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Define Ausculation. |
Ausculation is the process of listening with a stethescope of the movement of blood in the vessels. |
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What are Cardiac palpations? |
Cardiac palpations is a unusually strong or irregular heart rate. |
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What is Cyanosis? |
Tissue that lack oxygen often exhibt a characterestic blue color called cyanosis. |
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What is Fibrillation? |
When the heart rhythm is wild and incoordinated it is an arrythmia called fibrillation. |
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What is Ischemia? |
Ischemia is lack of oxygen in an organ. |
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What is a murmur? |
A heart murmur is a abnormal sound in the heart. |
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What is perfusion? |
Is to pour through or supply with blood. |
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What is systolic? |
Systolic is the measurment when the heart beats. |
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What is tachycardia? |
Tachycarida is a fast heart rate. |
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What is Thrombus |
Thrombus is a clot attached to a vein or artery. |
