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| carry oxygenated blood away from heart with the exception of the pulmonary artery |
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microscopic joining arteries and veins
where nutrients and oxygen are exchanged at cellular level |
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| carries deoxygenated blood back to heart |
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| send oxygenated blood to body - thick wall |
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| return blood back to heart - medium wall width and strength |
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| relative location of Atria |
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| relative location of ventricle |
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| bottom right and left side |
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| vena cava right side to pulmonary artery to lungs to pulmonary vein to left side to aorta |
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| right side deoxygenated blood |
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| large artery - propels blood oxygenated throughout the body |
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| hardening of the arteries |
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| inflammation of the interior of the heart - endo(inside) card(heart) itis(inflammation) |
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| valves of veins in legs damaged allowing clots to form |
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| caused by cholesterol buildup in any vessel athro(cholesterol) sclerosis(hardening) |
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| clot attached to vessel wall |
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| chest pain when exercised or stressed - related to ischemia which causes decreased oxygen |
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| decreased oxygen to tissue |
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| common process to heart attack |
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| arteriosclerosis (artery hardening) ischemia (lack of oxygen to tissue) leads to angina (pain) then to infarct (complete blockage) which is heart attack |
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