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Chapter 8-9
cardiovascular, Blood, Lymph, and Immune systems.
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Term
THROMBOLYSIS
Definition
DESTRUCTION OF A BLOOD CLOT
Term
INTRAVASCULAR
Definition
USED TO DISSOLVE A BLOOD CLOT
Term
VAVOTOMY
Definition
INCISION OF A VALVE
Term
VENIPUNCTURE
Definition
PUNCTURE OF A VEIN
Term
SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
Definition
HYPERTENSION WITH CORRECTABLE CAUSE
Term
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE
Definition
ANY HEART DISEASE CASUED BY PROLONGED HYPERTENSION
Term
IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBILATIOR (ICD)
Definition
MONITORS AND CORRECTS IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHM
Term
INFARCT
Definition
TOTAL BLOCKAGE
Term
ISCHEMIA
Definition
PARTIAL BLOCKAGE
Term
MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE (MVP)
Definition
MURMUR HEARD ON AUSCULATION
Term
RADIOISOTOPE
Definition
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE
Term
PALPITATION
Definition
SENSATION THAT THE HEART IS NOT BEATING NORMAL
Term
PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
Definition
FAILURE OF THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS TO CLOSE
Term
PERFUSION
Definition
MOVEMENT OF BLOOD THROUGH VESSELS
Term
TACHYCARDIA
Definition
RAPID HEART RATE
Term
ANEURYSM
Definition
A WIDENING; A WIDEN VESSEL
Term
ARREST
Definition
BRINGING TO A STOP
Term
CARDIAC ARREST
Definition
HEART STOPS
Term
CIRCULATORY ARREST
Definition
STOPPING OF THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD
Term
ARRHYTHMIA
Definition
HEART DOESN'T MAINTAIN A STEADY RHYTHM
Term
BRUIT
Definition
MURMUR
Term
CARDIOMYOPATHY
Definition
ANY DISEASE OF THE HEART
Term
CATHETER
Definition
PLASTIC TUBE, SMALL ENOUGH TO BE THREADED INTO A VEIN
Term
COARCTATION
Definition
NARROWING OF A VESSEL
Term
HEART FAILURE
Definition
HEART CAN'T SUPPLY ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF BLOOD
Term
EMBOLUS
Definition
UNDISSOLVED MATTER CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD UNTIL IT BECOMES LODGED IN A VESSEL
Term
MYOCARDIAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO HEART MUSCLE
Term
ARTERIES
Definition
CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART
Term
LIGATION AND STRIPPING
Definition
TYING A VARICOSE VEIN FOLLOWED BY REMOVAL OF THE AFFECTED SEGMENT
Term
OPEN HEART SURGERY
Definition
SURGICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED WITHIN THE EXPOSED HEART
Term
PERICARDIOCENTESIS
Definition
PUNCTURING OF THE SAC
Term
PHLEBOTOMY
Definition
PUNCTURE OF A VEIN TO REMOVE BLOOD OR INTRODUCE FLUIDS OR MEDICATIONS
Term
TUNICA EXTERNA
Definition
TOUGH OUTER COAT
Term
LIPID PANEL
Definition
SERIES OF TESTS USED TO ASSESS RISK FACTORS OF HEART DISEASE
Term
AORTOGRAPHY
Definition
RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE AORTA
Term
CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
Definition
RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BLOOD
Term
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Definition
PRODUCES IMAGES OF THE HEART
Term
DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
Definition
BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY IS ASSESSED IN THE HEART
Term
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)
Definition
RADIO WAVES AND MAGNETIC FIELDS ARE USED TO PRODUCE AN IMAGE
Term
MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA)
Definition
MAGNETIC IMAGING
Term
PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY
Definition
PRODUCES A GRAPHIC DISPLAY OF HEART SOUNDS AND MURMURS
Term
SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY
Definition
IMAGING TECHNIQUE USED TO DISPLAY SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES
Term
SCINTIGRAPHY
Definition
ABNORMAL UPTAKE OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
Term
THALLIUM STUDY (RESTING)
Definition
IDENTIFIES SCARRED AREAS OF THE HEART
Term
NUCLEAR TEST
Definition
UTILIZES A RADIOISOTOPE TO EVALUATE CORONARY BLOOD FLOW
Term
PHLEBECTASIS
Definition
DILATION OF A VEIN
Term
VENOSTASIS
Definition
SLOW FLOW OF BLOOD IN THE VEINS
Term
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
Definition
HARDENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALLS
Term
SEPTOSTOMY
Definition
SURGICAL FORMATION OF AN OPENING IN A SEPTUM
Term
SPHYGMOID
Definition
RESEMBLING A PULSE
Term
SPHYGMOID
Definition
RESEMBLING A PULSE
Term
STENOTIC
Definition
PERTAINING TO A NARROWING
Term
VENTRICULAR
Definition
PERTAINING TO A VENTRICLE
Term
ARTERIOGRAM
Definition
RADIOGRAPH OF AN ARTERY
Term
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH
Definition
DEVICE USED TO RECORD CHANGES IN THE HEART
Term
ANGIOGRAPHY
Definition
VISUALIZATION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS
Term
ASPHYXIA
Definition
SUFFICATION
Term
AORTOSTENOSIS
Definition
NARROWING OF THE AORTA
Term
BRADYCARDIA
Definition
SLOW HEART RATE
Term
ENDOVASCULAR
Definition
INSIDE A VESSEL
Term
EXTRAVASCULAR
Definition
OUTSIDE OF A VESSEL
Term
HYPERTENSION
Definition
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
PRIMARY HYPERTENSION
Definition
HYPERTENSION WITH NO CASUE
Term
TUNICA INTIMA
Definition
THIN, INNER, LINING
Term
ARTERIOLES
Definition
SMALL ARTERIES
Term
VALVES
Definition
PREVENT THE BACK FLOW OF BLOOD
Term
PERICARDIUM
Definition
A SAC THAT CONTAINS THE HEART
Term
ANEURYSMORRHAPHY
Definition
SURGICAL CLOSURE OF AN ANEURYSM SAC
Term
ANGIOPLASTY
Definition
RECONSTRUCTION OF A VESSEL
Term
VASCULITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS
Term
ARTERIORRHEXIS
Definition
RUPTURED ARTERY
Term
ARTERIOLITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE WALL OF THE ARTERIOLE
Term
ARTIOMEGALY
Definition
ENLARGEMENT OF THE ATRIUM
Term
ATHEROMA
Definition
FATTY DEPOSITS IN VESSELS
Term
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (EKG)
Definition
GRAPHIC RECORDING OF THE HEART
Term
EMBOLECTOMY
Definition
REMOVAL OF AN EMBOLUS
Term
HEMANGIOMA
Definition
BLOOD TUMOR
Term
TRANSSEPTAL
Definition
ACROSS THE SEPTUM
Term
CARDIOMEGALY
Definition
ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART
Term
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
Definition
INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
VASODILATOR
Definition
ALLOW BLOOD TO FLOW EASIER
Term
PROPHYLAXIS
Definition
PROTECTIVE MEASUE WE TAKE
Term
VISCOSITY
Definition
THICK
Term
CARDIOLOGY
Definition
STUDY OF HEART
Term
CARDIOLOGIST
Definition
HEART SPECIALIST
Term
CAPILLARIES
Definition
JOIN ARTERIES AND VEINS
Term
VEINS
Definition
CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART
Term
CARIAC ENZYME STUDIES
Definition
BLOOD TESTS
Term
gtt
Definition
DROPS
Term
kg
Definition
2.2LBS
Term
DIAPHORESIS
Definition
PROFUSE SWEATING
Term
INCOMPETENT
Definition
INABILITY TO ADEQUATELY PERFORM
Term
LEAFLET
Definition
THIN,FLATTENED STRUCTURE
Term
LUMEN
Definition
TUBULAR SPACE WITHIN ANY ORGAN
Term
MALAISE
Definition
BODY WEKNESS
Term
OCCLUSION
Definition
BLOCKAGE IN A CANAL
Term
PATENT
Definition
OPEN
Term
CARDIO VERSION
Definition
RESTORING THE NORMAL RHYTHM OF THE HEART
Term
EMBOLIZATION
Definition
TECHNIQUE USED TO BLOCK BLOOD FLOW
Term
H&H
Definition
HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT
Term
DYSCRASIA
Definition
ANY ABNORMALITY OF THE BLOOD/BONE MARROW
Term
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE (PVD)
Definition
CONDITION OF THE BLOOD VESSELS
Term
RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
Definition
VAVULAR HEART DISEASE
Term
PERICARDIOTOMY
Definition
INCISION OUTSIDE THE HEART
Term
BIOPSY
Definition
REMOVAL OF TISSUE
Term
VENOGRAPHY
Definition
RADIOGRAPHY OF A VEIN
Term
ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS (ACE)
Definition
DECREASE BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
ANTIRRHYTHMICS
Definition
HELPS ESTABLISH A REGULAR HEART BEAT
Term
BETA BLOCKERS
Definition
TREAT AND MANAGE HYPERTENSION
Term
CATHETER ABLATION
Definition
DESTRUCTION OF THE CONDUCTIVE TISSUE OF THE HEART
Term
COMMISSUROTOMY
Definition
SURGICAL SEPERATION OF THE LEAFLETS
Term
ARTERIAL
Definition
REMOVAL AND EXAMINATION OF AN ARTERIAL VESSEL
Term
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG)
Definition
SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT USES A VESSEL GRAFT
Term
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)
Definition
BALLOON THERAPY
Term
ATHERECTOMY
Definition
REMOVAL OF AN OCCLUDED VESSEL
Term
DIURETICS
Definition
MANAGE EDEMA
Term
STATINS
Definition
REDUCE LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL
Term
NITRATES
Definition
TREATS ANGIA PECTORIS
Term
PERIPHERAL VASODILATORS
Definition
INCREASE PERIPHERAL BLOOD FLOW
Term
LASER ABLATION
Definition
PROCEDURE USED TO REMOVE OR TREAT VARICOSE VEINS
Term
FIBRILLATION
Definition
QUIVERING OF THE HEART
Term
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
Definition
TREAT AND MANAGE HYPERTENSION
Term
TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
Definition
CONGENITAL ANOMALY
Term
HEMOSTASIS
Definition
ARREST OF BLEEDING OR CIRCULATION
Term
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
Definition
HIGH FAT IN BLOOD
Term
TUNICA MEDIA
Definition
LAYER OF SMOOTH MUSCULAR TISSUE
Term
STENT
Definition
DEVICE USED TO HOLD OPEN VESSELS
Term
STOKES-ADAMS SYNDROME
Definition
ALTERED STATE OF CONCIOUSNESS
Term
THROMBUS
Definition
BLOOD CLOT THAT OBSTRUCTS A VESSEL
Term
CARDIAC CATHERIZATION
Definition
PASSAGE OF CATHETER INTO THE HEART
Term
HOLTER MONITOR TEST
Definition
PORTABLE EKG
Term
STRESS TEST
Definition
EKG TAKEN UNDER CONTROLLED EXERCISE
Term
ANAPHYLAXIS
Definition
WITHOUT PROTECTION
Term
ANTIBODY
Definition
BODIES DEFENDERS
Term
ANTIGEN
Definition
HARMFUL INVADERS
Term
HOST
Definition
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A BACTERIA
Term
HUMORAL IMMUNITY
Definition
B-CELLS THAT PRODUCE ANTIBODIES
Term
CELLULAR IMMUNITY
Definition
T-CELLS THAT PRODUCE HARMFUL REACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Term
IMMUNOCOMPETENT
Definition
ABLE TO DEVELOP AN IMMUNE RESPONSE
Term
IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
Definition
STUDY OF DISEASES
Term
OPPURTUNISTIC INFECTION
Definition
INFECTION OCCURING IN A PERSON WITH A WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM
Term
PALLIATIVE TREATMENT
Definition
CARE WITHOUT CURE
Term
SERUM
Definition
LIQUID PORTION OF BLOOD THAT REMAINS
Term
ERYTHROCYTES
Definition
RED BLOOD CELLS
Term
LEUKOCYTES
Definition
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
Term
THROMBOCYTES
Definition
PLATELETS
Term
HEMATOPIESIS
Definition
MATURATION OF BLOOD CELLS
Term
HEMOGLOBIN
Definition
CARRIES OXYGEN INTO THE BLOOD
Term
GRANULOCYTES
Definition
CONTAINS GRANULES IN THEIR CYTOPLASM
Term
AGRANULOCYTES
Definition
NO GRANULES IN CYTOPLASM
Term
NEUTROPHILS
Definition
LEUKOCYTE THAT DOESN'T PICK UP DYE
Term
MACROPHAGES
Definition
LARGE PIECES OF DEBRIS
Term
LYMPHOCYTES
Definition
PROTECTS US -- MAKES ANTIBODIES
Term
BASOPHILS
Definition
INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS
Term
EOSINOPHILS
Definition
ALLERGY, ANIMAL PARASITES
Term
B-CELLS
Definition
HUMORAL IMMUNITY
Term
T-CELLS
Definition
CELLULAR IMMUNITY
Term
NATURAL KILLER
Definition
DESTRUCTION WITHOUT SPECIFICITY
Term
LYMPH SYSTEM
Definition
HELPS WITH IMMUNITY - FIGHTS INFECTION
Term
TONSILS
Definition
ACTS AS FILLER FOR BACTERIA AND INFECTION
Term
PLASMA CELL
Definition
ANTIBODY FORMATION FOR DESTRUCTION OF EXTRACELLULAR ANTIGENS
Term
MEMORY CELLS
Definition
PROVIDES ACTIVE IMMUNITY
Term
CYTOXIC T CELL (Tc)
Definition
DESTRUCTION OF INFECTED CELLS AND CANCER CELLS
Term
HELPER T CELL
Definition
ASSISTANCE FOR B-CELLS AND Tc
Term
SUPPRESSOR T CELL (Ts)
Definition
SHUTTING DOWN OF HUMORAL AND CELLULAR RESPONSE WHEN INFECTION RESOLVES
Term
MEMORY T CELL (Tm)
Definition
PROVIDES ACTIVE IMMUNITY
Term
ADENOID
Definition
RESEMBLING A GLAND
Term
AGGLUTINATION
Definition
PROCESS OF CLUMPING
Term
BASOPHIL
Definition
WHITE BLOOD CELLS WHOSE GRANULES HAVE AN ATTRACTION FOR ALKALINE DYES
Term
ERYTHROBLASTOSIS
Definition
EMBRYONIC RED CELLS IN CIRCULATING BLOOD
Term
HYPOCHRONIC
Definition
RED BLOOD CELLS WITH LESS COLOR
Term
EOSINOPHIL
Definition
GRANULES WITH AN ATTRACTION FOR EOSIN
Term
HEMOPHOBIA
Definition
FEAR OF BLOOD
Term
HEMATOMA
Definition
BLOOD TUMOR
Term
IMMUNOLOGY
Definition
STUDY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Term
KARYOLYSIS
Definition
DESTRUCTION OF THE NUCLEUS
Term
MONONUCLEAR
Definition
SINGLE NUCLEUS
Term
LEUKEMIA
Definition
WHITE BLOOD CELL DISEASE
Term
LYMPHADENOPATHY
Definition
ANY DISEASE OF THE LYMPH NODES
Term
LYMPHOID
Definition
RESEMBLING LYMPH
Term
LYMPHANGIOMA
Definition
TUMOR IN THE LYMPH VESSELS
Term
MORPHOLOGY
Definition
STUDY OF FORM
Term
MYELOGENIC
Definition
RELATING TO BONE MARROW
Term
NEUTROPHILIC
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE NEUTROPHIL
Term
PHAGOCYTE
Definition
CELL THAT SURROUNDS THE MICROORGANISMS
Term
APLASTIC
Definition
FAILURE OF A TISSUE TO DEVELOP
Term
POIKILOCYTOSIS
Definition
ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RED BLOOD CELLS
Term
RETICULOCYTE
Definition
IMMATURE ERYTHROCYTE
Term
SIDEROPENIA
Definition
DEFICIENCY OF IRON IN THE BLOOD
Term
SEROLOGY
Definition
STUDY OF THE SERUM COMPONENTS OF BLOOD
Term
SPLENORRHAGIA
Definition
HEMORRHAGING FROM A RUPTURED SPLEEN
Term
THROMBOCYTOSIS
Definition
ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PLATELETS IN THE BLOOD
Term
THYMOPATHY
Definition
ANY DISEASE OF THE THYMUS GLAND
Term
XENOGRAFT
Definition
TRANSPLANTATION OF TISSUE FROM ONE SPECIES TO ANOTHER
Term
ERYTHROBLAST
Definition
EMBRYONIC RED BLOOD CELL
Term
ANEMIA
Definition
A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF RED CELLS
Term
AUTOGRAFT
Definition
SURGICAL TRANSPLANTATION OF TISSUE
Term
LEUKOCYTOSIS
Definition
ABNORMAL INCREASE IN WHITE BLOOD CELLS
Term
ERYTROPENIA
Definition
ABNORMAL DECREASE IN RED BLOOD CELLS
Term
NEUTROPHIL
Definition
GRNULES WITH AN ATTRACTION TO NEUTRAL DYES
Term
ELECTROPHORESIS
Definition
ELECTRIC CURRENT TO SEPARATE VARIOUS PLASMA PROTEINS
Term
ANAPHYLAXIS
Definition
LIFE-THREATENING HYPERSENSITIVITY
Term
HEMOPOIESIS
Definition
PRODUCTION OF BLOOD CELLS
Term
HEMOSTASIS
Definition
TERMINATION OF BLEEDING
Term
AMORPHIC
Definition
LACKING A DEFINITE FORM
Term
ALLOGRAFT
Definition
TRANSPLANT BETWEEN SAME SPECIES
Term
ANISOCYTOSIS
Definition
ABNORMAL SIZE OF RED BLOOD CELLS
Term
ISOCHRONIC
Definition
SAME COLOR
Term
MACROCYTE
Definition
ABNORMALLY LARGE ERYTHROCYTE
Term
MICROCYTE
Definition
ABNORMALLY SMALL ERYTHROCYTE
Term
MONONUCLEOSIS
Definition
HIGH NUMBER OF MONONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES IN THE BLOOD
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