Heartbeat
The natural pacemaker of the heart
What is the SA (or sinoatrial) node?
Term for hernia of a lymphatic vessel
What is lymphadenocele?
2 prefixes for the word, vein
What are phleb/o and ven/o
Development of a blood clot in a deep vein is called this
What is Deep-vein thrombosis
The person responsible for studying toxins
What is a toxicologist
The only artery in the body that transports oxygen-poor blood
What is the pulmonary artery?
Term for abnormal condition of lymph cells
What is lymphocytosis
Prefix for clot
What is thromb/o
Daily Double: The term for rupture of an artery
What is arteriorrhexis?
The name of the white blood cells that clean debris from lymph
What are phagocytes?
emergency procedure that provides manual external cardiac compression and sometimes artificial respiration
What is CPR?
Word pertaining to around the tonsil
What is peritonsillar?
Prefix for bone marrow or spinal cord
What is myel/o?
This means cutting into a vein
What is a phlebotomy?
The term for disease of the lymph glands
lymphadenopathy
The term for an irregular heart rhythm
What is an arrhythmia?
Definition of adenolipoma
What is a fatty gland tumor?
Prefix for a lymphatic vessel
What is lymphangia/o
The record of a vessel is called this
What is an Angiogram
What is an x-ray of the lymph glands called?
What is lymphangiogram?
Word for pain of the atrium
What is atriodynia?
White blood cells that seek out and destroy abnormal cells
What are T-lymphocytes?
prefix for thick/fatty
What is ather/o
The term for severe bleeding or bursting forth of blood?
What is hemorrhage?
What is a life-threatening systemic allergic reaction?