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arter(o), arteri(o)
artery
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phleb(o), ven(i), ven(o)
vein
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endocardi(o)
endocardium
endocardium-membrane inside the ehart
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myocardio(o)
myocardium
myocardium- cardiac muscle tissue
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pericardi(o)
pericardium
pericardium-encloses the heart
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coron(o)
crown
-coronary( encircling in the manner of a crown)
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mediastin(o)
mediastinum
- chest cavity between the lungs
- contains heart and trachea and esophagus
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sept(o)
septum; partition
septum-four chambered heart is separated into right and left chambers
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steth(o), thorac(o)
chest
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rhythm(o), rrhythm(o)
rhythm
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de-
down, from, or reversing
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scler(o), -sclerosis
hard, hardening
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-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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ather(o)
yellow, fatty plaque
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lymph(o)
lymph, lumphatics
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lymphangi(o)
lymph vessel
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Venules
join capillaries and veins
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Systemic circulation
general circulation that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the tissues of the body and returns the blood with much of its oxygen exchanged for carbon dioxide back to the heart.
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Pulmonary cirulation
the circuit that the blood makes from the heart to the lungs for the purpose of ridding the body of carbon dioxide and picking up oxygen
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AV, A-V
antrioventricular
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(SA)
sino/atrial node
stimulate contrction
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systole
ventricles contract
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diastole
relax ventricles
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LDH
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CHF
congestive heart disease
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