F2F Class Notes October 5th (Ben)

Demo StudentDexter
170,000
population
independent 独立
a former colony
A/C = air conditioning
a diploma = a degree
There are more and more people
a brain aneurysm 脑动脉瘤
suddenly= in a heartbeat
perform an operation = 手术
a blood clot
an artery, a vein, a capillary
动脉， 静脉，毛细血管
Usually, blood clots occur in arteries but thrombi occur in veins.
a thrombus, 2 thrombi
necrosis
Which tissues might undergo necrosis?
Heart cells might undergo necrosis.
Heart cells are like neurons; they can’t reproduce.
procedures
open heart surgery
There is a new trend of surgeries with no opening of the chest.
Pacemakers and coronary artery diseases are two different branches of cardiology.
-it is = inflammation
inflammation of the appendix = appendicitis
inflammation of the liver = hepatitis
inflammation of the lungs = pulmonitis
-tomy = cut, removal
removal of the appendix = appendectomy
removal of the kidney = nephrectomy
removal of the amygdala = amygdalectomy
1 amygdala
2 amygdalae
implant a stent in the coronary artery
She has a lymphnode under her armpit.
The border of a tumor is not very neat, but the one of a lymphnode is.