CARDIOVASCULAR
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- 2. THE CARDIAC SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTION OF A HEART RATE
- 4. GENERALLY CARRIES OXYGEN POOR BLOOD TOWARDS THE HEART
- 5. OUTPOUCHING OF THE ARTERIAL VESSEL WALL, CAUSING IT TO WEAKEN AND POTENTIALLY RUPTURE
- 6. THE SIDE OF HEART FAILURE CAUSED BY INCREASED PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ALSO KNOWN AS COR PULMONALE
- 7. TYPICALLY CAUSED BY INFECTION AND RESULTS IN INFLAMMATION OF THE INNERMOST AREA OF THE HEART; MAY CAUSE VALVULAR DAMAGE
- 10. (2 WORDS)REPRESENTED AS A PERCENTAGE OF SV OVER EDV
- 11. (2 WORDS)VOLUME OF BLOOD CIRCULATING MEASURED IN L/MIN
- 13. THICKENING AND HARDENING OF THE ARTERIAL VESSELS WITH FAT AND FIBRIN
- 14. MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE VENUS SYSTEM, THIS CLOT OBSTRUCTS BLOOD FLOW
- 15. A HYPOTENSIVE CRISIS THAT OCCURS DURING A POSITION CHANGE; COMMONLY CAUSED BY BP MEDICATIONS
- 18. TYPICALLY CAUSED BY INFECTION AND RESULTS IN INFLAMMATION OF THE SAC SURROUNDING THE HEART
- 19. EITHER PRIMARY OR SECONDARY RESULTING IN INCREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT AND PERIPHERAL RESISTANCE
- 23. A REFLECTION OF BOTH VOLUME AND PRESSURE IN THE VENTRICLE AT THE END OF DIASTOLE
- 24. GENERALLY CARRIES OXYGEN RICH BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART
- 25. ABBREVIATION FOR THE FAILURE OF 2 OR MORE ORGAN SYSTEMS; THE MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY SHOCK OR SEPSIS
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- 1. COMPRISED OF LEAFLETS, THESE STRUCTURES CONTROL THE FLOW OF BLOOD BETWEEN CHAMBERS OF THE HEART AND GREAT VESSELS
- 3. PROLONGED ABSENCE OF OF FLOW AND PERFUSION TO TISSUE, RESULTING IN CELLULAR DEATH
- 5. THICKENING AND HARDENING OF THE ARTERIAL VESSELS WITH COLLAGEN
- 8. THE SIDE OF HEART FAILURE CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN EDV AND PRELOAD; ALSO KNOWN AS CHF
- 9. WHEN STABLE, THIS OCCURS DURING EXERTION AND IS RELIEVED BY REST AND NTG
- 12. A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHERE PRESSURE CAUSES CARDIAC COMPRESSION, IMPAIRING THE ABILITY OF THE HEART CHAMBERS TO FILL
- 16. HAS MANY ETIOLOGIES, BUT SHARES THE SIMILAR CONCEPT OF FAILURE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM TO ADEQUATELY PERFUSE THE TISSUES
- 17. RESISTANCE OF BLOOD EJECTION FROM THE LEFT VENTRICLE
- 18. AN ELEVATED LESION CONSISTING OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS SURROUNDED BY LIPIDS, COLLAGEN, ELASTIC FIBERS, AND A MUCOPROTEIN MATRIX
- 20. DELIVERY OF OXYGEN RICH BLOOD TO TISSUES VIA THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- 21. FLUID ACCUMULATION SECONDARY TO PERICARDITIS
- 22. LIMITED BLOOD FLOW AND PERFUSION TO TISSUE; REVERSIBLE PROCESS