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-osmia
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smell
"Osama smells" |
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ox/o
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Oxygen
gas that passes into the bloodstream at the lungs and travels to all the doby cells |
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pector/o
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chest
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percussion
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tapping on a surface to determine the differencein the density
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percutaneous coronary intervention
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balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a coronary artery to open the artery
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pericardium
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double-layered membrane surrounding the heart
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phleb/o
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vein
thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissue and lungs back to heart oxygen poor |
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pharyng/o
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pharynx / throat
passage way for food and air |
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phon/o
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voice
"phonograph record" |
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phren/o
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diaphragm
muscle separating the chest and abdomen |
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pleur/o
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pleura
double-folded membrane surrounding each lunch |
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PND
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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea
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-pnea
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breathing
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pheumon/o
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air, lungs
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pheumoconiosis
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abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs.
anthracosis - coal asbestosis - asbestos silicosis - glass/rocks m/c |
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-ptysis
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spitting
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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pulmonary artery
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artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from heart to the lungs
heart to - lungs to - heart |
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pulmonary vein
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1 of 2 paris of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from lungs to the left atrium of the heart
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purulent
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pus
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rales
"rawles" |
fine crackling sounds heard on the auscultation when there is fluid in the alveoli
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rhin/o
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nose
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rhonchi
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loud rumbling sound heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by sputum
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silicosis
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pass dust in the lungs
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sinoatrial node
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SA / pacemaker
begins heartbeat "essay make your heatbeat faster" |
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sinus/o
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paranasal sinus
1 of the air cavities in the boens near the nose |
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SOB
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Short Of Breath
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sphygm/o
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pulse
beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries |
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spir/o
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breathing
"Spiro the fire breathing dragon" |
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steth/o
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chest
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systemic circulation
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flow of blood from body tissue to the heart and then from the heart back to the body tissue
heart to - body to - heart |
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systole
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contraction phase of the heartbeat
"your sister is having contractions" |
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tel/o
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complete
"tell the complete story" |
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tetra
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4
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-thorax
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pleural cavity, chest
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tonsill/o
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palatine tonsil
lymphatic tissue in the oropharynx |
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trache/o
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trachea - windpipe
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tri
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3
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tricuspid valve
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located between the right atrium and the right ventricle
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vena cava
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largest vein in the cavity
oxygen poor |
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ventricle
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1 of 2 lower chambers of the heart
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