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vascular system
| anastomosis/anastomoses | communication of a blood vessel with another blood vessel by a connecting channel |
| arteriole | smaller artery that branches off an artery and connects with a capillary |
| artery | types of blood vessel that carries blood away from heart |
| atherosclerosis | the narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque |
| bacteremia | bacteria traveling within the vascular system |
| capillary | smaller blood vessels that branches off an arteriole to supply blood directly to tissue |
| carotid pulse | reliable pulse palpated from the common carotid artery |
| embolus/emboli | foreign material or thrombus traveling the blood can block the vessel |
| hematoma | bruise that results when a blood vessel is injured and as small amount of blood escapes into the surrounding tissue and clots |
| hemorrhage | large amounts of blood that escape into the surrounding tissue without clotting when a blood vessel is seriously injured |
| plaque | substance which consists of cholesterol (mainly) calcium clotting proteins and other substances that can be found lining arteries |
| plexus | network of blood vessels usually veins |
| thrombus | clot that forms on the inner blood vessel wall |
| vein | type of blood vessel that travels to the heart carrying blood |
| venous sinuses | blood filled space between two layers of tissue |
| venule | smaller vein that drains capillaries of the tissue area and then joins larger veins |