MA Anatomy and Physiology Terms
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| show | A localized dilation of a weakened area of the wall of an artery. The area balloons out with every pulsation of artery.
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| show | Fatty deposits building up within the inner layers of the walls of larger arteries. Hardening of the arteries. A form of arteriosclerosis.
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| show | An abnormal sound or murmur heard when listening to a carotid artery, organ or gland by auscultation.
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| show | Cramplike pain in the calves caused by poor circulation to the muscles of the legs. Associated with atherosclerosis.
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| Coronary artery | show 🗑
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| Cusp | show 🗑
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| Dependent edema | show 🗑
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| show | The period of relaxation of the heart, alternating with the contraction phase (systole).
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| Dysrhythmia | show 🗑
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| Edema | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
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| show | Elevated blood pressure persistently higher than 135/85 mmHg; aka arterial hypertension.
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| Infarction | show 🗑
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| show | The area between the lungs in the chest cavity that contains the heart, aorta, trachea, esophagus and bronchi.
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| Murmur | show 🗑
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| show | The middle muscular layer of the heart.
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| show | Closure, state of being closed.
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| Pacemaker | show 🗑
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| Palpitation | show 🗑
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| Pericardium | show 🗑
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| Pitting edema | show 🗑
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| Pulmonary artery | show 🗑
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| show | The circulation of deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation and back to left atrium. ~Heart~Lungs~Heart
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| Pulmonary vein | show 🗑
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| SA node | show 🗑
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| show | The wall that divides or seperates two cavities. Interatrial, atrioventricular, interventricular.
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| Systemic circulation | show 🗑
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| show | The contraction phase of the heartbeat forcing blood into the aorta and pulmonary arteries. Systole is marked by the first sound heard on auscultation, after the BP cuff is released.
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| show | Narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel.
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| show | An abnormal growth of tissue around a valve.
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| show | Loss of Appetite.
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| Anxiety | show 🗑
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| Bradycardia | show 🗑
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| Chest pain | show 🗑
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| show | Slightly bluish, grayish, or dark discoloration of the skin due to abnormal amounts of reduced hemoglobin.
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| show | Air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing, sometimes painful.
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| show | Feeling of tiredness or weariness resulting from continued activity or as a side effect from some psychotropic drug.
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| Fever | show 🗑
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| Headache | show 🗑
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| show | Unpleasant sensation, usually preceding vomiting.
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| Pallor | show 🗑
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| show | Perspiration. Liquid secreted by the sweat glands.
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| show | Abnormally rapid heart rate, usually a rate over 100 bpm.
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| Vomiting | show 🗑
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| show | Lack of physical strength or vigor.
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| Angina pectoris | show 🗑
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| Cardiomyopathy | show 🗑
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| Congestive heart failure | show 🗑
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| show | Narrowing of the coronary arteries to the extent that adequate blood supply to myocardium is prevented.
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| show | Inflammation of the membrane lining of the valves and chambers of the heart.
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| show | Drooping of one or both cusps of the mitral valve back into the left atrium during ventricular systole, resulting in incomplete closure of the valve.
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| Myocardial infarction | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the myocardium.
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| show | Inflammation of the percardium (the membrane that covers the heart muscle)
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| show | Inflammatory disease that may develop as a delayed reaction to insufficiently treated group A Strep infection of the upper respiratory tract.
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| show | Thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries. aka Hardening of the arteries.
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| Essential hypertension | show 🗑
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| show | Caused by complications from a primary cause such as pregnancy or kidney disease.
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| show | Severe and rapidly progressive high blood pressure, characterized by a diastolic pressure higher than 120 mmHg, severe headaches, confusion and blurred vision.
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| show | Intermittent attacks of vasoconstriction of the arterioles (causing pallor of the fingers or toes), followed by cyanosis and then redness.
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| show | Inflammation of a vein associated with the formation of a thrombus.
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| Varicose veins | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal circulatory condition characterized by decreased return of venous blood from the legs to trunk of body.
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| show | Condition in which the contractions of the atria become extremely rapid, at the rate of between 250 and 350 bpm.
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| show | Extremely rapid, incomplete contractions of the atria resulting in disorganized and uncoordinated twitching of the atria. Between 120-200 bpm.
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| Ventricular fibrillation | show 🗑
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| Angiography | show 🗑
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| Cardiac catheterization | show 🗑
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| show | Blood obtained by venipuncture to determine the presence of damage to the myocardial muscle. Enzymes will be elevated 4-6 hrs after an attack and would peak at 18-24 hrs.
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| Echocardiography | show 🗑
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| Electrocardiogram | show 🗑
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| Event monitor | show 🗑
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| show | A means of assessing cardiac function, by subjecting the patient to carefully controlled amounts of physical stress.
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| show | Small portable device for monitoring the electical activity of the heart over a 24 hour period of time. It is used to detect dysrhythmias or evidence of ischemia.
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| Defibrillator | show 🗑
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| Tallium stress test | show 🗑
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