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| vas/o vascul/o | vessel
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| ven/o ven/i | vein
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| ventricul/o | ventricle, lower pumping chamber of the heart
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| sphygm/o | pulse
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| steth/o | chest
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| thromb/o | clot
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| valvu/o valv/o | valve
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| cholesterol/o | choesterol, a liquid substance
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| cyan/o | blue
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| myx/o | mucus
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| ox/o | oxygen
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| pericardi/o | pericardium
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| phleb/o | vein
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| rrhythm/o | rythm
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| ather/o | yellowish plaque of fatty substance
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| atri/o | atrium, upper receiving heart chamber
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| brachi/o | arm
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| cardi/o | heart
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| angio | vessel ,tube carrying liquid
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| aort/o | aorta, largest artery of body
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| arter/o arteri/o | artery
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -oma | tumor, mass ,swelling
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| ectomy | removal, excision, reection
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -pathy | disease, emotion
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| -brady | slow
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| -tachy | fast
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| hyper | above, excessive
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| -sis | state of condition
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -lysis | breakdown, seperation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -constriction | tighten or narrow
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| -peri | around
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| Pulmonary artery | Artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs
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| Pulmonary circulation | Flow of the blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart.
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| Pulmonary valve | Valve positioned between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
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| Pulmonary vein | One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygented blood form the lungs to the left atrium o the heart.
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| Pulse | Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
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| Septum Septae (plural) | Partition or wall deviding a cavity; such as between the right and left atria (interarterial septum) and right and left ventricles (interventricular eptum).
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| Sinoarterial node (SA node) | Pacemaker of the heart.
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| Sphygmomanometer | Instrument to measure blood pressure.
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| Systemic circulation | Flow of the blood from body tissue to the heart and then from the heart back to body tissue.
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| Valve | Structure n veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction.
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| Vein | Thin-walled vessel that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart. Veins contain valves to prevent backflow of blood.
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| Venule | Small vein
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| Tricuspid valve | Located between that right atrium and the right ventricle; it has three (tri) leafets, or cusps.
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| Ventricle | One of 2 lower chambers of the heart.
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| Vena cava Venae cavae (plural) | Largest vein in the body. The superior nd inferior venae cave return blood to the right atrium of the heart.
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| Systole | Contraction phase of the heartbeat. From the greek systole, a contracting
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| Thrombus | bloodclot
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| Embolus | moving boodclot
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| Carditis | inflamation of the heart
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| Bacterial Endocarditis | Inflammation of the linning of the heart because of a bacterial infection
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| endocarditis | inflammation of the inner linning of the heart
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| mycarditis | inflammation of the heart muscle
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| pericarditis | inflammation of the pericardium
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| Angiospasm | spasmodic contraction of blood vessels
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| Arteriosclerosis | Abnormal hardening of the arteries
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| Angiostenosis | narrowing of blood vessele
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| Angina pectoris | cruhing, severe chest pain because of temporary lack of blood flow to the heart muscle. Low oxygene suppy
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| Treatment Angina | nitroglycerin
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| Diastole | Relaxing of the heart
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| Cardiomyopathy | any disease of the cardiac muscle
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| Hemostasis | process which causes bleeding to stop
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| aneurysm | localized weak spot in the wall of an artery
usually caused by atherosclerosis
can cause death
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| Vericose veins | abnormally wooen veins die to faillure of valves
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| Phlebitis | inflammation of vein
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| Ischemia | reduced blood flow or temporary deficiency in blood flow.
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| Cause of ischemia | blockage or narrowing o blood vessel, clots or atheromas.
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| Atria | one of two upper chambers of the heart, receiving chamber
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| Ventricle | one of two lower chambers of the heart
reveive blood from the atrium
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| plasma | liquid portion of blood
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| Coronary arteries | blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart
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| pericardium | double layered membrane surrounding the heart
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| leukocyte | white blood cell
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| erythrocyte | red blood cell
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| thrombocyte | platlettes
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| Bundle of HIS | devides into the left bundle branch and the right bundle branch which form the conduction myofibers that extend through the ventricle wall and contract on stimulation
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| Purkinje fibers | located in the inner ventricle wall of the heart.
Allow the hearts conduction system fo create synchronized contractions of its ventricles to maintain regular rhythm.
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| Sino-atrial node | pace maker of the heart
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| Atrio-ventricular node | specialized tissue in the wall between the atria
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| heart attack | congestive heart failure
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| arrhythmia | abnormal heart rhythms
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| Bradycardia | fast heart beat
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| Tachycardia | slow heart beat
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| sphygmomanometer | to measure pulse
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| Angiitis | inflammation of blood vessels
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| endarterectomy | Surgical removal of plaque from the inner layer of the artery
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| Cartoid endarterectomy | removal of fatty deposit blocking the cartoid artery
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| atherectomy | removal of a fatty plaque in an artery
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| arteriectomy | removal of atheromatous plaque from within a blood vessel
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| aneurymectomy | repair weak area of the aorta
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