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determining the patency of the radial and ulnar arteries by compressing one artery site and observing return of skin color as evidence of patency
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Allen test:
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defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma or congenital defect
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Aneurysm:
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variation from the heart’s normal rhythm
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Arrythmia:
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thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls
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Arteriosclerosis:
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plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer (intima) of the arteries
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Atherosclerosis:
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slow heart rate, <50 beats per minute in the adult
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Bradycardia:
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blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded
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Bruit:
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dusky blue mottling of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the blood
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Cyanosis:
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the heart’s filling phase
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Diastole:
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calf pain that occurs when the foot is sharply dorsiflexed (pushed up toward the knee); may occur with deep vein thrombosis, phlebitis, achilles tendonitis, or muscle injury
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Homan’s sign:
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deficiency of arterial blood to a body part, due to constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel
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Ischemia:
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swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting
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Lymphedema:
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small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic tissue
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Lymph nodes:
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indentation left after examiner depresses the skin over swollen edematous tissue
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Pitting edema:
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viewing the finger from the side in order to detect early clubbing
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Profile sign:
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pressure wave created by each heartbeat, palpable at body sites where the artery lies close to the skin and over a bone
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Pulse:
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regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large and small amplitude
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Pulsus alternans:
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irregular rhythm, every other beat is premature; premature beats have weakened amplitude
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Pulsus bigeminus:
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beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration
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Pulsus paradoxus:
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the heart’s pumping pulse
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Systole:
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rapid heart rate, >100 beats per minute in the adult
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Tachycardia:
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inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation
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Thrombophlebitis:
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dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves
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Varicose vein:
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open skin lesion extending into dermis with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue
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Ulcer:
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