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10 Cards in this Set
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What does an angioplasty do?
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-"balloon treatment"
-run catheter up femora artery to blocked artery -balloon is infalted to depress plaque |
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What does a stent do?
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-same as angioplasty
-but also insert wire screen after plaque is depressed to hold in place |
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Why is it better to stick the catheter up the leg rather than the arm?
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-Leg has a larger artery
-smaller chance to damage artery |
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Why do we have sinuses in the cranium?
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-drains the head w/o having pressure
-to reduce blood pressure -pressure lower in large vessicle |
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Why does your body have multiple organs with multiple sources of blood?
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-Nature's safty device
-if one is blocked, blood comes from another source |
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Where does the aorta flow blood to?
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-down center of body cavity
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What does the aorta split into?
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-the external and internal illiacs
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What part of the aorta feeds the liver, stomach, etc?
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-the celiac trunk
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What provides the intestines with blood?
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-the superior and inferior messentaric arteries
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What is the hepatic portal system and what does it do?
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-venous drainage system for the intestines
-collects nutrients (blood) and directs them towards liver (intestines to liver) -lympathic system picks up lipids |
