Chapter 19 Vocabulary
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| pulmonary | having to do with the lungs
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| cardio/cardiac | having to do with the heart
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| stroke | blood clot or hemorrhage/bleeding in the brain
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| stent | a wire mesh tube used to prop open an artery that has been widened by angioplasty
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| septum | wall of muscle that separates the left and right sides of the heart
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| valve | flap of tissue that helps keep blood flowing in one direction
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| natural pacemaker | mass tissue in the right atrium that regulates the heartbeat
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| artery | a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
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| capillary | a microscopic thin-walled blood vessel
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| aneurysm | a swollen, blood-filled weak spot in the wall of a blood vessel
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| angioplasty | medical procedure in which a tiny balloon is used to widen/open partially clogged arteries
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| vein | a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
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| lymphatic system | carries lymph through a network of lymph capillaries and vessels, and drains it into large veins near the heart; help fight infections and disease
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| lymph nodes | bean-shaped organs found throughout the body that filter out microorganisms and foreign materials taken up by lymphocytes
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| lymphocyte | a type of white blood cell that fights infection
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| hemoglobin | a part of a red blood cell that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide; made of an iron compound that gives blood its red color
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| plasma | liquid part of blood, made mostly of water, in which oxygen, nutrients, and minerals are dissolved
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| lymph | tissue fluid that has diffused into lymphatic capillaries
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| pulmonary circulation | the flow of blood through the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
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| systemic circulation | when oxygen-red blood moves to all the body organs and tissues except for the heart
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| coronary circulation | the flow of blood to and from the tissues of the heart
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| atriums/atria | upper heart chambers that collect blood (contract at the same time)
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| platelets | irregularly shaped cell fragments that help clot blood
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| ventricles | lower heart chambers that pump blood (contract at the same time)
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