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SS Words CV S2/sp24
Term | Definition |
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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 |