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Chapter 11-vocab

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What is inflammation of the vein due to a clot   Phlebitis  
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An artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs.   Pulmonary artery  
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One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.   Pulmonary Vein  
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A valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle.   Mitrial valve.  
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A contraction phase of the heartbeat.   Systole  
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Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart.   Pericardium  
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the natural pacemaker of the heart.   SA Node(Sinoatrial node)  
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Specialized tissuein the wall between the atria.Electrical impulses pass through this.   AV Node(Atrioventricular node)  
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Specialized muscle fibers connecting the atria with the ventricles and transmitting electrical impulses between them.   Bundle of His  
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Disease of the heart muscle.   Cardiomyopathy  
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A local widening of an arterial wall.   Aneurysm  
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Oxgenated blood enters the heart from the pulmonary veins.   left Atrium.  
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A thin-walled upper chamber of the heart that recieves oxygen-poor blood from the vena cava.   Right Atrium.  
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Blood that is forced through the mitral valve to where?   left ventricle.  
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Blood that is forced through the tricuspid valve to where?   Right ventricle.  
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What carries blood all over the body? It is the largest artey in the body.   Aorta  
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A pain in the chest.   Angina  
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A loss of normal flow of blood and tissues become deprived of oxygen.   Ischemia  
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A bluish-color tinge to skin from lack of oxygen.   Cyanosis  
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Pin-point hemorrhages.   Petechiae.  
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affording free passage; being open and unobstruted   patent  
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compact verson of an electrocardiograph is worn during a 24 hour period to detct cardiac arrhythmias.   holter monitor  
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drug that increases the strength and regularity of the heartbeat.   digoxin  
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pretaing to unknow cause of diease   idiopathic  
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random, rapid, ineficient, irregular contractions of the artia on ventricles.   fibrillation  
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deep vien thrombosis.   DVT  
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instrument to measure BP.   spygmomanometer  
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four separate defects of the heart occurring at birth.   tetralogy of Fallot  
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chemicals measured in the blood as evidence of a heart attack.   serum enzymes  
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echocardiography   ECHO  
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incision of a vein for the removal of blood.   phlebotomy  
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blood clot that is carried by the bloodstream from one area of the body to another where it blocks a blood vessel.   embolus  
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relating to, being the coronary arteries or veins of the heart.   coronary  
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relaxton phase of the heartbeat.   diastole  
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swollen, twisted varicose veins in the rectal region.   hemorrhoid  
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widening of a blood vessel; vasodilation.   vasodilation  
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smallest blood vessel.   capillary  
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small artery.   arteriole  
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valvelocated between right atrium and right ventricle.   tricuspid valve  
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second largest vein, returns blood to the right atrium of the heat from upper half of body.   superior vena cava.  
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