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| severe chest pain resulting when the myocardium is deprived of sufficient oxygen |
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| small branch of an artery |
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| vessel carrying blood away from the heart |
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| atrioventricular valve AV |
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| two valves that serperate the atrial chambers from the ventricles |
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| tiny vessels that connect arterioles and venules |
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| volume of blood pumped by one ventricle per minute |
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| cardiopulmonary resuscuation (CPR) |
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| combined external cardiac massage and artifical respiration |
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| surgery to relieve severely restricted coronary blood flow; veins are taken from the other parts of the body to bypass the partial blockage |
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| delivery of oxygen and removal of waste product from the myocardium |
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| blood pressure in arteries during diastole (relaxation) of the heart |
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| connects the arota and the pulmonary artery, allowing most blood to bypass the fetus' developing lungs |
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| graphic record of the heart's action potientials |
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| inflammation of the lining of the liver |
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| thin layer of very smooth tissue lining each chamber of the heart |
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| shunts blood from the right atrium directly into the left atrium, allowing most blood to bypass the baby's developing lungs |
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| hepatic portal circulation |
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| the route of blood flow through the liver |
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| also known as the bicuspid valve; located between the left atrium and ventricle |
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| death of cardiac muscle cells resulting from inadequate blood supply as in coronary thrombosis |
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| deflection on sn ECG that occurs with depolarization of the atria |
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where the impulse conduction of the heart normally starts; located om the wall of the right atrium near the opeaning of the superior vena cava |
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| membrane that surrounds the heart |
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| venous blood flow from the right atrium to the lung and returning to the left atrium |
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| specalized cells located in the walls of the ventricles; relay nerve impulses from the AV node to the ventricles causing them to contract |
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| deflection on an ECG that occurs as a result of deplarization of the ventricles |
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| valve located between the two ventricular chambers and the large arteries that carry blood away from the heart; valves found in the veins |
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| the heart's pacemaker; where the impulse conduction of the heart normally starts; located om the wall of the right atrium near the opeaning of the superior vena cava |
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| blood flow from the left ventricle to all parts of the body and back to the right atrium |
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deflection on an electrocardiogram that occurs with repolarization of the ventricles |
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| the valve located between the right atrium and ventricle |
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| a large vein carrying oxygen-rich blood from the placenta to the developing fetus |
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| vessel carrying blood toward the heart |
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| small blood vessels that collect blood from the capillaries and join to form veins |
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