Cardiovascular System
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| aneurysm | a localized dilation out of a wall of a blood vessel
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| angioplasty | surgical repair of a blood vessel
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| aorta | the main trunk from which the blood flows
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| arrhythmia | any variation from the normal heartbeat
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| arteries | the vessels that carry blood from the heart
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| arterioles | arterial branch
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| arteriosclerosis | disease thickening and loss of the elasticity of the arterial walls
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| atheroma | swelling of the artery walls
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| atherosclerosis | yellowish plaques formed in the arteries
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| atrioventricular | pertaining to the atrium and ventricle
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| bicuspid | the mitral valve: 2 cusps of the heart
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| bradycardia | slow heartbeat
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| capillaries | vessels connecting the arterioles and venules
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| cardiologist | a heart doctor
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| cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle
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| chordae tendineae | heart strings; connects heart tissue
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| coronary | pertaining to the heart
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| embolus | sudden blockage of the blood vessels
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| endocardium | the membrane lining the inner surface of the heart
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| epicardium | the layer of serous pericardium on the surface of the heart
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| infarction | necrosis caused by insufficient blood supply
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| ischemia | deficency of blood from constricted of obstructed blood vessel
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| myocardium | the thickest layer of the heart wall
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| sphygmomanometer | an instrument to measure the blood pressure
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| tachycardia | fast heartbeat
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| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of the vein caused by a clot
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| thrombus | an aggregation of blood factors
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| tricuspid | 3 cusps of the heart
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| vasoconstriction | constriction of a vessel
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| vasodilation | dilation of a vessel
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| veins | a vessel that carries blood from the heart
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| vena cava | 2 large veins that carry blood to the right side of the heart
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| ventricle | a small cavity in the heart
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| venules | small vessels that collect blood from the capillaries and join to form veins
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