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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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WHAT DOES THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM TRANSPORT TO THE BODY'S CELLS?   show
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show CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER WASTE  
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WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN PARTS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HEART?   show
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WHAT DOES THE HEART PUMP?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD VESSELS?   show
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show IT CIRCULATES FLUID  
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show IT FOLLOWS THE BLOOD VESSELS WITH WHITE BLOOD CELLS AS A FORM OF DEFENSE PROTECTION  
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show AUXILIARY FLUID SYSTEM  
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show A CLENCHED FIST  
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ARE ALL HEARTS THE SAME SIZE?   show
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show BETWEEN THE LUNGS WITH 2/3 OF IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHEST  
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show SEVERAL MUSCLES ARRANGED IN CIRCULAR & SPIRAL FASHION  
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show IT PREVENTS FRICTION OF THE HEART AGAINST OTHER STRUCTURES AS THE HEART BEATS  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO REMEMBER WHAT THE PERICARDIUM & THE PERICARDIAL FLUID STRUCTURES LOOK LIKE?   show
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show ON THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE HEART  
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WHAT TYPE OF PUMP IS THE HEART?   show
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show RIGHT & LEFT SIDES BY A MUSCULAR WALL  
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THE SIDES ARE DIVIDED INTO UPPER & LOWER CHAMBERS CALLED WHAT?   show
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show VALVES  
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show PREVENT BLOOD FROM REENTERING THE ATRIA WHEN THE VENTRICLES CONTRACT  
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show TO KEEP THE RICH OXYGENATED BLOOD FROM MIXING WITH THE POOR OXYGENATED BLOOD  
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WHERE IS THE THICKEST WALL OF THE HEART FOUND?   show
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WHY IS THIS PORTION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE SO THICK?   show
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show THROUGH THE PULMONARY SEMILUNAR VALVE TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION  
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WHY DOES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE SEND BLOOD THROUGH THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION?   show
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WHERE DOES THE LEFT VENTRICLE FORCE BLOOD?   show
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show TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION  
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF THE HEART?   show
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show 2  
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show LUBBDUPP  
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WHAT IS THE FIRST SOUND HEARD BY THE HEART?   show
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WHAT CAUSES THE LUBB SOUND?   show
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WHAT VALVES ARE INVOLVED IN THE LUBB SOUND?   show
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show DUPP  
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show SHORTER HIGH PITCH  
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show THE SEMILUNAR VLAVES CLOSING IN THE AORTA & PULMONARY ARTERIES  
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THE HEART MUST FORCEFULLY CONTRACT TO DO WHAT?   show
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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RATE PER MINUTE THAT THE HEART BEATS?   show
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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RATE PER DAY THAT THE HEART BEATS?   show
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show THE CELLS RECIEVE THE CORRECT BALANCE OF ELECTROLYTES  
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WHAT ARE THE ELECTROLYTES?   show
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WHAT IS THE "SPARK"?   show
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WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NAMES FOR THE "SPARK"?   show
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IS THE PACEMAKER OF THE HEART ARTIFICIAL?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE ELECTRICITY OF THE S-A NODE?   show
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WHAT CONTROLS THE RATE OF YOUR HEART BEAT?   show
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show VAGUS & ACCELERATOR  
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HOW DO THE VAGUS & ACCELERATOR CONTROL THE RATE OF YOUR BEAT?   show
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show TACHYCARDIA  
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WHAT IS CONSIDERED A RAPID HEART BEAT?   show
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A HEART RATE THAT IS CONSISTENTLY LOW IS KNOWN AS WHAT?   show
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WHAT IS CONSIDERED A LOW HEART RATE?   show
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show 3  
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WHAT IS THE EXCEPTION TO THE DEFINITION OF AN ARTERY?   show
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show IT LEAVES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART ON ITS WAY TO PICK UP OXYGEN  
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ARTERIES ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH A LAYER OF WHAT?   show
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WHY DO ARTERIES HAVE A LAYER OF ELASTIC?   show
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show THEY COULD BECOME CLOGGED  
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IF THE ARTERIES BECOME CLOGGED WHAT COULD HAPPEN?   show
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show CAPILLARIES  
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show NO  
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WHY CAN CAPILLARIES NOT BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE?   show
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show PULMONARY VEIN  
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show SUPERIOR VENA CAVA  
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IF A VEIN IS ENTERING THE HEART FROM THE LOWER BODY, WHERE IS IT COMING IN FROM?   show
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VEINS CARRY WHAT BACK TO THE HEART?   show
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show TO THE LUNGS  
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show TO EXHALE CARBON DIOXIDE & PICK UP OXYGEN  
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WHAT DO VENULES CONNECT?   show
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show THIN  
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HOW MANY CELLS MAKE UP A CAPILLARY?   show
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show MOLECULES  
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WHERE DO CAPILLARIES ALLOW THESE MOLECULES TO GO?   show
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show VAST NETWORK OF CAPILLARIES  
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WHAT IS THE RATE OF FLOW THROUGH CAPILLARY BEDS?   show
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WHY IS THE RATE OF FLOW REDUCED TO A TRICKLE?   show
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WHAT DOES BLOOD LEAVING A CAPILLARY BED CARRY?   show
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show TO BE CIRCULATED TO THE PROPER ORGANS FOR ELIMINATION  
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show OXYGEN POOR BLOOD  
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WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD DOES THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION CARRY?   show
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show THE ROUTE OF BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE LIVER?  
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WHAT IS THE LIVER?   show
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show IMPURITIES  
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show NUTRIENTS LIKE GLUCOSE  
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WHAT DOES THE LIVER DETOXIFY?   show
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WHY DOES THE LIVER FILTER ALL OF THESE THINGS?   show
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HOW DOES BLOOD LEAVE THE LIVER?   show
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show INTO THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA  
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show IT IS PART OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM  
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WHAT IS LYMPH?   show
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show BLOOD  
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show THE LYMPHATIC VESSELS  
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show LYMPH LYMPHATIC VESSELS LYMPHATIC NODES SPLEEN TONSILLS THYMUS  
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show WHEN BLOOD PLASMA FILTERS OUT OF CAPILLARIES INTO FLUID BETWEEN THE CELLS  
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WHAT IS FLUID BETWEEN THE CELLS CALLED?   show
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DOES THE FLUID GO BACK INTO THE BLOOD OR NOT?   show
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show AFTER LEAKING OUT IT ENTERS TINY LYMPHATIC CAPILAARIES  
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show TO LARGER LYMPHATICS  
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WHAT IS THE LARGEST VESSEL?   show
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show BACK INTO THE BLOOD  
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show THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN  
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show THE VENA CAVA  
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show BATHES THEM  
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IS THE LYMPH UNDER HIGH OR LOW PRESSU?   show
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show TISSUE FLUIDPROTEINSFATS  
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DO LYMPHATIC VESSELS FORM CLOSED RING LYMPHATIC VESSELS?   show
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show ONCE  
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WHAT ARE LYMPH NODES?   show
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show THEY RANGE FROM VERY TINY TO THE SIZE OF A LIMA BEAN  
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HOW MANY FUNCTIONS DO THE LYMPH NODES HAVE?   show
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show DEFENSE  
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HOW DO THE LYMPH NODES HELP US IN DEFENSE?   show
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HOW MANY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES ARE REMOVED BY THE LYMPH NODES?   show
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ARE THE LYMPH NODES ENCAPSULATED?   show
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show WHITE BLOOD CELL FORMATION  
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show THEY PRODUCE NONGRANULAR WHITE BLOOD CELLS  
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WHAT TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE PRODUCED BY THE LYMPH NODES?   show
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CAN CERTAIN CANCER CELLS USE THE LYMPH SYSTEM TO METASTASIZE?   show
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show BIGGEST ORGAN IN LYMPHATIC SYSTEM  
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPLEEN IF THERE IS AN INFECTION?   show
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show UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY JUST UNDER THE DIAPHRAGM  
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show BLOOD VESSELSNERVES  
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DOES THE SPLEEN CONNECT TO ANY OTHER ORGANS?   show
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WHAT IS ONE FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN?   show
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WHAT IS ANOTHER FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN?   show
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HOW MUCH BLOOD DOES THE SPLEEN STORE?   show
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show DURING STRENUOUS EXERCISEAFTER HEMORRHAGE  
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show FILTERS THE BLOOD BY DESTROYING OLD RED BLOOD CELLS  
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show IT SHRINKS  
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CAN YOU LIVE IF YOUR SPLEEN IS REMOVED?   show
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WHAT ARE TONSILLS?   show
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show THE BACK OF THE THROAT  
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show AT THE BACK OF THE ROOF OF THE PHARYNX  
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WHAT ARE THESE TONSILLS KNOWN AS?   show
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show FILTER OUT THE BACTERIA & FOREIGN MATERIAL  
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show FORMATION OF LYMPHATICS  
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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THYMUS?   show
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show POSTERIOR TO THE STERNUM  
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show THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER ROLE OF THE THYMUS?   show
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WHAT SYSTEMS DOES THE THYMUS BELONG TO?   show
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WHAT IS ARRHYTHMIA?   show
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WHAT IS ARTERIOSCLEROSIS?   show
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WHAT IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS?   show
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show STROKE  
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WHAT CAUSES A STROKE?   show
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show COMPLEX CONDITION OF INADEQUATE HEART ACTION WITH RETENTION OF TISSUE FLUIDS  
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WHAT IS CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE?   show
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show HIGHBLOOD PRESSURE AFFECTING THE HEART  
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show INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN WITH A CLOT  
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WHAT ARE VERICOSE VEINS?   show
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