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MOD 3520 WK2
WEEK 2 MOD 3520 TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THROMBOCYTES | SMALLEST FORMED ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD |
| PERICARDIUM | MEMBRANE SAC THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART |
| ANGIOSTENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING OF A VESSEL |
| PLASMAPHERESIS | THE PROCESS OF SEPERATING PLASMA FROM THE WHOLE BLOOD |
| SEPTICEMIA | BLOOD POISONING |
| CARDIOLOGY | THE STUDY OF THE HEART |
| AORTORRHAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURING OF THE AORTA |
| TACHYCARDIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF A FAST HEART |
| LEUKEMIA | A MALIGNANCY OF ABNORMAL BLOOD CELLS |
| ANEURYSMOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF AN ANEURYSM |
| CARDIOMEGELY | ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART |
| PHLEBORRHEXIS | RUPTURE OF A VEIN |
| PERICARDIECTOMY | THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE TISSUE SURROUNDING THE HEART |
| ANGIOGRAPHY | RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF BLOOD VESSELS AFTER THE INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM |
| CORONARY | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
| ANGIECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A BLOOD VESSEL |
| ARTHEROSCLEROSIS | HARDENING AND NARROWING OF THE ARTERIES CAUSED BY A BUILD UP OF CHOLESTEROL PLAQUE |
| BRADYCARDIA | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF A SLOW HEART |
| PERICARDITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERICARDIUM |
| ERYTHEROPENIA | DEFICIENCY OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
| SYSTOLIC | CONTRACTION OF THE HEART |
| DIASTOLIC | RELAXATION OF THE HEART |
| THROMBUS | A BLOOD CLOT ATTATCHED TO THE INTERIOR WALL OF AN ARTERY OR A VEIN |
| DYSCRASIA | ANY PATHOLOGIC CONDITION OF THE CELLULAR ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD |
| PHLEBOTOMY | THE PUNCTURE OF THE VEIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING BLOOD |