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Terminology Appendix 1
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09/05/2011

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Term
what is the pathway of the bloodflow of the heart?
Definition
Oxygen poor(tissue capillaries) --> venules --> veins --> right atrium--> right ventricle --> lung capillaries --> left atrium --> left ventricle -->aorta --> arteries --> arterioles --> tissue cappilaries

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/human_heart.html
Term
angi-
Definition
vessel
Term
dia-
Definition
through
Term
-phargm
Definition
wall seperation dia-
Term
-thelio
Definition
nipple, covering surface epi
Term
-stinum
Definition
middle or partition mediapartition
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
Term
shock
Definition
poor oxygen supply to tissues and insufficient return of blood to the heart
Term
pulmonary edema-
Definition
when blood accumulates in the lungs
Term
edema
Definition
swelling
Term
cognestive heart failure
Definition
inability of the heart to pump its required amount o blood
Term
angina pectoris(chest)
Definition
chestpain caused because there is not enough blood flow going to the heart
Term
antherosclerosis
Definition
hardening of arteries with a collection of cholesterol-like plaque
Term
arrhythmia

examples?
Definition
abnormal heartbeat -->

fibrillation and flutter
Term
aneurysm
Definition
local widening f an artery caused by weakening in the arterial wall or breakdown of thw wall from atherosclerosis
Term
food enters the mouth and take what path?
Definition
pharyn, esophagus, and stomach to the small intestine
Term
append
Definition
appendex
Term
appendic-
Definition
appendix
Term
cholecyst
Definition
gallbladder
Term
col-
Definition
colon
Term
-megaly
Definition
means enlargement. Hepatomegaly (hep- ah-toh-MEG-ah-lee) is the abnormal enlargement of the liver (hepat/o means liver and -megaly means enlargement
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or-
Definition
mouth
Term
proct-
Definition
anus and rectum
Term
stomat-
Definition
mouth
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-pexy
Definition
surgical fixation of an organ
Term
orch, orchi, orchin
Definition
testis
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