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37 Cards in this Set
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ather/o
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fatty substance, porridge
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auscultat/o
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listen to
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claudicat/o
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to limp
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embol/o
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a throwing in
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isch/o
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to hold back
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man/o
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thin
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occlus/o
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to close up
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palpit/o
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throbbing
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sept/o
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partition
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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sten/o
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narrowing
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vas/o
vascul/o |
vessel
small vessel |
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vers/o
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turning
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arteries/veins
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away/toward the heart
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pulmonary artery
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only artery that carries oxygen deficient blood
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pulmonary veins
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only veins that carry oxygen rich blood
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systolic/diastolic
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contraction/relaxation
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140/90
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hypertension
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pulse pressure
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30-50
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anastomosis
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surgical connection between blood vessels or organs
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angioma
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tumor of blood vessel
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angiostenosis
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narrowing of blood vessel
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atheroma
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tumor of an artery containing a fatty substance
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auscultation
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listening to sounds of the chest, abdomen, ect
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bruit
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sound heard on auscultation
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cardioversion
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electrical shock used to restore normal heart rhythm
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claudication
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dull, cramping pain in hips, thighs, buttocks
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embolism
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obstruction of blood vessel
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hemangioma
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blood vessel tumor
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infarction
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death of tissue bc lack of blood flow
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ischemia
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decreased blood supply
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mitral valve prolapse
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valve permits backflow
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oximetry
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measure oxygen saturation of blood
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phelbitis
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vein inflammation
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raynauds phenomenon
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disorder that affects vessels in toes and fingers
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telangiectasis
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tel = end
ang/i = vessel -ectasis = dilation |
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thrombosis
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blood clot in vascular system
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