WGU C492 Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic

Ischemia a deficient supply of oxygenated arterial blood to a tissue caused by obstruction of a blood vessel Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects noncoronary arteries and usually refers to arteries supplying the limbs. It usually is caused by atherosclerosis, and less commonly by embolism, hypercoagulable states, or arterial dissection. 3 mechanisms to keep blood moving in the veins 1. contracting skeletal muscles that milk the blood proximally, back toward the heart 2. the pressure gr...