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chapter 7 vocabulary

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myocardial   heart muscle  
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myocardial infarction   heart attack  
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occusion   a blockage in a canal,vessel or passage of the body  
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capillary   the smallest blood vessels  
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arterioles   the smallest of the arteries  
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atria   the lower chamber of the heart  
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diuretic   agent used to reduce the blood volume  
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triglyceride   fatty substance in the body  
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lipiod   fatty substance in the body  
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antiarrhythmic   drugs used to correct an abnormal heart rhythm  
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homeostasis   equilibrum of the internal environment of the body  
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ischemia   temporary deficency of blood supply to any body part  
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vasodilation   an increase in the diameter of a blood vessel  
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phlebectomy   the surgical removel of a vein or part of a vein  
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fibrillation   severe cardiac arrhythmic in which contractions are to rapid for effective blood circulation  
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cardioversion   restoring hearts normal rhythm by applying a controlled electric shock to the exterior of the chest  
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murmur   soft blowing, fluttering sound in heart  
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tachycardia   rapid heart rate  
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myocarditis   inflammation of the heart muscle  
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pericarditis   inflammation of the pericardium  
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