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36 Cards in this Set
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Aneurysm
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aneurysm- a bulge or widening in a vessel
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angi
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vessel
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aort
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aorta
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arter, arteri
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artery
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aarteriol
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arteriole (small artery)
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ather
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plaque, fatty substance
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atri
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atrium (singular)
atria (plural) |
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capillar
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capillary
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card, cardi
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heart
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coron
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heart
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echo
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echo
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embol
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embolus
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hemangi
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blood vessell
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isch
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to hold back
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my
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muscle
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phleb
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vein
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sept
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septum
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tel, tele
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distant
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telangi
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distant vessell (this is a capillary)
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thromb
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blood clot
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valv, valvul
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valve
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varic
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varicose veins
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vas
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vessell
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vascul
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vessell
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ven
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vein
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ventricul
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ventricle
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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-emia
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blood
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-genesis
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producing, produced by
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-lysis
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destruction (seperation, loosening)
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-rrhaphy
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to suture
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-um
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structure; tissue; thing
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angina
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severe chest pain caused by insufficient oxygen to the heart muscle
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diastole
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the time when the heart is dilating or relaxing
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occlusion
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closed or blocked
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systole
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the time when the heart is contracting
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