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72 Cards in this Set
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Tachycardia |
abnormally fast heart rhythm |
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Bradycardia |
abnormally slow heart rhythm |
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Fatty deposits |
plaque |
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Atherosclerosis |
hardening of arteries |
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Myocardial Infarction (MI) |
Heart attack |
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Regurgitation |
flowing backward |
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Thrombolytic |
dissolves clots |
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Hyperlipidemia |
excessive cholesterol |
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Phagocytic |
lymphocytes in the spleen |
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Macrocyte |
BIG cell |
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Angiogenisis |
making your own blood supply |
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Antineoplastic |
against new cells |
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Dysphasia |
difficulty speaking |
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Organs in thoracic cavity |
lungs |
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Aspiration pneumonia |
inflammation (usually due to an infection) of your lungs and bronchial tubes that occurs after you inhale foreign matter |
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Sinusitis |
inflammation of the sinuses |
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Stable angina |
chest pain or discomfort when exercising or exertion |
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Unstable angina |
chest pain or discomfort at unpredictable times |
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Endocardium |
inside heart |
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Pericardium |
outside/around heart |
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Ventricles |
muscular, located at bottom of heart, pumps oxygenated blood through arteries to rest of body
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Cardiomegaly |
enlarged heart |
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Hemotologist |
blood specialist |
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Palpitation |
pounding/racing heart beat |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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Leukocytosis |
too many (osis) white blood cells |
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Leukopenia |
too few (penia) white blood cells |
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Aplastic anemia |
bone marrow failing to produce all forms of blood elements |
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Hemolytic anemia |
spleen prematurely destroying red blood cells |
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Iron deficiency anemia |
iron deficiency causing anemia |
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Pernicious anemia |
lack of protein intrinsic factor that helps absorb Vitamin B-12 |
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Sickle cell anemia |
genetic disorder that causes abnormal hemoglobin resulting in some RBC obtaining abnormal shape |
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Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) |
test to check the electricity in the heart |
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Antihistimine |
allergy medication |
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Pelvis lymph nodes |
inguinal |
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Axillary lymph nodes |
in armpits |
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Cervical lymph nodes |
in neck & throat |
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Cardiac lymph nodes |
in heart |
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Western Blot Test |
blood test for HIV |
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Lymphadenopathy |
any disease of the lymph nodes |
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Hemolytic |
break down of blood cells |
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Is the liver part of the lymph system? |
No. |
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Functions of the lymphatic system |
filters out, picks up fat, fights/protects against disease, *does not clot blood!* |
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Oncologist |
cancer specialist |
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Therapies for cancer |
chemotherapy, immunotherapy, psychotherapy |
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Mastectomy |
surgical removal of breast |
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Hypoxemia |
too little oxygen in blood |
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Dysnea |
difficulty breathing |
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Hemothorax |
Hemo=blood/thorax=chest |
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Pneumothorax |
Pneumo=air/thorax=chest |
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Breast cancer types |
Ductal cancer in situ = earliest stage (0) Infiltration ductal cancer = invades local fatty tissue (stage I) Infiltrating/invasive lobar cancer = invasion into lymph nodes (stage II) Inflammatory breast cancer = rare, but very aggresive - pain, redness, rash, increased breast size, lymph node swelling |
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Voice disorders |
dysphonia (difficulty) aphonia (lack of) laryngitis (infl. of larynx |
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Layers of lung tissue |
1. Parietal (furthest from lung) 2. Pleural space (middle) 3. Visceral (closest to lung) |
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Bradypnea |
slow breathing pattern |
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Tachypnea |
fast breathing pattern |
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Chronic bronchitis |
inflammation of bronchi, controllable, not curable |
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Emphysema |
destruction of alveoli |
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Asthma |
inflammatory disease of airways (bronchial tubes) |
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Bronchodilator (also nebulizer) |
medicine to enlarge airways |
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Antitussive |
cough medicine |
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Locations of pneumonia |
bacterial, aspiration (usually stomach content in lungs), community-acquired (outside hospital), nosocomial (in hospital), broncho (in bronchioles), lobar (in larger areas of lungs) |
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Diagnostic tests for respiratory diseases |
spirometer, polysomnography, pulse oximeter |
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Anoxia |
anoxia |
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Laryngectomy |
surgical removal of larynx |
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Laryngotomy |
incision into larynx |
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Septoplasty |
surgical repair of septum |
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Endotracheal intubation |
tube placed into trachea |
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Lobectomy |
removal of a lung |
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Tracheostomy |
creation of an opening in trachea |
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Tracheotomy |
emergency incision into trachea |
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Thoracentesis |
removal of fluid from the chest |
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Thoracotomy |
incision into the pleural space of the chest |
