Cardiovascular/Lymph/Immune Systems; Med Terms

Deficiency of red blood cells

• hemophilia
• thrombocytopenia
• leukemia
• anemia

Genetic disease in which red blood cells are abnormally shaped like a sickle, or crescent moon

• sickle cell anemia
• hemolytic anemia

• pernicious anemia

• Iron-deficient anemia

sensation of pain or pressure in the chest

• Aneurysm

• Anemia

• Angina

• Arrhythmia

Condition of plaque buildup in the arteries

• thrombosis
• arrhythmia

• cardiac tamponade

• atherosclerosis

Condition of diseased heart muscle

• cardiomyopathy
• pericardium

• atherosclerosis
• hypertension

Narrowing of the coronary arteries, resulting in an insufficient blood supply to the heart

• Coronary artery disease (CAD)
• Myocarditis

• Cardiomyopathy

• Congestive heart failure (CHD)

Medical term for high blood pressure

• Hypertension
• Hypertrophy
• cardiomyopathy

• cyanosis

Inflammation of the muscular layer of the heart

• myocardial infarction
• coronary artery disease

• pericarditis
• myocarditis

These vessels carry blood away from the heart.

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• superior vena cava

Brings blood to the heart from the upper portion of the body.

• pulmonary artery

• superior vena cava

• pulmonary vein

• inferior vena cava