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40 Cards in this Set
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Amyl -
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combining form
starch |
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angin-
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combining form
choking pain, angina pectoris |
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aort-
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combining form
aorta |
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arct(at)-
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combining form
compress |
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ather-
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combining form
[soup] fatty deposit |
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atri-
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combining form
[enterance hall] atrium |
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bol-
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combining form
a throwing |
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capill
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combining form
capillary [hair] |
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cirs-
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combining form
dilated and twisted vein |
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-clud, -clus-
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combining form
close |
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cor, cord-
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combining form
heart |
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coron-
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combining form
crown |
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cusp, -cuspid
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combining form
point |
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dextr-
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combining form
rught (side) |
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-form
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combining form
shape |
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gurgit-, gurgitat-
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combining form
flood, flow |
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pector-
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combining form
breast, chest |
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phleb-
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combining form
vein |
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pulm(on)-
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combining form
lung, pulmonary artery |
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rhythm-
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combining form
[steady motion] heartbeat |
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sept-
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combining form
wall, partition |
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sin-, sinus-
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[curve, hollow] sinus
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sinistr-
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combining form
left (side) |
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sphygm-
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combining form
pulse |
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stal-, stol-
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combining form
send, contraction |
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tens(i)-
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combining form
stretch |
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thromb-
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combining form
blood clot |
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top-
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combining form
place |
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vag-
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combining form
{wandering} the vagus nerve |
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varic-, varix
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combining form
dilated and twisted vein, varix |
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vas-
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combining form
(blood) vessel; vas deferens |
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ven-
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combining form
vein |
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ventr-
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combining form
belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity |
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systole
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refers to the period of contraction of the heart when the blood is sent through the aorta and the pulmonary artery
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mitral valve
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lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle and allows passage of blood from the atrium into the ventricle
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apoplexy
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stroke
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aneurysm
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local distention of the wall of a blood vessel, usually and artery, and often the aorta
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ballistics
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science of projectiles
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embolism
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blockage of a blood vessel by any mass
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catabolism
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process by which complex compounds are reduced to simpler ones, usually accompanied by the release of energy
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