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Med term review

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Takes unoxygenated blood to lungs.   Pulmonary arteries  
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Deoxygenated blood enters the heart through the...   Right Atrium  
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The largest artery   Aorta  
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Supply heart with blood.   Coronary arteries  
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Middle muscle layer of heart   Myocardium  
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Heart forcing blood out/allowing blood in   Systole/diastole  
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.....Is severe pain and constriction about the heart, usually radiating from left shoulder and down left arm,creating feeling of pressure in chest   Angina pectoris  
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inflammation of linin of valves and chambers of the heart.   endocarditis  
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Another fancy pants name for a heart attack.   Myocardial Infarction  
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Hardening of the arteries   arteriosclerosis  
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One o' dem big 'ole fancy word that mean "high blood pressure"   Hypertension  
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Congenital heart anomaly consisting of four defects: pulmonary stenosis, interventricular septal defect, dextoposition, and hypertrophy of right ventricle.   Tetralogy of Fallot  
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The 6 places used to locate a pulse are called:   Temporal,radial,carotid, femoral, popliteal, brachial, dorsalis pedis  
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Diagnostic x-ray, may be used to detect aneurysms of aorta, (uses Ionizing radiation)   Computed axial tomography (CAT)  
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CT or CAT   Computed axial tomograph scan  
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CVD   cardiovascular disease  
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DOE   dyspnea on exertion  
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ECG or EKG   electrocardiogram  
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HDL   high-density lipoprotien  
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LDL   Low-density lipoprotien  
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Pacemaker of heart   sinoatrial node  
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relays electrical impulses to   arterioventricular node  
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Valve located between right atrium and right ventricle   tricuspid  
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Inflammation of sac surrounding heart   pericarditis  
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Localized dilation of artery   aneurysm  
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