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35 Cards in this Set
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heart disease |
illness result of narrowing/blocking of coronary arteries that supply oxygen |
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atherosclerosis |
blood vessels narrow causing plaque build up |
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angina pectoris |
pain from reduced oxygen to heart in arm, back or neck |
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ischemia |
not enough oxygen to muscles of heart doesn't cause harm |
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myocardial infraction |
heart attack |
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ventricular fibrillation |
rhythm disruption of heart |
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hypertension |
high blood pressure for a long time |
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stroke |
damage in an area of the brain from disruption of blood and oxygen |
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ischemia stroke |
blood supply in cerebral artery is cut off or reduced slow damage |
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hemorrhage stroke |
blood vessel ruptures and bleed into brain fast damage |
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transient ischemic atttack |
mini strokes before real stroke |
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oncogenes |
regulate cell division |
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cancer |
a disease of the cells characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation that usually forms a malignant tutor |
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visual neglect- what hemisphere? |
RIGHT can't process info on left side of the visual field problem perceiving distance |
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emotional Lability - what hemisphere? |
RIGHT - random laughing - appropriate emotions over done -unable to interpret emotions |
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what functions is the right hemisphere responsible for? |
visual, emotions, patters |
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what is the left hemisphere responsible for? |
language |
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receptive alphasia |
problem understanding language |
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expressive alphasia |
problem producing language |
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cardiac invalidation |
too much dependancy on family after attack |
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thrombolytic drugs |
clot dissolving |
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carcinoma |
malignant neoplasm cells of skin organ lining 85% of all cancers |
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Melanoma |
neoplasm of the skin calls that create MELANIN |
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Lymphoma |
cancer of the lymphatic system |
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Sarcoma |
malignant neoplasm -muscle -bine -connective tissue |
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Leukemia |
blood forming organs bone marrow too many white blood cells |
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metastasis |
cancer cell migration thru blood or lymph system |
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angiogenisis |
as neoplasm grows it needs its own blood and nutrient system |
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Masectomy |
removal of entire breast |
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lumpectomy |
tumor removed, followed with radiation |
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external beam therapy |
radiation - most common - direct beam at malignant tissue |
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internal beam therapy |
radiation inside body at tutor by injection |
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chemotherapy |
powerful drugs orally or injected to kill rapidly dividing cells |
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anticipatory nausea |
25-50% of patients vomiting and nausea before treatment |
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learned food aversion |
classical conditioned due to anticipatory nausea |
