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MWP-Cardiology Dept
New Words
Question | Answer |
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Artery | Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart |
Cardiomyopathy | Disease of the heart muscle |
Chest (thorax) | Part of the body cavity between the neck and the diaphragm (the midriff) |
Conception | Start of pregnancy when a male cell fertilises a female cell in the fallopian tube |
Hypertension | High blood pressure |
Membrane | Thin layer of tissue surrounding part or the whole of an organ |
Muscle | Tissue with the power to contract - enables the body to move |
Oxygen | Odourless and colourless gas that is essential to most forms of life |
Plaque | Flat or raised patches on the moist memberane lining tubular structures |
Therapy | Treatment of a disease |
Toxic | Poisonous |
Vein | Blood vessel carrying blood towards the heart |
Womb (uterus) | Part of the female reproductive organs; where the growing foetus (unborn child) is nourished from its mother's blood |