Heart & Blood Disorders

2. inflammmation of the pericardium
6. an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes
8. small purplish blotches that resemble a rash on the skin
9. block when the ventricles beat at their own rate, which is much slower
11. lack of an adequate supply of blood to the heart muscle
14. heart valves become stiff, often because of repeated bacterial infection of the endocardium
15. known as "blood cancer"- an overproducWBCsof WBC's
18. when the pumping efficency of the heart is reduced so the circulation is inadequate (usually caused by clogged coronary vessels)
19. known as a heart attack, oxygen-deprived heart cells die after prolonged angina,forming an area called an infarct
20. pectoris chrushing chest pain that is the result of the myocardium being deprived of oxygen

1. applies to many different hereditary bleeding disorders
3. the body doesn't form normal hemoglobin
4. a decrease in the oxygen-carrying ability of the blood
5. a free floating clot
7. an insufficient number of circulating platelets
10. a life-threatening condition in which an embolus gets lodged in a vessel in the lung
12. rapid, uncoordinated quivering of the ventricles (treated by AEDs)
13. when the lungs become swollen with blood, pressure increases, and fluid leaks in the blood tissue (if untreated, the person "drowns" in the fluid)
16. murmurs abnormal or unusual heart sounds
17. a fixed clot, unmoving in a blood vessel