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Arrhythmia
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Irregularity in the heart rate, rhythm, or beat
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Atria
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Upper changes of the heart that receive blood before it enters the ventricles
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Basilic vein
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Large vein on the inner side of the arm in the antecubital fossa
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Blood pressure
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A measure of the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the vessels
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Cardiac cycle
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One complete contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart
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Cehalic vein
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Vein located in the lateral part of the arm in the antecubital fossa
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Coagulation
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Blood-clotting process
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Crossmatch
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Compatibility test performed to determine the suitablity of a unit of blood for transusion
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Diastole
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Relaxation phase of the cardiac clycle
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ECG/EKG
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Record of the electrical currents that correspond to each eent in the hear muscle contraction
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Erythrocyte
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Medical term for red blood cell RBC
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Extrinsic pathway
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Coagulation pathway initiated by the release of thomboplastin from injured tissue
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