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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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