Cardiovascular system
What is Thrombosis?
The formation of a blood clot (thrombus)
What is Lymph?
A clear fluid
What is Apnea?
inability to breathe
What are the 3 types of muscle fiber?
skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and smooth muscle
What is vasoconstriction?
Narrowing of the blood vessels that results from contraction of the muscular walls of the vessels
What are the organs of the Lymphatic system?
Lymph nodes
Tonsils
Thymus gland
Spleen
Appendix
What is Hemothorax?
Blood pools within the plaueral cavity surrounding the lungs
What is Myositis?
Inflammation of the muscle
What is Ischaemia?
An insufficient supply of blood to an organ, usually due to a blocked artery
What is the Thoracic duct?
The main lymphatic channel for the return of chyle to the venous system
What is Hypoxemia?
abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood
What is atony?
Lack of tone or energy,
What is an Aneurysm?
A bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, usually where it branches
What is the Cisterna chyli?
a dilated lymphatic sac in the abdomen
What is asphyxia?
absence of respiration, suffucation
What is Rhabdomyolysis?
Rapid destruction of skeletal muscle resulting in leakage into the urine of the muscle protein myoglobin.
What is Angioplasty?
An endovascular procedure to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins, typically to treat arterial atherosclerosis
What is lympadenectomy?
excision/removal of a lymphatic gland
What are the symptoms of Bronchitis?
Coughing
Chest pain
Sputum
What is Leiomyoma?
Tumor of smooth muscle