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101 Cards in this Set
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aort/o
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aorta
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angi/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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fatty substance
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atri/o
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atrium
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cardi/o
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heart
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corpor/o
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body
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cutane/o
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skin
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duct/o
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to bring
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electr/o
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electricity
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embol/o
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plug
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hem/o
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blood
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lip/o
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fat
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my/o
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muscle
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myocardi/o
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heart muscle
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orth/o
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straight
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pector/o
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chest
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phleb/o
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vein
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pumon/o
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lung
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sept/o
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a wall
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son/o
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sound
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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steth/o
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chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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valv/o
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valve
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varic/o
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dilated vein
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vas/o
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vessel
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vascul/o
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blood vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ia
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condition
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lytic
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destruction
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-manometer
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instrument to measure pressure
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-megaly
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enlarged
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-ole
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small
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-oma
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growth
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-ose
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for viewing
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-spasm
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involuntary muscle contraction
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-tension
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pressure
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-tonic
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pertaining to tone
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-ule
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small
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a-
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without
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anti-
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against
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brady-
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slow
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de-
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without
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endo-
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inner
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extra-
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outside of
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hyper-
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excessive
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hypo-
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insufficient
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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per-
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through
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peri-
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around
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poly-
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many
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tachy-
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fast
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tetra-
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four
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trans-
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across
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ultra-
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beyond
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embolus
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the obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has broken off from a thrombus somewhere else in the body and traveled to the point of obstruction
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infarct
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an area of tissue within an organ or part that undergoes necrosis following the loss of its blood supply
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murmur
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a sound, in addition to the normal heart sounds, arising from blood flowing through the heart
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palpitations
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pounding, racing heartbeats
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plaque
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a yellow, fatty deposit of ipids in an artery that is the hallmark of atherosclerois
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regurgitation
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to flow backwards
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angina pectoris
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condition in which there is severe pain with a sensation of construction around the heart. caused by a deficiency of oxygen to the heart muscle
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bundle branch block (BBB)
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occurs when the electrical impulse is blocked from traveling down the bundle of His or bundle branches
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congenital septal defect (CSD)
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a hole, present at birth, in the septum between two heart chambers; results in a mixture of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
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congestive heart failure
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pathological condition of the heart in which there is a reduced outflow of blood from the left side of the heart because the left ventricle myocardium has become too weak to efficiently pump blood
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fibrillation
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an extremely serious arrhythmia characterized by an abnormal quivering or contraction of heart fibers
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flutter
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an arrhythmia in which the atria beat too rapidly, but in a regular pattern
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heart valve prolapse
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condition in which the cusps or flaps of the heart valve are too loose and fail to shut tightly
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myocardial infarction (MI)
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condition caused by the partial or complete occlusion or closing of one or more of the coronary arteries
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tetralogy of Fallot
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combination of four congenital anomalies; pulmonary stenosis, an interventricular septal defect, improper placement of the aorta, and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
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aneurysm
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weakness in the wall of an artery resulting in localized widening of the artery
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coarctation of the aorta
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severe congenital narrowing of the aorta
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patent duct arteriosus (PDA)
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congenital heart anomaly in which the fetal connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta fails to close at birth
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Raynaud's phenomenon
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periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities of the body, especially the fingers, toes, ears, and nose. the affected extremities become cyanotic and very painful
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auscultation
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process of listening to the sounds within the body by using a stethoscope
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extracorporeal circulation (ECC)
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during open-heart surgery, the routing of blood to a heart-lung machine so it can be oxygenated and pumped to the rest of the body
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arterial anastomosis
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surgical joining together of two arteries
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ligation and stripping
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surgical treatment for varicose veins
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percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
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method for treating localized coronary artery narrowing. a balloon catheter is inserted through the skin into the coronary artery and inflated to dilate the narrow blood vessel
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