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58 Cards in this Set
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where are oxygen and carbon dioxide delivered?
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oxygen is delivered to the cells of the body, and carbon dioxide is delivered out of the body.
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what is the heart surrounded by?where is it located?
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it is surrounded by the particardium and located in the thoracic cavity.
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what does the septum separate?
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the right and left sides of the heart
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what is the tricuspid valve, mitral valve?
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the tricuspid is the AV valve of the right side of the heart, and the mitral valve is the AV valve for the left
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what do semilunar valves do?
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allow blood flow from the ventricles to the arteries
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what are the layers of the wall of the heart from inside out?
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the endocardium, myocardium, and epicardium
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what is the paricardium?
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a sac filled with pericardial fluid
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what is the parietal layer?
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the outer covering of the pericardium
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what is the conduction system?
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the hearts electrical system
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explain the conduction system
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the SA node conducts to the AV node, then to the bundle of his, the right and left bundle branches, then to the purkinje fibers causing the ventricles to contract
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what does p wave represent?
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atrial systole
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what does QRS represent?
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ventricular systole
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what does T wave represent?
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ventricular repolarization
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how is a pulse felt?
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the dialation of the arteries during systole phase.
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hat is hypertension?
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abnormally high blood preassure, and low blood preassure is hypotension
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lub is the sound of what?
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AV valves closing
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Dup is the sound of what?
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SL valves closing
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feewhat do capilleries do?
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feed the cells, take away waste, and connect the arterial and venous systme
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what arteries is the heart fed by?
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the coronary arteries
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constricto
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to draw together
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dilato
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to expand
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angio; vasculo
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vessel
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aorto
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aorta
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arterio
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artery
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arthero
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fatty debris; fatty plaque
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atrio
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atrium
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cardio
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heart
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corono
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crown
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echo
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sound
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embolo
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plug
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ischo
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hold back
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phlebo
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vein
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rhythmo
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rhythm
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sclero
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hardening
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thrombo
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clot
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valvulo
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valve
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varico
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twisted; and swollen
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vasculo
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vessel
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vaso
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vessel
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veno
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vein
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ventriculo
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ventricle
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ectasis
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dialation; dialation; stretchng
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angio
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vessel
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brady
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slow
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cardio
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heart
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tachy
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fast
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ASHD
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arteriosclerotic heart disease(damage to the heart due to obstruction of a coronary artery)
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CABG
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coronary artery bypass graft
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CAD
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coronary artery disease
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CCU
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cardiac/cprpmaru care unit
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CHF
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congestive heart failure
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CV
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cardiovascular
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident
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HHD
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hyperextensive heart disease
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MI
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myocardial infarction
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MVP
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mitral valve prolapse
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PVC
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premature ventricular contraction
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SA
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sinoatrial
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