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8 Cards in this Set
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Chronotropic action |
Frequency of heartbeat |
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Inotropic action |
Force of contraction of heart |
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Dromotropic action |
Conduction of impulse through the heart |
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Bathmotropic action |
Excitability of cardiac muscle |
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Arteriosclerosis |
Hardening, thickening and loss of elasticity in the wall of the vessels. |
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Atherosclerosis |
Narrowing of lumen of arterial vessel due to deposition of cholesterol. |
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Thrombosis |
Inflammation of the wall of veins leads to the formation of intravascular clot. |
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Cardiac cycle |
The electrical and mechanical cardiac events that occur from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next. |
