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0+ - Answer absent pulse amplitude

1+ - Answer diminished, barely palpable pulse amplitude

2+ - Answer normal pulse amplitude

3+ - Answer full volume pulse amplitude

4+ - Answer full volume, bounding hyperkinetic pulse amplitude

< 120/80 - Answer normal blood pressure range

120-129/<80 - Answer elevated blood pressure range

130/80 - 139/89 - Answer stage 1 hypertension range

systolic: at least 140

diastolic: at least 90 - Answer stage 2 hypertension range

systolic: over 180

diastolic: over 120 - Answer hypertensive crisis range

1+ - Answer barely perceptible pit; 2 mm

2+ - Answer deeper pit, rebounds in a few seconds; 4 mm

3+ - Answer deep pit, rebounds in 10-20 seconds; 6 mm

4+ - Answer deeper pit, rebounds in > 30 seconds; 8 mm

lift - Answer feels like a sustained thrust compared to normal apical pulse and is felt
during systole

heave - Answer prominent thrust of heart against chest wall during systole

thrill - Answer palpable vibration over the precordium or artery; associated with a loud
murmur

retraction - Answer visible sinking in of tissues between and around the ribs; occurs
with increased respiratory effort

friction rub - Answer low-pitched, coarse rubbing or grating sound heard throughout

,inspiration and expiration

Homan's sign - Answer pain in calf upon dorsiflexion; used to detect blood clots

right side of heart - Answer receives blood from superior and inferior vena cava and
pumps through pulmonary arteries into pulmonary circulation

left side of heart - Answer receives blood from pulmonary vein and pumps it through
aorta into systemic circulation

right ventricle - Answer anterior surface of heart

left ventricle - Answer posterior surface of heart

rigt atrium - Answer right border of heart

great vessels - Answer pulmonary arteries and aorta

pericardium - Answer encases heart with fibrous layer and 2 serous layers

fibrous pericardium/parietal layer - Answer fibrous sac of elastic connective tissue that
shields heart from trauma and infection

visceral layer/epicardium - Answer covers heart surface and extends to great vessels

myocardium - Answer thick muscular tissue that contracts to eject blood from the
ventricles

endocardium - Answer lines inner chambers and valves

tricuspid - Answer right valve

mitral - Answer left valve

atrioventricular valves - Answer tricupsid and mitral

aortic valve - Answer opens from left ventricle into aorta

pulmonic valve - Answer opens from right ventricle into pulmonary artery

semilunar valves - Answer aortic and pulmonic valves

atrial kick - Answer atrial thrust to force remaining blood from atria to ventricles after
passive flow

SA node - Answer cardiac pacemaker; normally discharges 60-100 impulses per minute

AV node - Answer can generate 40-60 impulses per minute if SA node fails

bundle branches - Answer may stimulate 20-40 impulses per minute if SA and AV nodes
fail

, arteries - Answer - Tough and tensile

- Arterioles are smaller branches

- Subject to lots of pressure

- Constrict or dilate to maintain blood pressure

veins - Answer - Smaller branches are venules

- Less sturdy but more expansible

- Reservoir for extra blood to decrease workload on heart

- Low pressure compared to arteries

- Valves keep blood flowing toward heart in one direction

lymphatic fluid - Answer clear, composed mainly of water and small amount of protein
(albumin)

lymph nodes - Answer tiny oval clumps of lymphatic tissue, usually located in groups
along blood vessels

Important locations: arm, groin, leg

brachial nodes - Answer receive lymph drainage from neck, chest, axilla, and arm

epitrochlear nodes - Answer receive fluid via radial, ulnar, and medial lymph vessels

inguinal lymph nodes - Answer receive most of lymph drainage from great and small
saphenous lymphatic vessels in legs

abdomen - Answer Where do nodes of testes drain?

popliteal nodes - Answer receive lymph from medial portion of lower leg

subclavian veins - Answer Where do lymph ducts empty?

dysrhythmia - Answer What would a patient take tricyclic antidepressants,
phenothiazines, or lithium for?

thrombophlebitis - Answer What would a patient take hormonal contraceptives for?

sodium and fluid retention - Answer What would a patient take corticosteroids for?

tachycardia and dysrhythmias - Answer What would a patient take theophylline for?

aspirin - Answer prevents platelet aggregation to reduce clots



decongestants containing pseudoephedrine - Answer What medication may aggravate

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