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• Electrocardiogram (EKG)


  Records electricity in heart
• Holter Monitor


  • 24/1 EKG
• CPR


  Restarting the heart
• Defibrillation


  Treats abnormal rhythm
• Angiography


  Reporting on blood vessels
• Angioplasty


  Surgical repair of vessel
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

  Bypass blocked area
• Carotid Endarterectomy


  Surgical removal of clot from artery
• Valvuloplasty


  Surgical repair of abnormal valve
• • rrhaphy


  Surgical suturing
• • ectomy


  Surgical removal
• Arteritis


  • Inflammation of an artery or arteries
• Phlebostenosis


  • Abnormal narrowing of the lumen of a vein
• Phleborrhexis


  • Rupture of a vein
• Angiorrhaphy


  • Suture repair of any vessel, especially a blood vessel
• Cardiorrhexis


  • Rupture of the heart
• Thrombocytosis


  Abnormal increase in the number of thrombocytes in the circulating blood
• Arteriostenosis


  Abnormal narrowing of an artery
• Cardiomegaly


  Enlargement of the heart
• Aneurysm

  Localized weak spot or balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery
• Pericarditis

  Inflammation of the pericardium
• Atrial fibrillation

  Rapid, irregular twitching of the atrial wall
• Ventricular fibrillation

  Rapid, irregular, useless contractions of the ventricles
• Arrhythmia

  Loss of the normal rhythm of the heartbeat
• Asystole


  Lack of electrical activity in the heart
• Defibrillation

  Use of electric shock to restore heart's normal rhythm
• Perfusion

  Flow of blood through the vessels of an organ
• Hypoperfusion

  Deficiency of blood passing through the vessels of an organ
• Myocarditis

  Inflammation of the myocardium
• Dyscrasia

  Pathological condition of the cellular elements of the blood
• Atherectomy


  Surgical removal of plaque
• Lymphatic Structures and Functions

  • Return lymph to the venous system at the neck
  • Absorb fats and fat soluble vitamins through the lacteals in the small intestine
  • Remove waste products from the tissues, and cooperate with the immune system in destroying pathogens
• Lymphatic Circulation


  • Includes lymphatic capillaries which are blind-ended tubes that collect lymph
  • Lymphatic vessels extend from the capillaries, becoming progressively larger
  • The larger vessels join together to form two ducts, each draining a specific part of the body and returning the lymph to the venous circulation
• Interstitial Fluid

  Intercellular fluid, tissue fluid
• Lymph

  The 10% of interstitial fluid that doesn't go back into the blood, a clear, watery fluid containing electrolytes and proteins
• Lymphatic system


  • Removes dead cells, debris, and pathogens (including cancer cells) present in intercellular spaces
  • Works with immune system
• Lymphatic system structures

  • Lymph nodes
  • Tonsils
  • Thymus gland
  • Appendix
  • Spleen
• Lymph nodes


  Small bean-shaped structures which contain lymphocytes
• Lymph nodes

  Lymph vessels carry lymph through the lymph nodes which filter it, destroying pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and malignant cells
• Tonsils


  • Masses of lymphoid tissue in throat behind the nose