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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angioplasty | Surgical repair of a vessel |
| Arrhythmia | A problem with the rhythm or rate of your heart beat |
| Atherosclerosis | Thickening or hardening of the arteries |
| Auscultation | Listening to the sounds of the body during a physical examination |
| Cardiomegaly | Enlargement of the heart |
| Cardiomyopathy | Heart muscle diseases |
| Electrocardiography | Abnormal condition of blue discoloration |
| Endocarditis | A condition in which the tissues lining the inside of the heart and the heart valves become inflamed |
| Hypoxia | A condition in which there is a decrease in the oxygen supply to a tissue. |
| Ischemia | Lack of blood supply to a part of the body |
| Myocardial infarction | A medical emergency where your heart muscle begins to die because it isn't getting enough blood flow. |
| Pericardium | A fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart and the roots of the major blood vessels that extend from your heart. |
| Sinoatrial Node | Generates an electrical signal that causes the upper heart chambers (atria) to contract |
| Tachycardia | Fast heartbeat |
| Alveolus | Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles |
| Apnea | when you stop breathing while asleep |
| Atelectasis | Failure of the lung |
| Dyspnea | Shortness of breath |
| Emphysema | A disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs |
| Hemoptysis | Coughing up blood |
| Hemothorax | A collection of blood in the space between the visceral and parietal pleura |
| Orthopnea | shortness of breath that occurs while lying flat |
| Pneumonectomy | the surgical removal of the entire lung. |
| Pneumonia | an infection of one or both of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. |
| Tachypnea | Rapid breathing |
| Antibody | proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body. |
| Antigen | Any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance |
| Dyscrasia | swallowing difficulties. |
| Hematocrit | The amount of whole blood that is made up of red blood cells. |
| Hemoglobin | The oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells |
| Hemostasis | The mechanism that leads to cessation of bleeding from a blood vessel |
| Leukemia | Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue |
| Lymphocyte | A type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system |
| Pancytopenia | A condition in which there is a lower-than-normal number of red and white blood cells and platelets in the blood |
| Phagocyte | A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. |
| Thrombocytopenia | A condition that occurs when the platelet count in your blood is too low |
| Anaphylaxis | A udden, severe and life-threatening allergic reaction that involves the whole body |
| Splenomegaly | The enlargement of the spleen measured by size or weight |
| Splenectomy | An operation to remove the spleen. |
| Abduction | The motion of a limb or appendage away from the midline of the body |
| Adduction | When you move a limb/body part towards the center of the body |
| Dorsiflexion | The backward bending and contracting of your hand or foot |
| Extension | opposite of flexion |
| Flexion | A movement that decreases the angle between two body parts |
| Kyphosis | A curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back |
| Lordosis | An exaggerated inward curve of the spine that typically affects the lower back |
| Osteoarthritis | A degenerative joint disease |
| Osteomalacia | soft bone disease |
| Osteoporosis | A condition in which there is a decrease in the amount and thickness of bone tissue. |
| Polymyalgia | Many muscle pain |
| Pronation | A rotational movement of the forearm that results in the palm facing posteriorly |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | A chronic autoimmune disease that mostly affects joints |
| Scoliosis | A condition marked by a side-to-side curve of the backbone |
| Supination | rotation of the forearm |
| Thrombocyte | colorless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding |
| Leukocyte | White blood cell |
| Erythrocytes | Red blood cell |
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