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Cardiovascular System

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1. angi/o   vessel  
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2. aort/o   aorta  
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3. arteri/o   artery  
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4. ather/o   fatty (lipid) paste  
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5. atri/o   atrium  
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6cardi/o   heart  
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7. coron/o   circle or crown  
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8. phleb/o   vein  
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9. thromb/o   clot  
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10. varic/o   swollen, twisted vein  
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11. endocardium   membrane lining the cavities of the heart  
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12. epicardium   membrane forming the outer layer of the heart  
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13. interatrial septum   partition between the right and left ventricles  
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14. mitral valve   heart valve between the keft atrium and the left ventricccle  
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15. tricuspid valve   valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle  
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16. capillaries   tiny vessels that join arterioles  
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17. venules   small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins  
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18. distole   to expand; period during the heart cardiac cyce when blood enters the relaxed ventricals from the atria  
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19. systole   to contract; period during the cardiac cycle when the heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and the pulmonary artery  
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20. hypotension   low blood pressure  
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21. hypertension   high blood pressure  
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22. ischemia   decreased blood flow to tissue caused by obstruction or contraction of a blood vessel  
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23. occlusion   plugging; an obstruction or a closing off  
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24. vegetation   an abnormal growth of tissue around a valve, generally resulting from infection; to grow  
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25. anastomosis   joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other  
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26. valvuloplasty   surgical repair of a heart valve  
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28. antianginal   drug that dilates coronary arteries, restoring oxygen to the tissue to relieve the pain of angina pectoris  
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29, antiarrhythmic   drug that counteracts cardiac arrhythmia  
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30. antihypertensive   drug that lowers blood pressure  
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