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NUR 105 Vascular Disorders
- embolism
Answer sudden obstruction of an artery by a floating clot or foreign material
- parasthesia
Answer an abnormal sensation
- hemoconcentration
Answer concentration of the blood
- thrombophlebitis
Answer development of a clot in the presence of venous inflammation
- ischemia
Answer deficient blood flow due to obstruction or constriction of blood vessels
- vasodilation
Answer increase in blood vessel diameter
- phlebothrombosis
Answer development of venous thrombi without venous inflammation 1 / 4
- phlebitis
Answer inflammation of a vein
- poikilothermy
Answer coolness in an area of the body due to decreased blood flow
- viscosity
Answer thickness of the blood
- thrombosis
Answer development or presence of a thrombus
- aneurysm
Answer dilated segment of an artery caused by weakness and stretching of the vessel wall
- bruit
Answer murmur detected by auscultation
- veins
Answer vessels that return blood to the heart
- lymph vessels
Answer the two main trunks of these vessels are the thoracic duct and the right lymphatic duct 2 / 4
- valves
Answer thick-walled, elastic structures
- lymph nodes
Answer equipped with valves that aid in the transportation of blood against gravity
- capillaries
Answer formed by a single layer of endothelial cells
- arteries
Answer vessels that carry blood away from the heart
- capillaries
Answer transfer of oxygen and nutrients between the blood and the tissue cells occurs here
- lymph vessels
Answer thin-walled vessels that collect and drain fluid from the peripheral tissues and transport the fluid to the venous system
- poikilothermy
Answer decreased temperature at an ischemic site
- pallor
Answer 3 / 4
paleness apparent over an area of reduced blood supply
- pain
Answer associated with intermittent claudication
- pain
Answer detected by palpating the affected and surrounding areas
- pulselessness
Answer determined by palpating peripheral pulses for rate, rhythm, and quality
- parasthesia
Answer abnormal sensation such as numbness, tingling, or crawling sensation
- parasthesia
Answer characterized by "pins and needles"
- pain
Answer described by patients as tenderness, heaviness, or fullness in the extremity
- 6 P's--characteristics of PVD
- Pain
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