BLOOD VESSEL PATHOLOGY Flashcards

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1
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WHAT ARE THE BODIES 4 PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR INAPPROPRIATE COAGULATION

A

PLATELET REPULSION
THROMBIN DILUTION
NATURAL ANTICOAGULANTS
SMOOTH UNINTERUPTED BLOOD FLOW

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2
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WHAT IS A THROMBUS

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A BLOOD CLOT

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3
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A THROMBUS CAN OCCUR IN VEINS BUT NOT ARTERIES T OR F?

A

false

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T OR F? A THROMBUS CAN OCCUR IN VEINS BUT NOT ARTERIES

A

FALSE
can occur in both

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WHAT IS IT CALLED IF A CLOT BREAKS LOOSE AND STRATS TO TREVEL THROUGH THE BLOOD STREAM

A

THROMBOEMBOLUS

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WHAT ARE THE THREE RISK FACTORS FOR THROMBOSIS

A

VIRCHOWS TRIAD

STASIS OF BLOOD
VESSEL WALL DAMAGE
HYPERCOAGULABILITY

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7
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WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS

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VIRCHOWS TRIAD
STASIS OF BLOOD
HYPERCOAGULABILITY
VESSEL WALL DAMAGE

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WHAT IS ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

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THICKENING AND LOSS OF ELASTICITY OF SRTERIAL WALLS

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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

A

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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WHAT IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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DEPOSITS OF FAT AND FIBRIN WITHIN THE ARTERIAL WALLS THAT HARDENS OVER TIME

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ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE _____ INVOLVE THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE VESSEL

A

DOESNT

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12
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WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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MODIFIABLE = ALCOHOL, SMOKING, DIET
UNMODIFIABLE = SEX, GENETICS

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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE

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ATHEROSCLEROSIS = CAUSES INADEQUATE SUPPLY TO TISSUES

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WHAT ARE THE MENIFESTATIONS OF ACUTE ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTION

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PAINFUL, PAILE, PERISHINGLY COLD, PULSELESS, PARAESTHETIC, PARALYSED

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WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRONIC ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTIONS

A

ADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLY AT REST

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WHAT ARE VARICOSE VEINS

A

A VEIN IN WHICH BLOOD HAS POOLED, PRODUCING DISTENDED, TORTUROUS, AND PALPABLE VESSELS

17
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VARICOSE VEINS OCCUR IN ______ VEINS

A

SUPERFICIAL

18
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WHAT IS THE PATHOGENESIS OF VARICOSE VEINS

A

FAULTY VALVES IN THE VEINS

19
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WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR VARICOSE VEINS

A

FEMALE
STANDING FOR LONG PERIODS
OBESITY
OLD AGE
PREGNANCY
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION
PREVIOUS LEG INJURY

20
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SYMPTOMS OF VARICOSE VEINS

A

VISIBLY DARK AND BULGING
APPEAR TWISTED
ACHY HEAVY LEGS
CRAMPING. THROBBING, BURNING PAIN
SWELLONG

21
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WHAT IS THROMBOPHLEBITIS

A

THROMBUS FORMATION IN A VEIN (CLOT IN A VEIN) WITH THE OBVIOUS PRESENCE OF INFLAMMATION

22
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THROMBOPHLEBITIS CAN OCCUR IN ______ AND _____ VEINS

A

SUPERFICIAL, DEEP

23
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WHAT ARE THE COMMON SITES FOR THROMBOPHLEBITIS

A

LOWER LIMB
UPPER LIMB

24
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WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR THROMBOPHLEBITIS

A

VARICOSE VEINS
PREGNANCY
IV INJECTIONS
VIRCHOWS TRIAD

25
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WHAT ARE THE PRESENTAIONS OF THROMBOPHLEBITIS

A

TENDER, RED CORD LIKE, FIRM (SUPERFICIAL) VEINS
LOCALISED HEAT AND SWELING

26
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WHAT IS DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

A

THROMBOSIS FORMATION IN A DEEP VEIN, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBVIOUS INFLAMMATION

27
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WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES OF DVT

A

CALF ACHE, TIGHTNESS, TENDERNESS, SWELLING, HEAT
CHANGE IN COLOUR

28
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WHAT CAN DVT BE EASILY MISDIAGNOSED WITH

A

CALF MUSCLE STRAIN

29
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WHAT ARE THE POSSIBEL OUTCOMES OF DVT

A

THE THROMBOSIS UNDERGOES PROPAGATION, AND THEN DISSOLUTION

OR IT MAY DISLODGE AND TRAVEL THROUGH THE BLOOD STREAM AS A THROMBOEMBOLUS