CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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ANASTOMOSIS - END TO END UNION OF TWO HOLLOW TUBES
ANGINA - CHEST PAIN
ANGINA PECTORIS - CHEST PAIN
ANGIOGRAM - AN X-RAY OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS
ANGIORRHAPHY - SUTURING OF A BLOOD VESSEL
ANTIANGINAL - MEDICATION THAT RELIEVES ANGINA
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES - MEDICATION THAT REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE
AORTA - LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY
AORTOSTENOSIS - NARROWING OF THE AORTA
ARTERIOLITIS - INFLAMMATION OF AN ARTERIOLE
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES DUE TO PLAQUE
ATHEROSCLEROSIS - FORMATION OF FATTY PLAQUE ON THE WALLS ON THE ARTERIES
ATRIA - THE UPPER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
ATRIOVENTRICULAR - PERTAINING TO THE ATRIA AND VENTRICLES
ATRIUM - AN UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HEART
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY - INSERTION OF AN INFLATABLE BALLOON INTO AN ARTERY
TO WIDEN THE LUMEN
BIFURCATE – THE ABILITY OF A BLOOD VESSEL TO BECOME SMALLER
CAPILLARIES - MICROSCOPIC BLOOD VESSELS THAT JOIN ARTERIOLES AND VENULES.
ALSO KNOWN AS EXCHANGE VESSELS
CARDIAC - PERTAINING TO THE HEART
CARDIAC COMPRESSIONS - TO SQUEEZE THE HEART BETWEEN THE STERNUM AND THE
SPINE
CARDIOMEGALY - ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART
CARDIOMYOPATHY - ANY DISEASE OF THE HEART MUSCLE
CARDIOPLASTY - SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE HEART
CARDIORRHAPHY - SUTURING OF THE HEART
CARDIOTOMY - SURGICAL INCISION INTO THE HEART
CARDIOVERSION - CONVERSION OF THE HEART TO A REGULAR RHYTHM
COARCTATION - NARROWING OF A BLOOD VESSEL
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE - FAILURE OF THE HEART TO PUMP REQUIRED AMOUNTS
OF BLOOD
CORONARY ARTERIES – SUPPLY THE HEART MUSCLE WITH BLOOD HIGH IN OXYGEN
DIAPHORESIS - PROFUSE SWEATING
EMBOLECTOMY - SURGICAL REMOVAL OF AN EMBOLUS
EMBOLUS - A FLOATING BLOOD CLOT
ENDOCARDITIS - INFLAMMATION OF THE INNER LINING OF THE HEART
ENDOCARDIUM - THE INNERMOST LINING OF THE HEART
EPICARDIUM - THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE HEART
HEART - PUMPS BLOOD THROUGH THE BODY TO BRING OXYGEN AND NOURISHMENT TO
THE CELLS
HEMANGIOMA - A TUMOR CONSISTING OF A MASS OF BLOOD VESSELS
HYPOTENSION - LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
MEDIASTINUM – SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS WHERE THE HEART LIES
MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY - INABILITY OF THE MITRAL VALVE TO CLOSE PROPERLY
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - HEART ATTACK
MYOCARDITIS - INFLAMMATION OF THE MUSCLE LAYER OF THE HEART
MYOCARDIUM - THE MUSCULAR LAYER OF THE HEART
OXYGENIC - PERTAINING TO OXYGEN
PALLOR - PALENESS
PERICARDIUM - THE SLING LIKE SAC THAT ENCLOSES THE HEART
PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY - PROCESS OF RECORDING HEART SOUNDS
SEPTUM - WALL DIVIDING TWO CAVITIES
THROMBOSIS - FORMATION OR CONDITION OF A BLOOD CLOT
THROMBUS - A STATIONARY BLOOD CLOT
VALVE - TISSUE THAT PREVENTS BACKFLOW OF BLOOD
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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VALVOTOMY - SURGICAL INCISION INTO A VALVE
VASOSPASM - MUSCULAR TWITCHING OF A VESSEL
VEINS - BLOOD VESSELS THAT DIRECT BLOOD TOWARD THE HEART
VENA CAVA - MAJOR VEIN THAT DIRECTS BLOOD INTO THE RIGHT ATRIUM
VENOTOMY - SURGICAL INCISION INTO A VEIN
VENOUS - PERTAINING TO THE VEINS
VENTRICLE – A LOWER CHAMBER OF THE HEART
VENTRICLES - THE LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
VENULE - SMALL VEIN