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19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF AN ARTERY COMPOSED OF ELASIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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ADVENTITIA
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DIVISION INTO TWO BRANCHES; "Y" SHAPED
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BIFURCATION
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SEVERE PAINS N THE MUSCLES OF THE LOWER LEG CAUSED BY POOR CIRCULATION OF BLOOD TO THE MUSCLE; USUALLY CAUSED BY ATHEROSCLEROSIS
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CLAUDICATION
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THE OPPOSITE SIDE
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CONTRALATERAL
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PERTAINS TO THE RESTING PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE
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DIASTOLE
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A PIECE OF ISSUE, THROMBUS, AIR OR GAS THAT CIRCULATES IN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM UNTIL IT BECOMES LODGED IN A VESSEL
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EMBOLUS
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A TYPE OF CATHETER SMALL IN DIAMETER AND I BALLOON-TIPPED; USED TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF AN EMBOLUS
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FOGARTY CATHETER
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AN UNNAMED STRUCTURE; FOR EXAMPLE THE ARTERY THAT BRANCHES FROM THE ARCH OF THE AORTA AND DIVIDES INTO THE RIGHT COMMON CAROTID AND RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
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INNOMINATE
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INNER LAYER OF THE ARTERIAL VESSEL WALL
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INTIMA
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LACK OF OXYGENATED BLOOD SUPPLY TO AN AREAOR ORGAN OF THE BODY
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ISCHEMIA
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REDUCE THE EFFECTS
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MITIGATE
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PERTAINING TO DISEASE
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MORBIDITY
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PERTAINING TO DEATH
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MORTALITY
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A DRUG THAT'S A SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXANTUSED IN THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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PAPAVARINE
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THE CONDITION OF BEING WIDE OPEN
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PATENCY
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PERTAINING TO THE DIAPHRAGM
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PHRENIC
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SMALL SQUARES OF TEFLON SUTURED OVER A HOLE IN A VESSL; THEY EXERT EXTERNAL PRESSURE OVER ANY SMALL NEEDLE HOLES TO PREVENT BLEEDING AND TO PROMOTE CLOTTING; OFTEN USED IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY
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PLEDGET
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AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETERMINING AND REGISTERING VARIATIONS IN THE VOLUME OF AN EXTREMITY OR PASSING THROUGH IT; USEFUL IN PTS. WITH DIFFUSE, SMALL-VESSEL ARTERIAL DISEASE
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PLETHYSMOGRAPHY
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STATIONARY BLOOD CLOT W/IN A BLOOD VESSEL
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THROMBUS
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