VARIOUS DEFINITIONS CHP 1-6 STUDY GUIDE
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| CHORDEA TENDINEAE | ROPEIIKE STRANDS ATTACHED TO THE TRICUSPID AND MITRAL HEART VALVES AND WALLS OF THE VENTRICLES KEEPING THE VALVES FIRMLY SEALED
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| VARICOSE VEIN | DAMAGED VALVES IN A VEIN THAT ALLOW BLOOD TO FLOW BACKWARD AND COLLECT IN THE PROCEEDING SECTION OFTHE VEIN
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| VEIN | COMBINING FORM: VEN/O MEANING VEIN
CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART
LOW OXYGEN
HAVE VALVES THAT KEEP BLOOD FLOWING IN ONE DIRECTION
*EXCLUDES THE PULMONARY VEINS
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| ARTERY | COMBINING FORM: ARTERI/O
CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART
HIGHLY OXYGENATED BLOOD
*EXCEPT PULMONARY ARTERY
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| PULMONARY VEIN | ANY OF THE 4 LARGE VEINS THAT CARRY OXYGENATED BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS TO THE LEFT ATRIUM OF THE HEART
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| PULMONARY ARTERY | THE LARGE ARTERY ORIGINATING FOM THE SUPERIOR SURFACE OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE THAT CARRIES DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE LUNGS FOR OXYGENATION.
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| ANEURYSM | "BALOONING ARTERY" - AREA OF DILATION AND WEAKNESS IN THE WALL OF AN ARTERY
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| BLOOD PRESSURE | THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IN THE BLOOD VESSELS. SEE ALSO HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) AND HYPOTENSION (LOW BLOOD PRESSURE)
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| SPLEEN | ORGAN IN THE LEFT UPPER PART OF THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY. PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. STORES WHOLE BLOOD. RECYCLES WHITE BLOOD CELLS.
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| ANATOMICAL POSITION | BODY IS STANDING ERECT, HEAD IS UP WITH EYES LOOKING FORWARD, ARMS ARE BY THE SIDES WITH PALMS FACING FORWARD AND LEGS ARE STRAIGHT WITH FEET FLAT ON THE GROUND AND TOES FACING FORWARD
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| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS OR EMPHYSEMA - AVEOLI IN THE LUNGS GET DAMAGED AND STRETCHED OUT CAUSING PROBLEMS BREATHING OUT. TREATED WITH PREDNISONE
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| CYSTIC FIBROSIS | CYST/O - BLADDER OR FLUID FILLED SAC
FIBR/O- FIBER
-OSIS - CONDITION OR PROCESS
Hereditary - causes a thick, sticky buildup of mucus in the lungs, pancreas, and other organs
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| PNEUMONIA | AN INFECTION THAT INFLAMES THE AIR SACS IN ONE OR BOTH LUNGS
ASPIRATION - when food, saliva, liquids, or vomit is breathed into the lungs BACTERIAL, DOUBLE, BRONCHIAL-inflammation and infection in the alveoli LOBAR, VIRAL AND WALKING PNEUMONIA
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| CULTURE VS SENSITIVITY | CULTURE IS GROWN IN A PETRIE DISH / SENSITIVITY INTRODUCES ANTIBIOTICS TO FIND WHICH ONE STOPS OR SLOWS GROWTH
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| THYMUS | JUST DEEP TO THE STERNUM. FATTY GLOB OF TISSUE RESPONSIBLE FOR T-CELL MATURATION.
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| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: HEART CAN'T PUMP ENOUGH BLOOD. BLOOD PUSHES BACKWARD INTO THE SYSTEM AND PATIENT CAN'T BREATHE.
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| MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | MY/0- MUSCLE
CARDI/O- HEART
-AL-PERTAINING TO
INFARCT/O-TISSUE DEATH
-TION-PROCESS OR CONDITION
HEART ATTACK
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| ACUTE | SUDDEN IN NATURE AND SEVERE IN INTENSITY
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| SUBACUTE | SUDDEN IN NATURE BUT LESS SEVERE INTENSITY
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| CHRONIC | CONTINUING FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS
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| EXACERBATION | SUDDEN WORSENING
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| REMISSION | TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT
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| SEQUELA | AN ABNORMAL CONDITION THAT ARISES BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL DISEASE AND REMAINS AFTER THE ORIGINAL DISEASE HAS RESOLVED
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