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stroke volume - answer✔the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle during each beat of the
heart
subcutaneous - answer✔beneath the skin
superior vena cava - answer✔the venous trunk that drains blood from the head, neck, upper
extremities, and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
supraventricular foci - answer✔central points of origin of dsrhythmias, which are located above
the level of the ventricles in the atria
sympathommimetic - answer✔having activity that mimics the effects of the sympathetic
nervous system, epinephrine
synapse - answer✔the junction between two neurons where impulses are transmitted from
one neuron to another
synaptic cleft - answer✔the gap between two nerves where they meet at a synapse
syncope - answer✔fainting
synergistic - answer✔the phenomenon that exists when two drugs are administered together,
and the combined effect is greater than the sum of its parts
systolic - answer✔pertaining to the phase of the heart's pumping action when the ventricles
contract, forcing blood either to the lungs or peripheral circulation
T wave - answer✔the EKG waveform that represents repolarization of the ventricles
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