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SS Words CV S2/sp24
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| to hold back blood/lack of blood flow to tissue bed | ischemia |
| formation of a blood clot | thrombosis |
| a blood clot | thrombus |
| deficient amount of clotting cells | thrombocytopenia |
| deficient amount of all cells | pancytopenia |
| phase of heart beat when contracting | systole |
| relaxation phase of heart beat when refilling | diastole |
| feeling as heart is pounding/racing/galloping | palpitations |
| to examine using touch | palpate |
| act of a vessel dilating expanding | vasodilation |
| agent that causes widening of vessels | vasodilator |
| vasoconstrictor | agent to cause narrowing |
| high blood pressure | hypertension |
| protein giving blood color and carrying oxygen | hemoglobin |
| agent to treat high blood pressure | antihypertensive |
| to control bleedingn | hemostasis |
| agent to prevent clotting | anticoagulant |
| to separate blood | hematocrit |
| anything except blood traveling in blood stream | embolus |
| blockage due to fat/air/clot lodging in small vessel | embolism |
| wall separating structures into right and left | septum |
| between the lower heart chambers | interventricular |