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Cardio terms

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Angio   Vessel  
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Ather   Porridge.. ex.deposits of plaque in arteries  
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Brady   Slow.... ex.abnormally slow heartbeat  
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Diastol   Dilation.. ex.blood pressure when ventricle of the heart is relaxed  
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Edem   Swelling, ex. accumulation of fluids in the tissue that causes them to swell  
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Gram   Something written.. ex.recording of the electrical changes in the myocardium during a cardiac cycle..  
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Lun   Moon, Cresent shaped..  
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Myo   Muscle  
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Papill   Nipple.. ex.small mound of muscle projecting into a ventricle of the heart  
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Phleb   Vein  
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Scler   Hard...ex.loss of elasticity and hardening of blood vessel wall.  
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Syn   Together... ex.mass of merging cells that act together  
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Systol   Contraction...ex.pressure blood pressure resulting from a single venticular contraction.  
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Tachy   Rapid, faster than normal heart rate  
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Heart   Hollow, cone shaped muscular group.  
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Pulmonary circuit   Sends oxygen poor blood to the lungs  
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Systemic circuit   Sends oxygen rich blood and nutrients to all body cells and removes waste  
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Pericardium   Is a covering that encloses the heart and the proximal ends of the large blood vessels to which it's attached  
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Epicardium   Protects the heart by reducing friction  
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Myocardium   Middle layer of heart wall, is thick and consists largely of the cardiac muscle tissue that pumps blood out of heart chamber  
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Endocardium   Inner layer of heart, consists of epithelium and underlying connective tissue that contains many elastic and collagen fibers.  
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What vessels enters the skull to reach the brain   Internal Carotid  
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Process by which a cell removes and destroys foreign particles from fluid (blood, lymph interstitial fluid)   Phagocytosis  
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Where do B Cells or B lymphocytes mature.   Red Bone Marrow  
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The thymus gland is found   In the mediastinum  
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The term for a disease causing organism or chemical.   Pathogen  
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