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| Three fluids that interact with stationary cells to help maintain homeostasis |
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| Blood, interstitial fluid, lymph |
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Reduction in RBC quantity of their hemoglobin which impairs bloods ability to carry O2.
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| Most common type of anemia |
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| Iron deficiency anemia- associated with iron depletion |
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| Associated with RBC destruction changing to sickle shape |
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| Genetic disorder that impairs the blood clotting mechanisms. |
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| Transformation of fluid blood into a gelatinous mass (blood clot formation) |
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| How many days should you wait to give massage when a patient has been bedridden to avoid clot complications? |
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| Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus |
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| Failure of the cardiovascular system to deliver enough oxygen and and nutrients to meed body's needs. |
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| Chest pain caused by reduced blood supply to heart. |
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| Any deviation from a normal heart rate or rhythm. |
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| Hearts inability to meet body demands. Usually associated with disease such as hypertension, coronary artery disease or from past MI. |
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| condition that develops as a rare complication after an untreated strep throat infection |
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| Heart disease following rheumatic fever: affects heart layers. |
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| Any weakening or change in the heart's myocardium; associated with inadequate heart pumping |
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| Inflammation of the inside of heart |
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| inflammation of the heart muscle |
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| inflammation of the sac that surrounds the heart. |
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| Death of myocardial tissue from interrupted blood supply and prolonged ischemia. |
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| Warning signs of heart attack |
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| Chest pain or heaviness, discomfort in other areas of the upper body such as arm, shoulder, neck, or jaw, shortness of breath, profuse sweating, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, panic fear, isolated right bicep, pain. |
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| Sudden and unexpected complete cessation of heartbeat, |
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| Group if diseases characterized by thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls |
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| Presence of lesions called plaque within middle large size arteries. |
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| Narrowed coronary arteries from atherosclerotic plaquing. |
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| Peripheral Artery Disease |
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| Hardening/narrowing of peripheral arteries. Any artery outside the heart. |
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| High blood pressure; often asymptomatic. |
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| Localized weakness in a blood vessel wall that bulges outward. |
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| Thromboangitis Obliterans |
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| Inflammatory condition od small-medium size arteries of uupper and lower extremities. |
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| Inflammation of the veins. |
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| Dilated veins from incompetent valves. |
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