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| - bx, view of life, removal of living tissue from body to be viewed under microscope |
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- surgical repair of one's own skin
- aka autograft |
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| - surgical repair using skin from others (aka allograft) |
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| instruments used to cut skin |
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| surgical repair of the skin |
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- excision of wrinkles
- aka facelift |
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| - surgical repair of wrinkles |
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- destruction of tissue with a hot or cold instrument, electric current, or cautic substance
- aka cautery |
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| destruction of tissue by using extreme cold, often using liquid nitrogen |
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| removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from an open wound |
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| - procedure to remove skin scars with abrasive material such as sandpaper |
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| surgical cut or wound made by sharp instrument |
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| incision and drainage: surgical cut made to allow the free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a lesion, wound, or cavity |
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| - procedure using an instrument that emits a high powered beam of light used to cut, burn ,vaporize or destory tissue |
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| - technique of microscopically controlled serial excisions of skin cancers |
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| to stitch edges of a wound surgically |
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| condition of difficulty speaking |
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| deficient oxygen in blood |
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| deficient oxygen to tissues |
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| passageway by which air enters and leaves the lungs as well as mechanical device used to keep air passage unobstructed |
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| deprivation of oxygen for tissue use, suffocation |
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| to withdra fluid or to suction as well as to draw foreign mattter into respiratory tract |
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| sudden catching of breath with a spasmotic contraction of diaphragm aka hiccouph and singultus |
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| infection acquired during hospitalization. |
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| paraoxysm: periodic sudden attack |
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| adult respiratory distress syndrome |
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| ventilation profusion scanning |
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| 2 layer sac consisting of external fibrous and internal serous layer. the serous layer secretes fluid that fcilitates movement of the heart, the serous layers also covers the heart and is called the epicardium |
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| inner lining of the heart |
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| clear straw colored liquid portion of blood in which the cells are suspended, 90% water and comprises 50% total blood volume |
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- develop in bone marrow
- carry blood oxygen |
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| platelets aka thrombocytes: |
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| clear watery fluid portion of blood that remains after clot has formed |
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| instrument used to record |
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| abnormal reduction in number |
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acute coronary syndrome
- sudden symptoms of insufficient blood suply to the heart inddicating unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction |
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acute coronary syndrome
- sudden symptoms of insufficient blood suply to the heart inddicating unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction |
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| ballooning of weakened portion of an arterial wall |
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| chest pain, which may radiate to left arm and jaw, that occurs when there is an insufficient supply of blood to the heart muscles |
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| congestive heart failure, inability of heart to pump enough blood through the body to supply the tissues and organs with nutrients and oxygen |
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coronary artery disease, condition that reduces the blood flow through coronary arteries to the myocardium so not enough oxygen and nutrients, caused by coronary atherosclerosis
- aka heart failure |
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| intermittent claudication: |
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| - pain an discomfort in calf muscles while walking, brought about by occlusive artery disease |
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| myocardial infarction, death to portion of myocardium caused by lack of oxygen due to interrupted blood supply |
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| atrial fibrillation ablation: |
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| procedure in which abnormal cells that trigger atrial fibrillation are destroyed by radiofrequency energy |
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coronary artery bypass graft
- surgical technique to bring new blood flow to heart muscle detouring around blocked arteries |
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| implantible cardiac defibrillator: device implaned in body that continuously moniters heart rhythm. if life threatening arrhythmias occur, the device delivers an electric shock to convert the arrhythmia back to normal |
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| intracoronary thrombolytic therapy: |
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| an injection of an intravenous medciatin to dissolve blood clots in coronary vessels |
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| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: procedure in which balloon is bypassed through a blood vessel into a coronary artery to the area where plaque is formed, inflation of balloon compresses plaque against wall, expanding the diameters of teh b evessel, aka balloon angioplasty |
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| single photon emission computed tomography: |
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nuclear medicine scan visualizes heart from different angles
SPECT |
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| excape of blood from vessel into tissue |
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| abnormal or pathologic condition of the blood |
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