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Cardiovascular
| Questiony | Answer |
|---|---|
| artery | are blood vessels that care oxygenated blood. |
| venous means | pertaining to a vein |
| arterial means | pertaining to an artery |
| arterioles are | small arteries |
| arteriolitis means | inflammaton of a small arteries (arterioles) |
| Phleb/o or ven/o means | vein |
| phlebotomy means | surgical incision of a vein |
| venue means | is a small vein |
| capillaries are | the smallest of the arteries and veins |
| aortogram | a record of the aorta |
| pericardium | pertaining to the sac around the heart |
| epicardium | pertaining to the outer layer of the heart. |
| myocardium | pertaining to the muscle layer of the heart |
| endocardium | pertaining to the inner layer of the heart. |
| tacy cardia | condition of fast heart (pulse) |
| cardiovascular | pertaining to the heart and (blood) vessels |
| vas/o, vascul/o, angi/o all mean | (blood) vessel(s) |
| vasodilations | increased diameter of a blood vessel |
| vasoconstriction | decreased diameter of a blood vessel |
| lumen and lumina mean | the inside diameter of a vessel or tube. |
| vascular | pertaining to a blood vessel |
| angiogram | a record of a blood vessel |
| lumph | is a immune tissue |
| lumphoma | tumor or mass of the lumph |
| lymphodenitis | inflammation of a lumph glands |
| lymphadenography | process of recording lymph nodes and glands |
| lymphangiongram | a record of the lymph vessels |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
| erythrocytes | RBC's carry o2 and co2 |
| thrombosis (thrombus) | abnormal condition of (pertaining to) a clot. |
| penia | deficiency |
| leukocytopenia | a deficiency of leukocytes (wbc's) white blood cells |
| plasma | is a liquid portion of the blood (serum) |
| apheresis | remove |
| plasmapheresis | remove plasma (return blood cells to patient) |
| poiesis | formation |
| hematopoisesis | the formation of blood. |
| myelogenic | pertaining to creation by the bone marrow |
| erythropoises | the formation of erythrocytes (rbc's) |
| leukopoises | the formation of leukocytes (white blood cells) |
| thrombopoiesis | the formation of thrombocytes(clot cells) |
| thrombocytes are | aka platelets |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| arteriosclerosis | abnormal condition of harding of the arteries. will cause arterial stenosis (narrowing) |
| atherosclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening of the arteries caused by fatty plaque. |
| ather/o means | fatty plaque |
| hypercholesterolemia | a blood condition of excessive cholesterol Cholesterol is one type of fat (lipid) |
| echocardiogram | a record of the heart using sound |
| sonogram | a record using sound waves |
| seth/o | thorax chest) |
| stethoscope | an instrument used for a ausculation of body sound (thorax) |
| auscultation means | listening with a stethoscope |
| valvulities | inflammation of a valve |
| aden/o | gland |
| lymphadenopathy | disease condition (edema) of the lymph glands. |
| hemorrhoids are | swollen twisted veins of the anal region. |
| hemorrhoidectomy | excision of a hemorrhoid |
| angiocarditis | inflammation of a heart vessel |
| angioma | tumor or mass or a blood vessel |
| angiospasm | involuntary muscle contraction of a blood vessel. |
| angiostenosis | narrowing of a blood vessel |
| aortic stenosis | pertaining to narrowing of the aorta. |
| arterorrhexis | rupture of an artery |
| atriogentricular defect | flaw between an atrium and ventricle |
| sternotomy | surgical incision of the sternum (breast bone) |
| bacterial endocarditis | inflammation of the innter lining of the heart endocardium caused by bacteria. |
| cardiodynia | pain in the heart |
| cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart. |
| cardiomyopathy | disease condion of the heart muscles. |
| cardiovalvulitis | inflammation of a valve of the heart. |
| coronary ischemia | starvation of the oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. |
| coronary thrombosis | abnormal condition of a clot in a coronary artery. |
| the cornary ateries are? | the vessels that deliver oxygenated blood to the heart tissue itself. |
| angiography | process of recording a blood vessel |
| balloon angioplasy | surgical repair of the blood vessel using a catheter with an inflatable balloon. |
| catheter is? | a small flexible tube |
| Percutaneous Transluminal Cornary Angioplasty PTCA | surgical repair of a coronary vessel using a balloon. |
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