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| 3 types of blood vessels in the body |
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| Arteries, veins, capillaries |
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| large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
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| innermost layer of epithelial cells |
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| Small branches of arteries |
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| Have walls that are only one endothelial cell in thickness. These delicate, microscopic vessels carry nutrient-rich, oxy blood from arteries and arterioles to the body cells |
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| Conduct blood toward heart from tissues |
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| Prevent backflow of blood and keep the blood moving in one direction |
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| Supply blood to the head and neck |
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| Largest artery in the body |
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| Largest type of blood vessel; carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body |
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| Specialized tissue in the wall btw the atria. Electrical impulses pass from the pacemaker through the AV node and the atrioventricular bundle or bundle of His toward the vetricles |
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| One of two upper chambers of the heart |
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| Smallest blood. vessel. Materials pass to and from the bloodstream through the thin capillary walls |
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| Gas released by body cells, transported via veins to the heart, and then to the lungs for exhalation |
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| Blood vessels that branch from the aorta and carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle |
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| Blood that is oxygen-poor |
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| Record of the electricity flowing through the heart. The electricity is represented by waves or deflections called P, QRS, or T |
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| Inner lining of the heart |
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| Innermost lining of the blood vessels |
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| Valve btw the left atrium and left ventricle; bicuspid valve |
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| Muscular, middle layer of the heart |
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| Gas that enters the blood through the lungs and travels to the heart to be pumped via arteries to the body cells |
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| Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart |
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| Artery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs |
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| Flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart |
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| One of two pairs of vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart |
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| Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries |
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| Partition or wall dividing a cavity; such as btw the right and left atria and right and left ventricles |
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| Instrument to measure blood pressure |
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| Flow of blood from body tissue to the heart and then from the heart back to body tissues |
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| Contraction phase of the heartbeat |
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| Located btw right atrium and right ventricle. Has 3 cusps or leaflets |
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| Structure in veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction |
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| Thin walled vessel that carries blood from the body tissues and lungs back to the heart |
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| One of two lower chambers of the heart |
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| yellowish plaque, fatty substance |
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| Bradycardia and heart block |
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| Failure of proper conduction of impulses from the SA node through the AV node to the atrioventricular bundle |
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| Bradycardia and heart block |
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| Failure of proper conduction of impulses from the SA node through the AV node to the atrioventricular bundle |
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| Rapid but regular contractions, usually of the atria |
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| Very rapid, random, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the heart |
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| Abnormalities in the heart at birth |
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| Passageway btw the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains open after birth |
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| Small holes in the wall btw the atria or the ventricles |
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| Congenital malformation involving four distinct heart defects |
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| Heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood |
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| Disease of the arteries surrounding the heart |
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| Conditions caused by myocardial ischemia |
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| Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart |
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| Hypertensive heart disease |
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| High blood pressure affecting the heart |
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| Improper closure of the mitral valve |
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| Inflammation of the membrane |
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| Heart disease caused by rheumatic fever |
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| Local widening of an arterial wall |
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| Blood clot forms in a large vein, usually in lower limb |
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| Peripheral arterial disease |
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| Blockage of arteries carrying blood to the legs, arms, kidneys and other organs |
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| Recurrent episodes of pallor and cyanosis primarily in fingers and toes |
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| Abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually in the legs |
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| Measurement of BNP in blood |
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| Chemicals are measured in the blood as evidence of a heart attack |
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| Measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides in a blood sample |
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| Lipoprotein electrophoresis |
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| Lipoproteins are physically separated and measured in a blood sample |
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| X-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material |
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| Double-layered membrane surrounding the heart |
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| Disease of the heart muscle |
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| ECG device is worn during a 24 hour period to detect cardiac arrhythmias |
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