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blood vessels

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blood vessels   arteries, arterioles, capillaries, veinules, veins  
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arteries, arterioles, capillaries, veinules, veins, heart   are a closed system  
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capillaries   exchange happens in capillaries  
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arteries + arterioles   4 functions, 1)carry blood away from heart. 2)carry oxygenated blood except pulmonary arteries. 3)contain blood under highest pressure. 4)have thick muscular elastic walls.  
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lumen   hollow part of artery  
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arteriosclerosis   hardening of artery, if the walls of the artery harden  
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atherosclerosis   lumen fills up with fatty material (plague) - repaired by bypass surgery  
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veins + veinules   5 functions. 1)carry blood toward the heart. 2)carry unoxygenated blood except pulmonary vein. 3)contain blood under low pressure. 4)have thin walls,little muscle. 5)veins have oneway valve that prevents back flow of blood  
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capillaries   1)smallest vessels, 2)place where gas exchange takes place. 3)thinnest walls 1cell thick.4)form extensive networks(capillary beds  
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exchange   law of diffusion makes the change happen. body of cells o2 out of cap.+ co2 into. lungs o2 into cap co2 out of cap.  
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common coratid   carry blood to head  
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brachial artery   bring blood to arm  
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aortic arch   aortic foms loops run down next to spine  
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phrenic artery   diaphram  
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hepatic artery   liver  
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gastric artery   stomach  
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mesentreric artery   stomach  
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splenic artery   spleen  
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pancreatic artery   pancreas  
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removal artery   kidneys  
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lumbar   spine, muscles of lower back  
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pulmanary artery   lungs  
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iliac artery   legs  
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femoral artery   thigh  
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coronary arteries   nourishes the heart muscles  
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dorsal or descending aorta   main then branch off  
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vein's   all the same eccept the ones in the neck  
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neck   jugular vein, drains, head region, superior vena cavae, inferior vena cavae  
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phrenic vein   diaphram  
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gastric vein   stomach  
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messentenic vein   messentary  
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coronary veins   nourishes heart  
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pulse   heart rate, felt in artery  
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heart rate   systole+ diastole. 120/80 is average= mm of mercury  
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systole   heart contraction top # systolic pressure  
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diastole   heart contraction bottom # diastolic pressure  
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high blood pressure   hyper tension  
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low blood pressure   hypotension  
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fast heart rate   brady cardia  
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MI   myo/cardio/infarction= death of heart muscles  
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coronary thrombosis   blockage(clot) in coronary artery  
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black out   blood collects in lower part of the body= faint  
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red out   blood gets forced into head region =faint  
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muscle bound heart   idiopathic/hypertrophic/cardio/myopathy  
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sinus arrythmia   irregular heart beat  
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heart murmur   leaky heart valve  
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foramen ovale   hole in heart septum  
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wenckebach phenomenon   heart skips a beat  
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circus movement   enlarged heart, several small beats  
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stroke (cva)   broke or block vessels in brain  
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aneurysm   weak spot in wall of an artery  
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phlebitis   inflammation of vein  
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TIA   transischemic attacks "little strokes"  
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tetrology of fallot   heart displaced toward the right side of your chest  
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congestive heart failure (CHF)   pulmanary edema, failure of the left side of heart, blood backs up into lung, fluid leaves the blood, enters the lung =drown  
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angina   chest pain- partial blockage constriction of coronary arteries  
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