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communicating channels between blood vessels
anastamosis
a ______ is a communicating channel between blood vessels
anastamosis
a _____ is a large collection of blood vessels
plexus
a _____ ____ is blood filled spaces between two layers of tissues
venous sinus
plaques of cholesterol build up on the walls of the arteries and narrow or block the artery
atherosclurosis
a ____ stays put in an artery
thrombus
a ______ escapes the artery and can get stuck in smaller arteries
embolus
an embolus in the heart causes what?
heart attack
an embolus in the brain is a what?
stroke
large amount of blood escaping from the blood vessel
hemorrhage
bleeding
hemorrhage
small amounts of blood escaping into the surrounding tissue
hematoma
bruising
hematoma
bacteria in the blood and can spread via anastamosis
bacteremia
why can dental infection go to your brain?
no valves
what cushions the maxillary artery during mastication and can drain or fill to reduce the pressure?
pterygoid plexus
what plexus can you hit when giving an injection?
pterygoid plexus
Author
sweetpea281
ID
44592
Card Set
head and neck
Description
figure 14 theory
Updated
2010-10-24T20:03:55Z
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