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| What is the scientific term for a heart attack? |
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| part of coronary circulation becomes blocked and cardiac muscle cells die due to lack of oxygen |
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| routing of blood around an obstructed coronary artery or one of its branches by a vessel translated from another part of the body (generally the internal thoracic artery of the great saphenous vein of the leg) |
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| coronary artery bypass graft |
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| sound produced by regurgitation or turbulent flow through an incompletely closed heart valve |
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| scientific name for back flow |
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| mitral valve cusps do not close properly and are pushed back toward the left atrium |
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| Blood vessel and circulation flow |
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| arteries-arterioles-capilaries-venules-veins |
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| What is the inner layer of arteries and veins called? |
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| What is tunica intima made of? |
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| What is the middle layer of the arteries and veins called? |
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| What is the tunica media made of? |
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| smooth muscle, loose connective tissue, and collagen |
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| What is the outer layer of the arteries and veins called? |
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| tunica externa or tunia adventitia |
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| What is the tunica external or tunica adventitia made of? |
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Which's walls are thicker?
arteries or veins |
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Which's lumen is smaller?
arteries or veins |
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| arteries (veins are under lower pressure so need less resistance to flow) |
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Which are more resilient and can be stretched where as the other will collapse and tear?
arteries or veins |
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Which contain valves to prevent back flow of blood?
arteries or veins |
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| bulge ina weakened wall of an artery and can blow out (dangerous in brain causing strokes and in aorta=fatal bleeding in a matter of minutes) |
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| thickening and toughening of arterial walls, complications related to this account for about half of all deaths in US (hardening of arteries) |
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| formation of lipid deposits (plaque) in tunic media with damage to endothelial lining |
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| interruptions of the vascular supply to a portion of brain |
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| What is the scientific name for a stroke? |
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| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) |
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| Where is the most common sight of a stroke? |
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| muscle that divides heart into right and left sides |
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| abnormal accumulation of fluid in peripheral tissues (swelling) |
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| device used to measure blood pressure |
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