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24 Cards in this Set
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Allen test
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Determining the patency of the radial and ulnar arteries by compressing one artery site and observing return of skin colors as evidence of patency of the other artery
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Aneurysm
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Defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect
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Arrhythmia
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Variation from the heart's normal rhythm
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Arteriosclerosis
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Thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls
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Atherosclerosis
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Plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer (intima) of the arteries
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Bradycardia
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Slow heart rate, <50 beats per min in the adult
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Bruit
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Blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded
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Cyanosis
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Dusky blue mottling of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive amt of reduced hemoglobin in the blood
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Diastole
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the heart's filling phase
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Homan's sign
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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 tendinitis, or muscle injury
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Ischemia
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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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Lymphedema
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Swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting
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Lymph nodes
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Small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic vessels
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Pitting edema
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Indentation left after examiner depress the skin over swollen edematous tissue
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Profile sign
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Viewing the finger from the side in order to detect early clubbing
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Pulse
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Pressure wave created by ea heartbeat, palpable at body sites where the artery lies close to the skin and over a bone
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Pulsus alternans
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Regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large and small amplitude
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Pulsus bigeminus
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Irregular rhythm, every other beat is premature; premature beats have weakened amplitude
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Pulsus pardoxus
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Beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration
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Systole
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The heart's pumping phase
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Tachycardia
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Rapid heart rate, >100 beats per min in the adult
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Thrmobophlebitis
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Inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation
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Varicose Vein
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Dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves
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Ulcer
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Open skin lesion extending into dermis with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue
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