Cardiovascular

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Chapter 5 6

• Cardiovascular Lymphatic System

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Reticulocytes

• Immature red blood cells

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Tissue Plasminogen activator

• Administered to dissolve clots

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Neutrophils

• White blood cells
• When elevated, indicates infection

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Hematologist

• A specialist that treats diseases and disorders
  of the blood and blood forming organs

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Phlebostenosis

• Narrowing of the lumen of of a vein from any cause

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Embolus

• Condition of a foreign object circulating in the
  blood

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Anemia
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Thalassemia

• Red blood cells lack the normal ability to
  produce hemoglobin

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Aplastic anemia

• Absence of all formed elements

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Pernicious anemia

• Inability to absorb vitamin B12 normally

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Sickle Cell Anemia

• Red blood cells assume an abnormal sickle shape

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Hemolytic anemia

• Red blood cells are destroyed to rapidly

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Cancer
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sarcoma

• Malignant tumor that arises from the connective
  tissue

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Metastasize

• Process by which cancer spreads from the primary
  site to the secondary site

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Carcinoma in situ

• Malignant tumor in its original position

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Metastasis

• New cancer site caused by the spreading process

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carcinoma

• Malignant tumor that occurs in the epithelial
  tissue

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Benign

• Means not recurring
• Favorable chance of recovery

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Myeloma

• Malignant tumor composed of blood forming tissues
  of the bone marrow
• (chapter 3)

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Staging

• Breast Cancer

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Stage I

• No nodal involvement
• No large than two centimeters
• Has not spread outside the breast

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Stage II

• Mat not be larger than 2 cm but has spread to the
  lymph nodes
• May be between 2-5cm but may or may not have
  spread to the nodes
• Cancer is larger than 5cm and has not spread to
  the nodes

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Stage III A

• Cancer is smaller than 5 cm and has spread to the
  nodes and the nodes are attached to each other or
  other structure
• Larger than 5 cm and has spread to the nodes

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Stage III B

• Cancer has spread to the tissue near the breast
  (chest wall, ribs)
• Cancer has spread to the nodes in the chest along
  the breast bone

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Stage IV

• Cancer has Spread to other organs of the body
• Cancer has spread to the skin or nodes inside the
  neck (collarbone)

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Cardiovascular
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Angina Pectoris

• Severe episodes of spasmodic choking or
  suffocating chest pain

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Valvulitis

• Inflammatory condition of the heart valves

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Arteriosclerosis

• Abnormal hardening of an artery

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Oxygen poor blood

• Blood carried by the pulmonary arteries to the
  lungs

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Oxygen rich blood

• Blood carried by the pulmonary veins to the left
  atrium

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Balloon Angioplasty

• Opens the blocked artery without removing the
  plaque

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Ventricular fibrillation

• Cardiac arrhythmia which is fatal if not reversed

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Bradycardia

• Slow heartbeat

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tachycardia

• Rapid heartbeat

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Myocardial infarction

• Heart attach

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Atrial fibrillation

• Irregular quivering action of the atria with a
  rapid ventricular beat

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Thallium Test

• Uses a radiopharmaceutical to assess the patients
  heart function

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Immune System
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Immunodeficiency

• One or more parts of the immune system are not
  functioning properly or they are missing

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Autoimmune

• The immune system attacks the bodies own tissues

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Antigen

• Substance the body regards as foreign

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Antibody

• Substance made by the body to kill or attach
  foreign substances

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Bacilli

• Rod shaped spore forming bacteria such as those
  that cause tuberculosis (TB)

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Blood Typing
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Type A

• Donate to A AB
• Can receive from A O

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Type B

• Can donate to B AB
• Can receive from B O

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Type O

• Can donate to A, B, AB, O
• Can receive from O

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Type AB

• Can donate to AB
• Can receive from A, B, AB, O