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| bones of shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower extremities |
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| specialized connective tissue composed of osteocytes forming the skeleton |
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| membrane lining the medullary cavity of a bone |
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| cavity within the shaft of the long bones filled with bone marrow |
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| soft connective tissue within medullary cavities of bones |
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| found in cavities of most bones in infants; functions in formation of red blood cells, some white blood cells, and platelets; in adults, it is found most often in flat bones |
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| gradually replaces red bone marrow in adult bones, functions as storage for fat tissue, and is inactive in formation of blood cells |
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| a fibrous, vascular membrane that covers the bone |
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| a gristle-like substance found on bones where they articulate |
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| a joint; the point where two bones come together |
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| a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
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| a flat, plate-like structure composed of fibrocartilaginous tissue found betweein the vertebrae to reduce friction |
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| the soft fibrocartilaginous, central portion of the intervertebral disk |
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| a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone |
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| membrane lining the capsule of a joint |
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| lubricating fluid secreted by the synovial membrane |
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| tissue composed of fibers that can contract, causing movement of an organ or part of the body |
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| striated (skeletal muscle) |
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| voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton |
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| involuntary muscle found in internal organs |
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| muscle end attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle contracts |
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| muscle end attached to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts |
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| a band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone |
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| a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |
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| vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions |
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| vertical division of the body into right and left portions |
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| from front to back; commonly associated with the direction of an x-ray beam |
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| from back to front; commonly associated with the direction of an x-ray beam |
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| situated above another structure; toward the head |
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| line that runs through the center of the body or a body part |
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| bending at the joint so that the angle between the bone is decreased |
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| straightening at the joint so that the angle between the bones is increased |
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| movement away from the body |
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| turning upward or forward of the palmar surface or plantar surface |
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| turning downward or backward of the palmar surface or plantar surface |
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| bending of the foot or the toes upward |
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| bending of the sole of the foot by curling the toes toward the ground |
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| total motion possible in a joint, described by the terms related to body movements |
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| instrument used to measure joint angles |
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| shrinking of tissue such as muscle |
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| grating sound made by movement of some joints or cracking bones |
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| a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage |
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| flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone |
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| drawing in; involuntary contraction of muscle |
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| uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles causing stiff and awkward movements |
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| tension; prolonged, continuous muscle contraction |
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| shaking; rhythmic muscular movement |
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| inflammation of the joints characterized by pain, swelling, redness ,warmth, and limitation of motion |
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| the most common form of arthritis that especially effects weight bearing joints; characterized by erosion of articular cartilage |
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| rheumatoid arthritis (RA) |
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| most crippling form of arthritis characterized by a chronic, systemic inflammation most often affecting joints and synovial membranes causing ankylosis and deformity |
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| acute attacks of arthritis usually in a single joint (especially the great toe) caused by hyperuricemia |
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| an excessive level of uric acid in the blood |
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| bony necrosis or sequestrum |
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| dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply such as can occur after a fracture |
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| swelling of the joint at the base of the great toe caused by inflammation of the bursa |
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| contition that results from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel at the wrist, characterized by pain, numbness, tingling in the wrist and fingers and weak grip |
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| inflammation of epiphyseal regions of the long bone |
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| a broken bone with no open wound |
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| compound fracture; a broken bone with an open wound |
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| a nondisplaced fracture involving one fracture line that does not require extensive treatment to repair |
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| broken in may little pieces |
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| bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children |
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| protrusion of a degenerated or fragmented intervertebral disc so that the nucleus pulposus protrudes, causing compression on the nerve root |
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| malignant smooth muscle tumer |
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| malignant skeletal muscle tumor |
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| a category of genetically transmitted diseases characterized by progressive atrophy of skeletal muscles |
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| type of malignant bone tumor |
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| disease marked by softening of the bone caused by calcium and vitamin D deficiency |
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| osteomalacia in children (causes bone deformity) |
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| infection of bone and bone marrow causing inflammation |
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| condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity, causing bones to become brittle and liable to fracture |
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| abnormal posterior curvature of the thoracic spine |
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| abnormal anteriour curvature of the lumbar spine |
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| abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (S-shaped curve) |
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| forward slipping of a lumbar vertebra |
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| stiff, immobile condition of the vertebrae due to joint degeneration |
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| injury to a ligament caused by joint trauma but without joint dislocation or fracture |
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| a neurodiagnostic graphic record of the electrical activity of muscle at rest and during contraction to diagnose neuromusculoskeletal disorders |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) |
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| a non ionizing imaging technique using magnetic fields and radiofrequency waves to visualize structures |
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| ionizing imaging technique using radioactive isotopes |
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| radionuclide image of bone tissue to detect tumor, malignancy etc. |
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| x-ray imaging; an ionizing technique commonly used in orthopedics to visualize the extremities, ribs, back, shoulders, joints, etc. |
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| an x-ray of a joint taken after injection of a contrast medium |
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| an x-ray of an intervertebral disk after injection of a contrast medium |
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| dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry |
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| an x-ray scan that measures bone mineral density of the spine and extremities to diagnose osteoporosis, determine fracture risk, and monitor treatment |
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| computed tomography (CT) or computed axial tomography (CAT) |
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| a specialized x-ray procedure producing a series of cross-sectional images that are processed by a computer into a 2-D or 3-D image |
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| ultrasound imaging, a nonionizing technique useful in orthopedics to visualize muscles, ligaments, displacements, and dislocations or to guide a therapeutic intervention such as that performed during arthroscopy |
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| partial or complete removal of a limb |
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| puncture for aspiration of a joint |
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| binding or fusing of joint surfaces |
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| repair or reconstruction of a joint |
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| procedure using a arthroscope to examine, diagnose, and repair a joint from within |
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| transplantation of a piece of bone from one site to another to repair a skeletal defect |
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| open reduction, internal fixation (ORIF) of a fracture |
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| internal surgical repair of a fracture by bring bones back into alignment and fixing them into place, often utilizing plates, screws, pins, etc. |
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| division by incision of a tendon to repair a deformity caused by shortening of a muscle |
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| closed reduction, external fixation of a fracture |
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| external manipulation of a fracture to regain alignment along with application of an external device to protect and hold the bone in place while healing |
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| use of a stiff, solid dressing around a limb or other body party to immobilize it during healing |
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| use of a rigid device to immobilize or restrain a broken bone or injured body part; provides less support from a cast |
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| application of pulling force to a fractured bone or dislocated joint to maintain proper position during healing |
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| closed reduction, percutaneous fixation of a fracture |
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| external manipulation of a fracture to regain alignment, followed by insertion of one or more pins through the skin to maintain position |
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| use of an orthopedic appliance to maintain a bone's position or provide limb support |
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| treatment to rehabilitate patients disabled by illness or injury, involving many different modalities (methods) such as exercise, hydrotherapy, and ultrasound |
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| an artificial replacement for a diseased or missing body part such as a hip, joint or limb |
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| a drug that relieves pain |
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| a potent analgesic that has addictive properties |
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| a drug that reduces inflammation |
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| a drug that relieves fever |
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| nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) |
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| a group of drugs with analgesic, anti-anflammatory and antipyretic properties commonly used to treat arthritis |
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| ventricle (belly or pouch) |
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| upper right and left chambers of the heart |
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| membrane lining the cavities of the heart |
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| membrane forming the outer layer of the heart |
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| partition between right and left atrium |
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| partition between the right and left ventricle |
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| protective sac enclosing the heart composed of two layers with fluid in between |
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| fluid-filled cavity between the pericardial layers |
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| layer closest to the heart |
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| lower right and left chambers of the heart |
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| structures within the heart that open and close with the heartbeat to regulate the one-way flow of blood |
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| heart valve between the left ventricle and the aorta |
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| heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle |
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| pulmonary semilunar valve |
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| heart valve opening from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery |
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| valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle |
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| valves located at intervals within the lining of veins, especially in the legs, which constrict with muscle action to move the blood returning to the heart |
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| vessels that carry blood from the heart to the arterioles |
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| large artery that is the main trunk of the arterial system branching from the left ventricle |
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| small vessels that receive blood from the arteries |
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| tiny vessels that join arterioles and venules |
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| small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins |
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| vessels that carry blood to the heart from the venules |
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| circulation of blood throughout the body through arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and veins to deliver oxygen and nutrients to body tissues |
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| circulation of blood through the coronary blood vessels to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle tissue |
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| circulation of blood from the pulmonary artery through the vessels in the lungs and back to the heart via the pulmonary vein, providing for the exchange of gases |
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| to expand; period in the cardiac cycle when blood enters the relaxed ventricles from the atria |
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| to contract; period in the cardiac cycle when the heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and pulmonary artery |
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| sinoatrial node (SA node) |
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| the pacemaker; highly specialized neurological tissue, embedded in the wall of the right atrium, responsible for initiating electrical conduction of the heartbeat, causing the atria to contract and firing conduction of impulses to the AV node |
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| neurological tissue in the center of the heart that receives and amplifies the conduction of impulses from the SA node to the bundle of His |
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| neurologicla fibers, extending from the AV node to the right and left bundle branches, that fire the impulse from the AV node to the Purkinje fibers |
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| Purkinje fibers (network) |
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| fibers in the ventricles that transmit impulses to the right and left ventricles, causing them to contract |
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| resting; resting state of a myocardial cell |
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| change of a myocardial cell from a polarized (resting) state to a state of contraction |
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| recharging of the myocardial cell from a contracted state back to a resting state |
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| normal sinus rhythm (NSR) |
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| regular rhythm of the heart cycle stimulated by the SA node (average rate of 60 to 100 beats/minute) |
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| thickening, loss of elasticity, and calcification (hardening) of the arterial walls |
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| buildup of fatty substances within the walls of arteries |
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| a swollen area within the lining of an artery caused by the buildup of fat (lipids) |
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| a clot carried in the bloodstream that obstructs when it lodges |
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| condition of narrowing of a part |
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| plugging; obstruction or a closing off |
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| to hold back blood; decreased blood flow to tissue caused by constriction or occlusion of a blood vessel |
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| a lack of flow through a blood vessel caused by narrowing, occlusion, etc |
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| to stuff; a localized area of necrosis (condition of tissue death) caused by ischemia as a result of occlusion of a blood vessel |
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| chest pain caused by a temporary loss of oxygenated blood to heart muscle often caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries |
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| a widening; bulging of the wall of the heart, the aorta or an artery caused by congenital defect or acquired weakness |
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| a sac-like bulge on one side |
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| a split or tear of the vessel wall |
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| to limp; pain in a limb (especially the calf) while walking that subsides after rest; it is caused by inadequate blood supply |
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| an abnormal sound from the heart produced by defects in the chambers or valves |
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| subjective experience of pounding, skipping or racing heartbeats |
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| to grow; an abnormal growth of tissue around a valve, generally a result of an infection such as bacterial endocarditis |
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| any of several kinds of irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat |
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| chaotic, irregular contractions of the heart, as in atrial or ventricular |
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| extremely rapid but regular contractions of the heart, as in atrial or ventricular |
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| an interference with the normal electrical conduction of the heart defined by the location of the block |
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| premature ventricular contraction (PVC) |
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| a ventricular contraction preceding the normal impulse initiated by the SA node (pacemaker) |
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| arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD) |
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| a degenerative condition of the arteries characterized by thickening of the inner lining, loss of elasticity, and susceptibility to rupture - seen most often in the aged or smokers |
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| a bacterial inflammation that affects the endocardium or the heart valves |
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| compression of the heart produced by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac as results from pericarditis or trauma, causing rupture of a blood vessel within the heart |
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| a general term for disease of the heart muscle |
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| congenital anomaly of the heart |
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| malformations of the heart present at birth |
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| atrial septal defect (ASD) |
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| an opening in the septum separating the atria |
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| narrowing of the descending portion of the aorta resulting in a limited flow of blood to the lower part of the body |
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| patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) |
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| an abnormal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta caused by the failure of the fetal ductus arteriosus to close after birth |
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| an anomaly that consists of four defects: pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, malposition of the aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy |
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| ventricular septal defect |
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| an opening in the septum separating the ventricles |
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| congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| failure of the left ventricle to pump an adequate amount of blood to met the demands of the body, resulting in a bottleneck of congestion in the lungs that may extend to the veins, causing edema in lower portions of the body |
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| a condtion of enlargement of the right ventricle as a result of chronic disease within the lungs that causes congestion within the pulmonary circulation and resistance of blood flow to the lungs |
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| a condition affecting the arteries of the heart that reduces the flow of blood and delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium - most often caused by atherosclerosis |
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| persistently high blood pressure |
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| essential (primary) hypertension |
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| high blood pressure attributed to no single cause, but risks include smoking, obesity, increased salt intake, hypercholesterolemia and heredity factors |
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| high blood pressure caused by the effects of another disease (kidney disease) |
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| mitral valve prolapse (MVP) |
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| protrusion of one or both cusps of the mitral valve back into the left atrium during ventricular contraction, resulting in incomplete closure and backflow of blood |
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| myocardial infarction (MI) |
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| heart attack; death of myocardial tissue owing to loss of blood as a result of an occlusion of a coronary artery |
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| inflammation of the myocardium most often caused by viral or bacterial infection |
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| inflammation of the pericardium |
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| damage to heart muscle and heart valves by rheumatic fever ( a streptococcal infection) |
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| inflammation of a vein associated with a clot formation |
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| abnormally swollen, twisted veins with defective valves, most often seen in the legs |
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| deep vein thrombosis (DVT) |
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| formation of a clot in a deep vein of the body, occurring most often in the iliac and femoral veins |
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| a physical examination method of listening to sounds within the body with the aid of a stethoscope |
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| noise; an abnormal heart sound caused by turbulence within |
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| an abnormal heart sound that mimics the gait of a horse; related to abnormal ventricular contraction |
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| electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) |
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| an electrical picture of the heart represented by positive and negative deflections on a graph labeled with the letters P, Q, R, S, T, corresponding to events of the cardiac cycle |
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| an ECG of the heart recorded during the induction of controlled physical exercise using a treadmill or ergometer; useful in detecting conditions such as ischemia and infarction |
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| Holter ambulatory monitor |
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| a portable electrocardiograph worn by the patient that monitors electrical activity of the heart of 24 hours - useful in detecting periodic abnormalities |
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| intracardiac electrophysiological study (EPS) |
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| invasive procedure involving placement of catheter-guided electrodes within the heart evaluate and map the electrical conduction of cardiac arrhythmias |
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| intracardiac catheter ablation |
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| use of radiofrequency waves sent through a catheter within the heart to treat arrhythmias by selectively destroying mycardial tissue at sites generating abnormal electrical pathways |
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| magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) |
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| magnetic resonance imaging of the heart and blood vessels for evaluation of pathology |
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| nuclear medicine imaging of the heart |
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| radionuclide organ imaging of the heart after administration of radioactive isotopes to visualize structures and analyze functions |
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| myocardial radionuclide perfusion scan |
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| a scan of the heart muscle after an intravenous injection of an isotope that is absorbed by myocardial cells in proportion to blood flow throughout the heart |
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| myocardial radionuclide perfusion stress scan |
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| a nuclear scan of the heart taken after the induction of controlled physical exercise via treadmill or bicycle or administration of a pharmaceutical agent that produces the effect of exercise in patients who are unable to ambulate |
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| positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the heart |
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| use of nuclear isotopes and computed tomography techniques to produce perfusion (blood flow) images and study the cellular metabolism of the heart; can be taken at rest or with stress |
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| an x-ray of the blood vessel after injection of a contrast medium |
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| a record obtained by angiography |
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| an x-ray of the blood vessels of the heart |
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| an x-ray of a particular artery |
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| introduction of a flexible, narrow tube through a vein or artery into the heart to withdraw samples of blood, measure pressures within the heart chambers or vessels, and inject contrast media for fluoroscopic radiography and cine film imaging of the chambers of the heart and coronary arteries |
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| left heart catheterizaiton |
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| an x-ray of the left ventricular cavity and coronary arteries |
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| right heart catheterization |
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| measurement of oxygen saturation and pressure readings of the right side of the heart |
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| an x-ray visualizing the ventricles |
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| measurement of the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle in one contraction |
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| measurement of the amount of blood ejected from either ventricle of the heart per minute |
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| measurement of the volume percentage of left ventricular contents ejected with each contraction |
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| recording of sound waves through the heart to evaluate structure and motion |
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| stress echocardiogram (stress ECHO) |
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| an echocardiogram of the heart recorded during the induction of controlled physical exercise via treadmill or bicycle or administration of a pharmaceutical agent that produces the effect of exercise stress in patients who are unable to ambulate |
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| transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) |
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| an echocardiogram image of the heart after placement of an ultrasonic transducer at the end of an endoscope inside the esophagus |
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| an ultrasound technique used to evaluate blood flow to determine the presence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or carotid insufficiency, or flow through the heart, chambers, valves, etc. |
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| ultrasound images made after a sonographic transducer is placed at the tip of a catheter within a blood vessel - done to evaluate pathological conditions such as buildup of plaque |
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| coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) |
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| grafting a portion of a blood vessel retrieved from another part of the body to bypass an occluded coronary artery, restoring circulation to myocardial tissue |
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| opening; joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to the other |
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| incision and coring of the lining of an artery to clear a blockage caused by a clot or atherosclerotic plaque buildup |
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| transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) |
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| a laser technique used to open tiny channels in the heart muscle to restore blood flow, thereby relieving angina in patients with advanced coronary artery disease |
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| surgery to replace a diseased heart valve with an artificial one (animal tissue or synthetic material) |
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| interventional procedures performed endoscopically at the time of cardiac catheterization |
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| use of a flexible fiberoptic angioscope accompanied by an irrigation system, a camera, a video recorder, and a monitor that is guided through a specific blood vessel to visually assess a lesion and select a mode of therapy |
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| excision of atheromatous plaque from within an artery utilizing a device housed in a flexbile catheter that selectively cuts away or pulverizes tissue buildup |
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| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) |
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| a method of treating the narrowing of a coronary artery by inserting a specialized catheter with a balloon attachment, then inflating it to dilate and open the narrowed portion of the vessel and restore blood flow to the myocardium |
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| implantation of a device used to reinforce the wall of a vessel and ensure its patency (openness) |
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| termination of ventricular fibrillation by delivery of an electrical stimulus to the heart, most commonly by applying electrodes of the defibrillator to the chest wall |
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| a device that delivers the electrical stimulus in defibrillation |
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| termination of tachycardia either by pharmaceutical means or by delivery of electrical energy |
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| implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) |
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| an implanted, battery operated device with rate-sensing leads that monitors cardiac impulses and initiates an electrical stimulus as needed to stop ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia |
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| a device used to treat slow heart rates by electrically stimulating the heart to contract |
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| dissolution of thrombi drugs |
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| angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor |
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| a drug that suppresses the conversion of angiotensin in the blood by the angiotensin-converting enzyme; used in the treatment of hypertension |
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| a drug that dilates coronary arteries, restoring oxygen to the tissues to relieve the pain of angina pectoris |
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| a drug that counteracts cardiac arrhythmias |
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| a drug that prevents clotting of the blood |
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| a drug that lowers blood pressure |
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beta-adrenergic blocking agents
beta blockers |
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| agents that inhibit responses to sympathetic adrenergic nerve activity causing a slowing of electrical conduction and heart rate and a lowering of the pressure within the walls of the vessels; used to treat angina pectoris and hypertension |
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| agents that inhibit the entry of calcium ions in heart muscle cells causing a slowing of the heart rate, lessening the demand for oxygen and nutrients, and relaxing of the smooth muscle cells of the blood vessels that cause dilation; used to prevent or treat angina pectori, some arrhythmias, and hypertension |
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| a drug that increases the force of myocardial contractions in the heart commonly used to treat congestive heart failure |
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| a drug that increases the secretion of urine commonly prescribed to treat hypertension |
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| a drug that reduces serum fat and cholesterol |
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| agents that lower cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting the effect of HMG CoA reductase , a liver enzyme responsible for producing cholesterol |
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| drugs used to dissolve thrombi (blood clots) |
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| a drug that causes narrowing of the blood vessels, decreasing blood flow |
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| a drug that causes dilation of the blood vessels, increasing blood flow |
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