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VARIOUS DEFINITIONS CHP 1-6 STUDY GUIDE

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CHORDEA TENDINEAE   show
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show DAMAGED VALVES IN A VEIN THAT ALLOW BLOOD TO FLOW BACKWARD AND COLLECT IN THE PROCEEDING SECTION OFTHE VEIN  
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show 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   show
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show 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   show
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show "BALOONING ARTERY" - AREA OF DILATION AND WEAKNESS IN THE WALL OF AN ARTERY  
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show THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IN THE BLOOD VESSELS. SEE ALSO HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) AND HYPOTENSION (LOW BLOOD PRESSURE)  
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show 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   show
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show 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   show
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show 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   show
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THYMUS   show
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show CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: HEART CAN'T PUMP ENOUGH BLOOD. BLOOD PUSHES BACKWARD INTO THE SYSTEM AND PATIENT CAN'T BREATHE.  
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show MY/0- MUSCLE CARDI/O- HEART -AL-PERTAINING TO INFARCT/O-TISSUE DEATH -TION-PROCESS OR CONDITION HEART ATTACK  
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ACUTE   show
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SUBACUTE   show
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show CONTINUING FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS  
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EXACERBATION   show
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REMISSION   show
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SEQUELA   show
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