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Temporal Artery
Carotid Artery
ulnar and radial
popliteal artery
dorsalis pedis.
posterior tibial artery |
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| artery is palpated in front of the ear |
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| artery is palpated in the groove between the sternomastoid muscle and the trachea |
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| These arteries run distally and form two arches supplying the hand; these are called the superficial and deep palmar arches. |
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| The major artery to the leg is the |
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| The femoral artery travels down the thigh. At the lower thigh, it courses posteriorly; then it is called |
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| The anterior tibial artery travels down the front of the leg on to the dorsum of the foot, where it becomes the |
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| In back of the leg, the_______ artery travels down behind the medial malleolus and in the foot forms the plantar arteries. |
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| deficient supply of oxygenated arterial blood to a tissue caused by obstruction of a blood vessel. |
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| Because veins do not have a pump to generate their blood flow, the veins need a mechanism to keep blood moving (Fig. 20-4). This is accomplished by |
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| (1) the contracting skeletal muscles that milk the blood proximally, back toward the heart; (2) the pressure gradient caused by breathing, in which inspiration makes the thoracic pressure decrease and the abdominal pressure increase; and (3) the intraluminal valves, which ensure unidirectional flow. |
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| superficial lymph nodes that you can palpate |
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| cervical nodes,axillary nodes, epitrochlear nodes, inguinal nodes |
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| axillary nodes are located |
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| cervical nodes are located |
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| epitrochlear nodes are located |
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| inguinal nodes are located |
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| Peripheral blood vessels grow more rigid with age, resulting in a condition called |
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| the deposition of fatty plaques on the intima of the arteries. |
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| Aging produces a progressive enlargement of the intramuscular calf ____ |
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| Prolonged bedrest, prolonged immobilization, and heart failure increase the risk for |
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| what type of veins run alongside the deep arteries and conduct most of the venous return from the legs. These are the femoral and popliteal veins. |
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| the great and small saphenous veins are what type of veins |
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| what type of veins can be excised without harming the circulation. |
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| Measurements and meanings for pulse |
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3+, increased, full, bounding
2+, normal
1+, weak
0, absent |
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| Edema test result classifications and characteristics |
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1+, no visible change/slight indentation (-2mm depression)
2+ no marked change in leg, pitting slightly deeper (-4mm depression)
3+ leg visibly swollen, deep indentation (-6mm depress)
4_ leg VERY swollen, very deep indentation (-8 mm depress) |
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| , Homans' sign is a sign of |
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| deep vein thrombosis (DVT |
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| A positive sign is present when there is pain in the calf or popliteal region with examiner's abrupt dorsiflexion of the patient's foot at the ankle while the knee is flexed to 90 degrees |
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| Homan sign is about how accurate for predicting DVT? |
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| 35% of the time when you have Homan's Sign, you have DVT |
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True or false
The flow of the lymphatic system is slow compared to the flow of blood |
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