LCHS_A&P_Ch 11 Word Scramble
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Pathology | Definition |
ANGINA PECTORIS | Suffocating chest pain caused by brief lack of oxygen supply to heart muscle. |
ARTHEROSCLEROSIS | Changes in the walls of large arteries consisting of lipid deposits on the the artery walls. The early stages of arteriosclerosis and increased rigidity. |
BRADYCARDIA | Slow heartbeat usually defined as a rate under 60 beats per minute. |
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | Condition in which the pumping efficiency of the heart is depressed so that circulation is inadequate to meet tissue needs. |
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE | The insidious filling of the blood vessels with fatty calcified deposits which roughens the vessels walls. |
ENDOCARDITIS | An inflammation of the inner membrane lining of the heart. |
FIBRILLATION | Irregular, uncoordinated contraction of muscle cells particularly of the heart. |
HYPERTENSION | An abnormally high blood pressure. |
HYPOTENSION | Abnormally low blood pressure. |
ISCHEMIA | A local decrease in blood supply. |
MURMUR | Abnormal or unusual heart sounds when blood becomes turbulent. |
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | A condition characterized by dead tissue areas in the myocardium caused by interruption of blood supply to the area |
VARICOSE VEINS | Overworked valves in the vein become twisted and dialated. |
PERIPHERAL CONGESTION | A form of congestive heart failure when the right side of the heart fails and blood backs up into the systemic circulation. |
PULMONARY CONGESTION | A form of congestive heart failure when the left side of the heart fails and blood backs up into the lungs. |
PULMONARY EDEMA | Increase pressure due to swollen blood vessels in the lungs leak fluid from the circulation into lung tissue; can result in a person suffocating. |
TACHYCARDIA | An abnormal excessively rapid heart rate over 100 beats per minute. |
THROMBOPHLEBITIS | An inflammation of a vein associated with blood clot formation. |
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION | Temporary low blood pressure and dizziness when a person suddenly rises from a reclining or sitting position. |
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