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| Largest artery in the body |
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| Brings oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. |
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| An opening in the atrial septum. |
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| Carry oxygenated blood to the capillaries. |
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| The middle arterial layer. |
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| The smallest blood vessels. |
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| Carry deoxygenated blood away from capillaries to the heart. |
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| The pressure measured at the moment of contraction. |
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| The lessened force of the blood, when the ventricles are relaxed. |
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| The difference between the systolic and diastolic. |
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| Located at the crook of the elbow, along the inner border of the biceps. |
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| Occur when there is a malformation of the heart during fetal development. |
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| A bluish discoloration fo the skin and mucous membrane. |
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| The ballooning out of an artery, accompanied by a thinning arterial wall, caused by a weakening of the blood vessel. |
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| The death of body tissue due to an insufficient blood supply. |
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| An inflammation of the lining of a vien, accompanied by the clotting of blood in the vein. |
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| Swollen veins that result from a slowing of blood flow back to the heart. |
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| Varicose veins in the walls of the lower rectum and the tissues around the anus. |
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| Loss of speech and memory. |
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