Abbreviation "atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease"
Ability of a vein to distend and store blood
Word root for "carbon dioxide"
Name of the only artery in your body carrying deoxygenated blood and the only vein carrying oxygenated blood
Artery formed by the merging of the vertebral arteries sending branches to the brain stem and the circle of Willis.
Latin stem for "fever" or "heat"
Vessel returning all deoxygenated blood from below the diaphragm
Medical abbreviation for acute myelocytic leukemia
Medical abbreviation for congenital dislocation of the hip
Shortest medical abbreviation for computer anatomical tomography
Medical abbreviation for atherosclerotic heart disease
Condition of being full in medicine used often with oxygen and expressed as a percent.
Abbreviation for carbohydrate
First unpaired branch off the abdominal aorta supplying oxygenated blood to the liver, stomach and spleen
Abbreviation used by a licensed practical nurse
Source of oxygenated blood for most of the small intestine
Medical abbreviation for "estimated blood loss"
Atomic symbol for the positive ion found in highest concentration in ECF
Termination of the abdominal aorta as it divides into this right and left vessel
Common medical abbreviation used to indicate a clot in a vein
Medical abbreviation for hypertensive heart disease
Considered the capacitance vessels (able to distend and store blood) or names applied to vessels returning blood to the heart.
Latin prefix meaning "same" or "equal"
Found at the base of the brain surrounding the pituitary gland and carries the entire arterial blood supply of the brain(formed from the vertebral and carotid arteries)
Word root meaning sameness, or unchanging
Atomic symbol for the element often found with sodium in the body or in table salt
Resistance vessels OR Small diameter blood vessel connecting an artery to capillaries
Latin word root meaning "cause"
Medical abbreviation for the average driving force of blood to the tissues; calculated by taking diastolic pressure & adding 1/3 of pulse pressure
Medical abbreviation often used in place of heart attack (myocardial infarction)
Medical abbreviation for nasogastric
Abbreviation for enzyme found in cardiac and skeletal muscle as well as brain tissue. Checked for following heart attacks and to detect certain muscle diseases.
Medical abbreviation for cerebrovascular accident aka stroke
Medical abbreviation for "Toxic Shock Syndrome"
Medical abbreviation for intravenous pyelogram
-------ovale: fetal shunt between RA and LA