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Cardiovascular Sys.
Cardiovascular System PF/SF/CT
Question | Answer |
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angio | blood or lymph vessel |
anther | plaque |
brady | slow |
diastol | dialation |
edem | swelling |
gram | something written |
lun | light |
my | muscle |
papill | nipple |
phleb | vein |
scler | hard |
systol | contraction |
tachy | rapid |
anastomosis | connection between two blood vessels |
angiospasm | muscular spasm in the wall of a blood vessel |
asystole | failure of the myocardium to contract |
cardiac tamponade | compression of the heart by fluid accumulating within the pericardial cavity |
congestive heart failure | inability of the left ventricle to pump adequate blood to cells |
phlebitis | inflammation of a vein, usually in the lower limbs |
phlebotomy | incision or puncture of a vein to withdraw blood |
sinus rhythm | the normal cardiac rhythm regulated by the S-A node |
thrombophlebitis | formation of a blood clot in a vein in response to inflammation of the venous wall |
valvotomy | incision of a valve |
venography | injection of radiopaque solution into the vascular system for x-ray examination of veins |