JUGULAR VENOUS PULSATIONS Flashcards
1
Q
Changing pressures in right atrium during diastole and systole produce oscillations of filling and emptying in jugular veins
A
Jugular Venous Pulsations
2
Q
1st wave caused by atrial contraction just before S1 and systole
A
A wave
3
Q
atrial relaxation
A
X descent
4
Q
second elevation caused by atrial pressure beginning to rise and the inflow from
the vena cave and right ventricle systole
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V wave
5
Q
from blood passively emptying into right ventricle during early and mid-diastole
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Y descent
