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| Form of arteriosclerosis characterized by accumulation of plaque, blood,and blood products lining the wall of the artery, casusing partial or complete blockage of an artery |
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| Humming heard when auscultation a blood vessel that is caused by turbulent blodd flow through the vessel |
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| severe pain in the calf muscle from inadequate blood supply |
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| A condition in which the ends of the fingers and toes appear bulbous and shiny, most ofter the result of a lung disease |
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| Abnormal, disordered, or disturbed cardiac rhythm |
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| An assessment for venous thrombosis in which calf pain with dorsiflexion occurs if thrombossi is present |
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| Reduced amount of magnesium in the blood |
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| abnormal sound heard on ausculation of the heart and adjacent large blood vessels |
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| Friction sound heard over the fourth left intercostal space near the sternum; a classic sign of pericarditis |
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| absence of sufficient arterial blood flow, causing the extremity to become the temperature of the environment |
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| area in the chest where the greatest force can be felt with the palm of the hand when the heart contracts or beats. usually the fourth to fifth intercostal space in the midclavicular line. |
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| End-diastolic stretch of cardiac muscle fibers; equals end-diastolic volume |
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| number of pulse beats is less at the radial artery than the apical heart rate |
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| operation of cutting through the sternum |
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| Palpation of a vibration on the surface of the skin. Can be caused by turbulent blood flow through a blood vessel (as with a fistula or graft) or cardiac abnormalities |
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| mediastinum; area between the lungs and thoracic cavity |
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| Three membranes that enclose the heart |
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| outtermost fibrous pericardium, middle layer is the parietal pericardium, innermost layer is the visceral pericardium |
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| What is between the parietal and visceral layer? |
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| Serous fluid, to stop or reduce friction |
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| smooth epithelial tissue that prevents abnormal clotting |
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| Route of heart beat impulse |
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| From the SA node to the AV node to the bundle of His to the right and left bundle branchs in the septum, to the Purkinje fibers in the ventricular myocardium. |
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| AV creates impulses at what rate |
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| Bundle of His creates impulses at what rate? |
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| two atria contract simultaneously followed by contraction of two ventricles. |
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| amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle in one minute. |
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| blood ejected in one pump. on average 60-80mL |
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| What in the brain contains the cardiovascular centers? |
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