chapter 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 oncogenes | genes that can cause cancer, can be turned off or on |
| mamogram | low dose x-ray will show internal structure of breast |
| sonogram | sound or waves show picture of breast |
| needle biopsy | when lump is bigger or deeper |
| lumpectomy | removal of lump |
| mastercomy | partial(lump and tissue) simple(lump and breast) complete(lump, breast, muscle, lymph nodes) |
| radiation | x-ray used to kill cancer cells |
| chemotherapy | drugs used to kill cancer cells |
| fibroids | non cancerous tumors of the uterus |
| hysterectomy | take out uterus |
| myometomy | remove the fibroid |
| atria | top chamber, pump blood down into the ventricles |
| valves | prevents the blood from flowing backwards |
| ventricles | bottom chambers, pump blood up and out or to lungs |
| artery | carries oxygenated blood and is under pressure |
| pulmonary artery | pumps blood to the lungs |
| aorta | pumps blood to body |
| veins | carry deoxygenated blood back to heart |
| pulmonary veins | carries blood from lungs back to the heart |
| vena cavas | carry blood from body back to heart |
| septum | divides heart into a right and left side |
| heart murmer | when valves dont open correctly |
| blood pressure | pressure of blood against walls of arteries avg 120 over 80 |
| pulse | contraction and relaxations that you feel in your arteries |
| bypass surgery | artery is blocked by cholesterol, removed and healthy vein is grafted |
| angiogram | catheter and dyes to see the flow of blood in blood vessels |
| angioplasty | through the catheter they put a balloon which unclogs the artery |
| EKG | records heartbeat |
| CT scan | x-ray taken as camera moves around body |
| cardiac catheterization | insert into vain of groin and pushed up into heart, measure blood pressure |
| heart valve surgery | one valve inside heart isnt opening and closing properly needs to be replased |
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