Peripheral vascuar and Lyphatic system

Question 1

Allan test

Answer 1

tests the patency of the radial and ulnararteries by compressing one artery site and observing the return of skin color as evidence of patency of the other artery

Question 2

aneurysm

Answer 2

defect or sac formed by dilation in arery wall due to atherosclerosis, trauma, or confenital defect

Question 3

arrhythmia

Answer 3

variation from the heart’s regular rhythm

Question 4

arteriosclerosis

Answer 4

thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial wall

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, less than 50 beats per minute in adult

Question 7

bruit

Answer 7

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

Question 8

cyanosis

Answer 8

dusky blue discoloration of the skin and mucosa membranes due to excessive amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood

Question 9

diastole

Answer 9

heart’s filling phase

Question 10

ischemia

Answer 10

deficiency of arterial blood to a body part due to construction or obstruction of a blood vessel

Question 11

lymphedema

Answer 11

swelling of the extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting

Question 12

pulsus alternans

Answer 12

pulsus alternans regular rhythm, but force of pulse baries with alternating beats of large and small amplitude

Question 13

pulsus bigeminus

Answer 13

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

Question 14

pulsus paradoxus

Answer 14

beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration

Question 15

systole

Answer 15

heart’s pumping phase

Question 16

tachycardia

Answer 16

rapid heart rate, more than 95 bpm

Question 17

thrombophlebitis

Answer 17

inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation

Question 18

Varicose veins

Answer 18

dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves