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Epicardium
Cover the outer surface of the heart
Arteries
carries blood away from heart.
carries oxygenated blood
Anastomosis
Surgical connection between blood vessels or the joining of 1 hollow or tubular organ to another
Bradycardia
Slow heart rate
Myocardium
Muscular, middle layer of the heart
hepatic portal vein
forms through the fusion of superior mesenteric & splenic veins
empties into the liver capillaries
Diastole
[heart is larger] relaxation phase of the heart
Murmura
soft blowing or rasping sound heard by auscultation of various of various parts of the body, especially in the heart
Arterioslcerosis
a condition of hardening of an artery
cardiotonic
pertaining to increasing the tone of the heart, type of medication
vasodilator
a nerve or agent that causes dilation of blood vessels
tachycardia
fast heart rate
systole
[heart is smaller] contraction phase of heart
angin [word part]
to choke
mano [word part]
thin
phono [word part]
sound
-emia
blood condition
veins
carry blood TO heart
carry deoxgenated blood
thrombosis
a condition in which there is a blood clot within the vascular system; a stationary blood clot
hemagioma
a benign tumor of a blood vessel
bruits
noise, a sound of venous or arterial origin heard on auscultation
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MOD D unit 1 vocab.
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Circulatory system vocab.
Updated
2010-03-10T03:28:23Z
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