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MWP-Cardiology Dept
New Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |