ch. 20

Question 1

Allen test

Answer 1

Determining the patency of radial and ulnar arteries by compressing one artery site and observing return of skin color as evidence of patency of the other artery

Question 2

Aneurysm

Answer 2

Defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect

Question 3

Arrythmia

Answer 3

Variation from the heart’s normal rhythm

Question 4

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 4

Thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls

Question 5

Atherosclerosis

Answer 5

Plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer (intima) of the arteries

Question 6

Bradycardia

Answer 6

Slow heart rate, <50 beats per minute in the adult

Question 7

Bruit

Answer 7

Blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded

Question 8

Cyanosis

Answer 8

Dusky blue mottling of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the blood

Question 9

Diastole

Answer 9

The heart’s filling phase

Question 10

Homans’ sign

Answer 10

Calf pain that occurs when the foot is sharply dorsiflexed; may occur with deep vein thrombosis, phlebitis, Achilles tendinitis, or muscle injury

Question 11

Ischemia

Answer 11

Deficiency of arterial blood to a body part due to constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel

Question 12

Lymphedema

Answer 12

Swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting

Question 13

Lymph nodes

Answer 13

Small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic vessels

Question 14

Pitting edema

Answer 14

Indentation left after examiner depresses the skin over swollen edematous tissue

Question 15

Profile sign

Answer 15

Viewing the finger from the side to detect early clubbing

Question 16

Pulse

Answer 16

Pressure wave created by each heartbeat, palpable at body sites where the artery lies close to the skin and over a bone

Question 17

Pulsus alternans

Answer 17

Regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large and small amplitude

Question 18

Pulsus bigeminus

Answer 18

Irregular rhythm; every other beat is premature, premature beats have weakened amplitude

Question 19

Pulsus paradoxus

Answer 19

Beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration

Question 20

Systole

Answer 20

The heart’s pumping phase

Question 21

Tachycardia

Answer 21

Rapid heart rate, >90 beats per minute in the adult

Question 22

Thrombophlebitis

Answer 22

Inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation

Question 23

Ulcer

Answer 23

Open skin lesion extending into dermis with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue

Question 24

Varicose vein

Answer 24

Dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves