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Question | Answer |
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Angioplasty | Surgical repair of a vessel |
Arrhythmia | A problem with the rhythm or rate of your heart beat |
Atherosclerosis | Thickening or hardening of the arteries |
Auscultation | Listening to the sounds of the body during a physical examination |
Cardiomegaly | Enlargement of the heart |
Cardiomyopathy | Heart muscle diseases |
Electrocardiography | Abnormal condition of blue discoloration |
Endocarditis | A condition in which the tissues lining the inside of the heart and the heart valves become inflamed |
Hypoxia | A condition in which there is a decrease in the oxygen supply to a tissue. |
Ischemia | Lack of blood supply to a part of the body |
Myocardial infarction | A medical emergency where your heart muscle begins to die because it isn't getting enough blood flow. |
Pericardium | A fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart and the roots of the major blood vessels that extend from your heart. |
Sinoatrial Node | Generates an electrical signal that causes the upper heart chambers (atria) to contract |
Tachycardia | Fast heartbeat |
Alveolus | Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles |
Apnea | when you stop breathing while asleep |
Atelectasis | Failure of the lung |
Dyspnea | Shortness of breath |
Emphysema | A disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs |
Hemoptysis | Coughing up blood |
Hemothorax | A collection of blood in the space between the visceral and parietal pleura |
Orthopnea | shortness of breath that occurs while lying flat |
Pneumonectomy | the surgical removal of the entire lung. |
Pneumonia | an infection of one or both of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. |
Tachypnea | Rapid breathing |
Antibody | proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body. |
Antigen | Any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance |
Dyscrasia | swallowing difficulties. |
Hematocrit | The amount of whole blood that is made up of red blood cells. |
Hemoglobin | The oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells |
Hemostasis | The mechanism that leads to cessation of bleeding from a blood vessel |
Leukemia | Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue |
Lymphocyte | A type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system |
Pancytopenia | A condition in which there is a lower-than-normal number of red and white blood cells and platelets in the blood |
Phagocyte | A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. |
Thrombocytopenia | A condition that occurs when the platelet count in your blood is too low |
Anaphylaxis | A udden, severe and life-threatening allergic reaction that involves the whole body |
Splenomegaly | The enlargement of the spleen measured by size or weight |
Splenectomy | An operation to remove the spleen. |
Abduction | The motion of a limb or appendage away from the midline of the body |
Adduction | When you move a limb/body part towards the center of the body |
Dorsiflexion | The backward bending and contracting of your hand or foot |
Extension | opposite of flexion |
Flexion | A movement that decreases the angle between two body parts |
Kyphosis | A curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back |
Lordosis | An exaggerated inward curve of the spine that typically affects the lower back |
Osteoarthritis | A degenerative joint disease |
Osteomalacia | soft bone disease |
Osteoporosis | A condition in which there is a decrease in the amount and thickness of bone tissue. |
Polymyalgia | Many muscle pain |
Pronation | A rotational movement of the forearm that results in the palm facing posteriorly |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | A chronic autoimmune disease that mostly affects joints |
Scoliosis | A condition marked by a side-to-side curve of the backbone |
Supination | rotation of the forearm |
Thrombocyte | colorless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding |
Leukocyte | White blood cell |
Erythrocytes | Red blood cell |