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MOD 3520 WK2
WEEK 2 MOD 3520 TERMINOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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THROMBOCYTES | SMALLEST FORMED ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD |
PERICARDIUM | MEMBRANE SAC THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART |
ANGIOSTENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING OF A VESSEL |
PLASMAPHERESIS | THE PROCESS OF SEPERATING PLASMA FROM THE WHOLE BLOOD |
SEPTICEMIA | BLOOD POISONING |
CARDIOLOGY | THE STUDY OF THE HEART |
AORTORRHAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURING OF THE AORTA |
TACHYCARDIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF A FAST HEART |
LEUKEMIA | A MALIGNANCY OF ABNORMAL BLOOD CELLS |
ANEURYSMOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF AN ANEURYSM |
CARDIOMEGELY | ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART |
PHLEBORRHEXIS | RUPTURE OF A VEIN |
PERICARDIECTOMY | THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE TISSUE SURROUNDING THE HEART |
ANGIOGRAPHY | RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF BLOOD VESSELS AFTER THE INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM |
CORONARY | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
ANGIECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A BLOOD VESSEL |
ARTHEROSCLEROSIS | HARDENING AND NARROWING OF THE ARTERIES CAUSED BY A BUILD UP OF CHOLESTEROL PLAQUE |
BRADYCARDIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF A SLOW HEART |
PERICARDITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERICARDIUM |
ERYTHEROPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
SYSTOLIC | CONTRACTION OF THE HEART |
DIASTOLIC | RELAXATION OF THE HEART |
THROMBUS | A BLOOD CLOT ATTATCHED TO THE INTERIOR WALL OF AN ARTERY OR A VEIN |
DYSCRASIA | ANY PATHOLOGIC CONDITION OF THE CELLULAR ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD |
PHLEBOTOMY | THE PUNCTURE OF THE VEIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING BLOOD |