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48 Cards in this Set
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aneurysm/o
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widened blood vessel |
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angi/o
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vessel |
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vascul/o |
vessel |
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aort/o |
aorta |
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arteri/o |
artery |
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arteriol/o |
arteriole |
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atri/o |
atrium |
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ather/o |
fatty plaque |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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coron/o |
heart |
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electr/o |
electricity |
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embol/o |
embolus (plug) |
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hemangi/o |
blood vessel |
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my/o
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muscle
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phleb/o |
vein |
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ven/o |
vein |
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scler/o |
hardening; sclera |
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sept/o |
septum |
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sphygm/o |
pulse |
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sten/o |
narrowing, stricture |
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thromb/o |
blood clot |
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valv/o |
valve |
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valvul/o |
valve |
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vas/o |
vessel; duct |
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ventricul/o |
ventricle |
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-cardia |
heart condition |
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-gram |
record, writing |
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-graph
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instrument for recording |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-stenosis |
narrowing, stricture |
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brady- |
slow |
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endo- |
in, within |
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extra-
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outside |
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peri-
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around |
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trans- |
across |
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aneurysm |
localized abnormal dilation of a vessel, usually an artery |
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angina |
suffocating pain caused by inadequate blood flow to the myocardium |
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arrhythmia |
irregularity in the rate or rhythm of the heart |
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bruit
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soft blowing sound associated with vavular action |
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embolism |
condition in which a mass becomes lodges in a blood vessel, obstructing blood flow |
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ischemia
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dificiency of blood supply to an organ or tissue due to circulatory obstruction |
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infarction |
localized tissue necrosis due to the cessation of blood supply |
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phlebitis
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inflammation of a deep or superficial vein of the arms or legs |
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syncope
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partial or complete loss of consciousness usually caused by a decreased supply of blood to the brain |
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antiarrhythmics |
stabilize the electrical conduction of the heart
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beta-blockers |
block the effect of adrenaline, which slows nerve pulses through the heart, causing a decrease in heart rate |
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nitrates |
dilate blood vessels of teh heart, causing an increased amount of oxygen delivered to myocardium |
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stantins |
reduce liver production of the enzyme that produces cholesterol |
