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23 Cards in this Set
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dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves |
varicose veins |
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open skin lesion extending into dermis, with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue |
ulcer |
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inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation |
thrombophlebitis |
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rapid heart rate, more than 95 bpm in an adult |
tachycardia |
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the heart's pumping phase |
systole |
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beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration |
pulsus paradoxus |
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irregular rhythm; every other beat is premature; premature beats have weakened amplitude |
pulsus bigeminus |
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regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large and small amplitude |
pulsus alternans |
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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 |
pulse |
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viewing the finger from the side to detect early clubbing |
profile sign |
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indentation left after examiner depresses the skin over swollen edematous tissue |
pitting edema |
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swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting |
lymphadema |
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small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic tissue |
lymph nodes |
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deficiency of arterial blood to a body part due to constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel |
ischemia |
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the heart's filling phase |
diastole |
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dusky blue mottling of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the blodo |
cyanosis |
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blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded |
bruit |
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slow heart rate, less than 50 bpm in the adult |
bradycardia |
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plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer (intima) of the arteries |
atherosclerosis |
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thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls |
arteriosclerosis |
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variation from the heart's normal rhythm |
arrhythmia |
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defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect |
aneurysm |
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test that determines the patency of the radial and ulnar arteries by compressing one artery site and observing return of skin color as evidence of patency of the other artery |
Allen test |
