Peripheral Vascular Surgery Flashcards
A CLOSED SYSTEM OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT TRANSPORT BLOOD AWAY FRO THE HEART TO THE BODY’S TISSUES AND BACK TO THE HEART
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM
MICROSCOPIC VESSELS DESIGNED TO EXCHANGE NUTRIENTS AND WASTES BETWEEN BLOOD AND TISSUE AROUND THE CELLS
CAPILLARIES
LAYERS OF ARTERY (INNER TO OUTER)
TUNICA INTIMA, TUNICA MEDIA, TUNICA ADVENTITIA
SUPPLIES THE MYOCARDIUM WITH OXYGENATED BLOOD
CORONARY ARTERIES
THE AORTA BIFURCATES AT THE LEVEL OF THE 4TH LUMBAR VERTEBRA INTO THE RIGHT AND LEFT
COMMON ILIAC
WHAT ARTERY SUPPLIES THE PELVIS AND PERINEUM
INTERNAL ILIAC
SUPERFICIAL BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HEAD AND NECK BY WHICH ARTERY
EXTERNAL ARTERY
LONGESET VEIN IN THE BODY
GREATER SAPHENOUS
ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR TIBIAL FORMS WHAT VEIN
POPLITEAL
CRAMPING
CLAUDICATION
USED TO TAG DELICATE POLYPROPYLENE (PROLENE)
RUBBER SHOD
SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT COULD REQUIRE THE USE OF A JAVID SHUNT
CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
BLADE FOR ARTERIOTOMY
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RELAXATION PHASE OF THE HEART
DIASTOLE
Y-SHAPED DIVISION OF A BLOOD VESSEL
BIFURCATION
OPEN, UNOBSTRUCTED BLOOD VESSEL
PATENT
TERMS THAT MEANS OPPOSITE SIDE
CONTRALATERAL
DRUG USED TO SUPPRESS VASOSPASM
PAPAVERINE
VASCULAR NEEDLE HOLDER
CASTROVIEJO
EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERIES BRANCH INTO:
FEMORAL
USED TO REINFORCE THE GRAFT
PLEDGETS
MEDICICATION ADDED TO INJECTABLE SALINE FOR THE USE OF INTRA-ARTERIAL IRRIGATION
HEPARIN
PAIN IN THE CHEST DUE TO DECREASED BLOOD FLOW
ANGINA PECTORIS
SAC-LIKE DILATION AND THINNING OF AN ARTERY WALL
ANEURYSM
PHYSIOLOGICAL FORMATION OF ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS AROUND OCCLUDED VESSELS
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
OUTSIDE THE BODY
EXTRACORPOREAL
REDUCED BLOOD SUPPLY TO TISSUE
ISCHEMIA
BUILDUP OF CELLULAR DEBRIS ON THE LINING OF THE ARTERY (TUNICA INTIMA)
PLAQUE
ABNORMA NARROWING
STENOSIS
CLOSED PNEUMOTHORAX IN WHICH THE POSTIVIE PRESSURE IN THE PLEURAL SPACE DISPLACES THE MEDIASTINUM TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
FORMATION OF A CLOT
THROMBOSIS
MASS OF UNDISSOLVED MATTER CARRIED IN THE BLOODSTREAM
EMBOLISM
BLUISH DISCOLORATION
CYANOSIS
RAPID, INEFFECTIVE HEARTBEAT
FIBRILLATION
OBSTRUCTION IN THE PULMONARY ARTERY FROM A MASS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE VEINS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE)
TORTUROUS DILATED VEINS WITH VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY
VARICOSE VEINS
USED TO MONITOR BLOOD FLOW ASSESSMENT
DOPPLER
MOST COMMONLY USED AUTOGENOUS ARTERIAL BYPASS OR VEIN GRAFT
SAPHENOUS VEIN
PTFE
POLYTETRAFLUORETHYLENE
PTCA
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
SUTURING OF A PATCH INTO AN ARTERY WALL TO WIDEN AN AREA OF BIFURCATION AND INCREASE BLOOD FLOW
PROFUNDOPLASTY
AAA
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
CREATION OF A FISTUAL BETWEEN AN ARTERY AND VEIN
ATERIOVENOUS FISTUAL (AV FISTUAL)
REMOVAL OF A CLOT WITH A BALLOON-TIPPED CATHETER
THROMBECTOMY
PALLIATIVE TREAMTENT OF INTRACTABLE ASCITES
ARTERIOVENOUS SHUT
FLUID COLLECTS WITHIN THE ABDOMEN
ASCITES
BALLOON TIPPED CATHETER USED TO REMOVE AN OBSTRUCTION
FOGARTY
ANOTHER NAME FOR THE BRACHIOCEPHALIC ARTERY
INNOMINATE
PERTAIN TO THE DIAPHRAGM
PHRENIC
STRUCTURE FOUND IN VEINS THAT PREVENTS BACKFLOW
VALVE