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| deoxygenated blood and its waste products from the tissues & return to heart. |
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| tubes that transport fluid, such as blood or lymph. |
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| a deficient supply of oxygenated arterial blood to a tissue caused by obstruction of a blood vessel. |
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| contracting skeletal muscles, pressure gradient caused by breathing, intraluminal valves |
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| Varicose Veins or Incompetent Valves |
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| small, oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at intervals along the vessels. |
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| fluid before it's returned to the bloodstream & filters out microorganisms that could be harmful to the body. |
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| in the superior mediastinum behind the sternum and in from of the aorta. |
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| Amplitude of Pulse Site (0) |
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| Absent (must use Doppler) |
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| Amplitude of Pulse Site (1) |
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| Diminished, barely palpable |
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| Amplitude of Pulse Site (2) |
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| Amplitude of Pulse Site (3) |
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| Full, Increased, Bounding |
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| Atherosclerosis; artery is partially occuluded |
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| the actual pulsation felt as the left ventricle contracts |
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| the ventricle filling and resting, lowest pressure exerted within periphery |
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| valves to keep blood flowing due to the decrease in pressure; less sturdy & more passive |
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| tougher, don't contract & expand; symptoms occur much quicker |
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| defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect |
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| plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer of the arteries. |
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| calf pain that occurs when foot is sharply dorsiflexed; DVT, phlebitis, Achilles Tendinitis or Muscle Injury |
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| swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting |
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| Irregular Rhythm, every other beat is premature |
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