| Term | Definition |
| Iron deficiency anemia | not having enough iron in your blood, also have the inability to absorb iron |
| Aplastic anemia | a condition where the bone marrow doesn’t make enough new blood cells |
| Pernicious anemia | a decrease in red blood cells that occurs when your intestines cannot properly absorb
vitamin B12 |
| Sickle cell anemia | the RBCs in the person are sickle or crescent shaped,due to the hemoglobin being mishapen |
| Cooley ’s anemia | -cause the body to make fewer healthy red blood cells and less hemoglobin than normal
-is a blood disorder that is passed down(inherited)
- another of Thalassemia |
| Polycythemia & Thrombocytopenia | -A blood disorder in which your bone marrow synthesizes to many red blood cells
-A disorder in the blood when you have an abnormally low blood platelet count |
| Contusions & Hematomas | -a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured
-Localized clotted mass of blood found in an organ or tissue or space it is usually clotted |
| Embolism & Thrombus | -An obstruction of an artery, typically in a clot of blood or an air bubble
-blood clot formed in the veins |
| Hemophilia | is an inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot properly |
| Leukemia | is cancer in the blood,occurs in bone marrow where blood cells are made |
| Multiple myeloma | is cancer of the plasma cells |
| Septicemia | presence of pathogenic (disease producing) organisms or toxins in the blood |
| Aneurysm | a balloon-like bulge in an artery |
| Angina pectoris | is commonly known as chest pain, when blow flow to the heart is decreased |
| Arrhythmia's | is a when the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm |
| Arteriosclerosis & Atherosclerosis | - Thickening of the walls of the arteries as one ages due to the lose of elasticity in the artery walls
-Deposits of fatty substances form along the walls of the arteries causing a narrowing of the blood vessel opening. This interferes with the supply |
| Coronary artery disease | is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart |
| Hypertension | - is also known as high blood pressure, its when the arteries have consent elevated blood pressure
- it's usually 140/90 or above |
| Heart Failure & Pulmonary edema | -Heart Failure is when the ventricles are unable to contract
effectively, leaving pooling blood in the chambers.
-Pulmonary Edema is when an abnormal buildup of fluid in the
air sacs of the lungs, which leads to shortness of breath. |
| Peripheral vascular disease | the narrowing of the arteries in the leg, lack of blood flow in legs |
| Murmurs | is when your heart has an abnormal sound beat or sometimes is can be a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves. |
| Myocardial infarction | commonly known as a heart attack, when a coronary artery become completely block this occurs |
| Transient ischemic attacks & cerebral vascular accidents | -temporary interruption of blood flow (ischemia) to the brain, caused by build up plaque in carotid
-sudden interruption of the blood flow to the brain, lose oxygen to brain cell, instant death |
| Varicose veins | swollen veins, from a slowing blood flow to the heart, very noticeable |
