8 Terms
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circulatory system
Health care; Hospitals
The system that moves blood throughout the body it includes the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins. This remarkable system moves oxygen carrying blood from the lungs and heart throughout the ...
therapeutic
Health care; Hospitals
That part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The therapeutic dose of a drug is the amount needed to treat a disease. Something that is therapeutic is good for the ...
closed head injury
Health care; Hospitals
A bouncing motion of the brain that results from a blow to the head or severe shaking that does not penetrate the skull or brain tissue. This bouncing motion can cause tearing, shearing or stretching ...
systolic
Health care; Hospitals
The blood pressure when the heart is contracting. It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. The time at which ventricular contraction ...
coagulation
Health care; Hospitals
The process by which the blood clots form at the site of an injury.
