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PeripheralVasc&Lymph
Peripheral Vascular & Lymphatics - abnormals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| defect or sac formed by dilation in artery wall due to atheroclerosis, trauma, or congenital defect | Aneurysm |
| variation from the heart's normal rhythm | Arrhythmia |
| thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls | Arteriosclerosis |
| plaques of fatty deposits formed in the inner layer (intima) of the arteries | Atherosclerosis |
| blowing, swooshing sound heard through a stethoscope when an artery is partially occluded | Bruit |
| calf pain the occurs when the foot is sharply dorsiflexed (pushed up, toward the knee); may occur w/deep vein thrombosis, phlebitis, Achilles tendinitis, or muscle injury | Homan's sign |
| deficiency of arterial blood to a body part, due to constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel | Ischemia |
| swelling of extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting | Lymphedema |
| indentation left after examiner depresses the skin over swollen edematous tissue | Pitting edema |
| regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large adn small amplitude | Pulsus alternans |
| irregular rhythm, ever other beat is premature; premature beats have wekened amplitude | Pulsus bigeminus |
| beats have weker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration | Pulsus paradoxus |
| inflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation | Thrombophlebitis |
| dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves | Varicose Veins |
| open skin lesion extending into dermis with sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue | Ulcer |