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Cardiovascualr
pertaining to the heart and vessels
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Cardi/o
combining form for heart
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Thoracic/ chest cavity
where the heart is located
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pericardium
a double walled membrane surrounding the heart
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myocardium
middle and thickest layer of the heart. (actual heart muscle)
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endocardium
inner layer of the heart, lines the heart chambers and vavles
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Coronary arteries
ateries that serve the heart
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Atrium/ atria
craniodorsal chambers of the heart
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atri/o
combining form for atria
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Ventricals
caudoventrical chanbers of the heart
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Vetrincal/o
combining form for ventrical
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apex
the narrow tip of the heart
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valv/o,
combining form for valve
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valvul/o
combining form for valvle
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heartbeat
the rate of the heart rythm
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cardiac output
volume of blood pumped by the heart per unit time
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inotropy
force of contraction
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sinus rythm
normal heart rhythm
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arrhythmia
abnormal rhythm of the heart
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fibrillation
rapid /random heart beat
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bradycardia
abnormally slow heart beat
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tachycardia
abnormmaly rapid heart beat
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syncope
tempory suspesion of respiration and circulation
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ausculatation
act of listening to the body sounds and usually involves the use of a stethoschope
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Stethosope
intrument used to listen
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heart murmur
abnormal sound associated with the turbulent flow of blood
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insufficiency
leak in valve resulting in inability to perform at the proper level
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thrill
vibration felt in a palpation
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angi/o, vas/o
combining form for vessel
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intravenious
within the vein
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perivascular
around the vein
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intra-arterial
within the artery
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lumen
openeing of valves through which fluid flows
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vasoconstrictors
things that narrow the blood vessel's diameter
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vasodilators
things that widen the blood vessel's diameter
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arteries
are vessels that carry blood away form the heart
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arteri/0
combinng form for artery
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aorta
main trunk of the aterial system that begins from the left ventrical to the heart
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aort/o
combining form for arota
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perfusion
blood flow through tissues
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capillary refil time
putting pressure to the mucas membrane and timing how long it takes for the pink color to return
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veins
form a low pressure collecting system that retuns blood throughout the body
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ven/o, pheleb/o
combining form for vein
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Jugular vein
drains the head and neck area
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blood pressure
the tension exerted by blood on the arterial walls
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pulse
the rhythmic expansion and contraction of an artery produced by pressure
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sphygmomanometer
measures the amound of pressure excerted against the walls of the vesels
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sphygm/o
combining form for pulse
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man/o
combining form for pressure
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systolic pressure
occurs when ventricals contract
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diastolic pressure
occurs when ventricals relax
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hypertension
high blood pressure
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hypotension
low blood pressure
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echocaridiography
process of evalutating the heart sturctures using sound waves
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electrocardiogram
record of electricty activity of the heart (ECG or EKG)
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electrocariography
process of recording electricity activiy in the heart
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electrocardiograph
machine that records the electricity levels in the heart
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radiography
procedures of imaging graphs by exposing sensitized film to x rays
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radiograph
resulting film from radiography
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tourniquet
consrticting band tied around limb to stop blood or to assist in drawing blood.
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aneurysm
localized balloonlike enlargerment of an artery
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angiopathy
desease of vessels
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arther/o
comning form for plaque or fatty substance
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