Ch 5

Front 1

Cartoid Endarterectomy

Back 1

surgical removal of the lining of a portion of a clogged carotid artery leading to the brain

Hint 1

Word Surgery
-ectomy means surgical removal
ater/o- artery
end- within or inside

Front 2

Coronary Thrombosis

Back 2

damage to the heart muscle caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery

Hint 2

Word Surgery
Thromb - means clot
-us -singular noun ending

Front 3

Blood Dyscrasia

Back 3

any pathologic condition of the cellular elements of the blood

Hint 3

Word Surgery
Dys- Means Bad
-Crasia means Mixture of Blending

Front 4

Thrombocytopenia

Back 4

condition in which there is an abnormally small number of platelets circulating in the blood

Hint 4

Word Surgery
thromb/o means thrombus
cyt/o means cell
-penia means deficiency

Front 5

Cardiomyopathy

Back 5

all diseases of the heart muscle

Hint 5

Word Surgery
cardi/o means heart
my/o means muscle
pathy means disease

Front 6

Macrophage

Back 6

type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills invading cells

Hint 6

word surgery
macro- large
-phage means cell that eats

Front 7

Hemolytic

Back 7

a function of the spleen that destroys worn-out red blood cells and releasing their hemoglobin for ruse

Hint 7

word surgery
hem/o means blood
-lytic means to destroy

Front 8

splenomegaly

Back 8

abnormal enlargement of the spleen

Hint 8

Word Surgery
splen/o means spleen
-megaly means abnormal enlargement

Front 9

lymphoma

Back 9

general term applied to malignancies affection lymphoid tissues

Hint 9

Word Surgery
lymph means lymph
-oma means tumor

Front 10

mammography

Back 10

radiographic examination of the breast to detect the presence of tumors or precancerous cells

Hint 10

mammo/o means breast
-graphy means process of taking record or pictures

Front 11

Tricuspid Valve

Back 11

Controls the opening between the right atrium and the right ventricle

Front 12

Mitral Valve (Bicuspid Valve)

Back 12

located between the left atrium and left ventricle

Front 13

Aorta

Back 13

the largest blood vessel in the body, is the main trunk of the arterial system

Front 14

Ertyhocytes (Red Blood Cells)

Back 14

mature red blood cells produced by the red bone marrow

Hint 14

erytho means red
-cytes means cell

Front 15

Leukocytes (white blood cells)

Back 15

Are the blood cells involved with defending the body against infective organisms and foreign substances

Hint 15

Leuk/o means white

Front 16

Capillaries

Back 16

are only one epithelial cell in thickness, are the smallest blood vessels in the body. they carry oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the tissues.

Front 17

Neutrophils

Back 17

formed in red bone marrow, are the most common type of WBC (white blood cells)

Front 18

Vascular Surgeon

Back 18

is a physician who specializes in diagnosis, medical management, and surgical treatment of disorders of the blood vessels

Front 19

Atrial fibrillation ( A Fib)

Back 19

Occurs when the normal rhythmic contractions of the atria are replaced by rapid irregular twitching of the muscular heart wall

Front 20

Ventricular Fibrillation (V Fib)

Back 20

rapid, irregular, and useless contractions of the ventricles

Front 21

Thrombus

Back 21

is a blood clot attached to the interior wall of an artery or vein

Hint 21

thromb means clot

Front 22

embolus

Back 22

a foreign object, such as a blood clot, quantity of air or gas, or a bit of tissue or tumor that is circulating in the blood

Hint 22

embol means something inserted

Front 23

Statins

Back 23

drugs that lower cholesterol

Front 24

Congestive heart failure

Back 24

When the heart muscle is not able to pump enough blood to supply the body

Front 25

Aneurysm

Back 25

a localized weak spot, or balloon like enlargement of the wall of an artery

Front 26

Raynaud's Phenomenon

Back 26

Red, White, Blue. Redness of fingers and toes.

Front 27

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Back 27

condition of having a thrombus attached to the wall of a deep vein

Front 28

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Back 28

aka preleukemia is a group of bone marrow disorders w/ lack of blood cells due to dysfunction of bone marrow.

Front 29

Megaloblastic anemia

Back 29

red blood cells are larger then normal

Front 30

Idiopathic

Back 30

means disease of unknown cause

Front 31

diuretic

Back 31

administered to stimulate kidneys to increase the secretion of urine to rid the body of excess sodium and water

Front 32

Hypertension

Back 32

high blood pressure

Front 33

Essential Hypertension

Back 33

(primary) is elevated blood pressure of a unknown cause

Front 34

Secondary Hypertension

Back 34

caused by a different medical problem

Front 35

Systolic pressure

Back 35

occurs when the ventricles contract, is the highest pressure against the walls of the artery.

Front 36

Diastolic pressure

Back 36

occurs when the ventricles are relaxed, it is the lowest pressure against the walls of an artery

Front 37

LDL

Back 37

bad cholesterol

Front 38

HDL

Back 38

Good cholesterol

Front 39

Metastastize

Back 39

Spreading

Front 40

metastasis

Back 40

2nd Site

Front 41

Lymph

Back 41

clear watery fluid that transports waste products and proteins out of the spaces between the cells of body tissues

Front 42

adenoids (nasopharyngeal tonsils)

Back 42

Located in your tonsils

Front 43

Hemolytic

Back 43

what the spleen is which destroyes worn out red blood cells and releases their hemoglobin for reuse

Hint 43

-lytic means to destroy

Front 44

Thymus gland

Back 44

secrets thymosin

Front 45

splenomegaly

Back 45

enlrargment of the spleen in the left upper quadrent