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50 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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CARBON DIOXIDE
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WASTE RELEASED BY THE BODY CELLS.
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DIASTOLE
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RELAXATION PHASE OF THE HEART
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ENDOCARDIUM
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INNER LINNING OF THE HEART
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ENDOTHELIUM
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INNERMOST LINING OF THE BLOOD VESSEL
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MURMUR
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AN ABNORMAL HEART SOUND CAUSED BY IMPROPER CLOSURE OF THE HEART VALVES.
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MYOCARDIUM
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MUSCLE LAYER OF THE HEART.
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SINOATRIAL NODE
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PACEMAKER OF THE HEART.
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SPHYGMOMANOMETER
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INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE.
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SYSTOLE
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CONTRACTION PHASE OF THE HEART.
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ANGI / O
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VESSEL
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ARTERI / O
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ARTERY
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ATHER / O
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YELLOWISH PLAQUE.
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ATRI / O
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UPPER HEART CHAMBER.
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BRACHI / O
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ARM
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CORON / O
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HEART
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CYAN / O
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BLUE
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MYX / O
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MUCUS
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PERICARDI / O
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PRETAINING TO THE SAC-LIKE MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE HEART.
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PHLEB / O
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VEIN
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THROMB / O
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CLOT
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VAS / O , VASCUL / O
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VESSEL
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VENTRICUL / O
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LOWER HEART CHAMBER
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FLUTTER
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RAPID BUT REGULAR CONTRACTIONS OF ATRIA OR VENTRICLES.
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FIBRILLATION
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RAPID, RAMDOM, INEFFECTUAL AND IRREGULAR CONTRACTIONS OF THE HEART.
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SEPTAL DEFECTS
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SMALL HOLES IN THE WALL BETWEEN THE HEART CHAMBERS.
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
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THE HEART IS UNABLE TO PUMP ITS REQUIRED AMOUNT OF BLOOD.
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CAD
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DISEASE OF THE VESSELS SUPPLYING THE HEART.
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ENDOCARDITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER LINING OF THE HEART CAUSED BY BACTERIA.
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MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
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IMPROPER CLOSURE OF THE BICUSPID VALVE.
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COAGULATION
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THE PROCESS OF CLOTTING.
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PERICARDITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE HEART.
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ANEURYSM
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LOCAL WIDENING OF AN ARTERY CAUSED BY WEAKNESS IN HE WALL.
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PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
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BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD VESSELS INTHE LOWER EXTREMITIES.
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RAYNAUD PHENOMENON
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BREIF EPISODES OF PALLOR AND NUMBNESS IN THE FINGERS AND TOES.
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ANGINA PECTORIS
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CHEST PAIN
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AUSCULTATION
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THE ACT OF LISTENING WITH A STETHOSCOPE.
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DIGOXIN
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DRUG USED TO CORRECT ARRHYTHMIAS
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EMBOLUS
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COLLECTION OF MATERIAL THAT TRAVEL TO AND BLOCK A VESSEL.
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INFARCTION
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AREA OF DEAD TISSUE.
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NITROGLYCERIN
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DRUG USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS.
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OCCLUSION
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CLOSURE OF A BLOOD VESSEL.
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PATENT
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OPEN
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DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
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AN INSTRUMENT USED TO FOCUS SOUND WAVES ON A BLOOD VESSEL TO DETECT ASCULAR.
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CARDIOVERSION
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DEFIBRILLATION.
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CABG
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VESSEL GRAFTS ARE ANASTOMOSED TO CORONARY ARTERIES.
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ENDARTERECTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE INNERMOST LINING OF AN ARTERY.
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PTCA
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BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY
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DVT
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DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
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PVC
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PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION.
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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
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PULSES OF ULTRASOUND ARE TRANSMITTED INTO THE CHEST.
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