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Perforators

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Connecting veins that join two sets. They also have one way valves that route blood from the superficial into the deep veins

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Arteries (pulses)

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Temporal Carotid Brachial Radial Femoral Popliteal (behind the knee), Posterior Tibial , and Dorsalis Pedis

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Lymphatics

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Form a completely separate vessel system which retrieves excess fluid from the tissue spaces and returns it to bloodstream

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Lymph Nodes

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Small oval clumps of lymphatic tissue located at intervals along vessels arrange deep and superficial nodes filter out microorganism that could be harmful to the body before it is returned to the blood.

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Superficial Node Groups

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Cervical Nodes : drain the head and neck

Axillary node: drain the Brest bs upper arm

Epitrochlear node: in anticubital fossa drains the hand and lower arms

Inguinal nodes: In groin drains the lower extremity genitalia shed the anterior abdominal wall

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Arteriosclerosis

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Peripheral blood vessels grow more rigid with age This condition raises the systolic blood pressure

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Atherosclerosis

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Deposition of Fatty plaques in the intima of the arteries

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Peripheral Vascular disease PVD

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ineffective peripheral Tissue Perfusion
may be related to reduction or interruption of arterial/venous blood flow, possibly evidenced by changes in skin temperature/color, lack of hair growth, blood pressure/pulse changes in extremity, presence of bruits, and reports of claudication.

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Claudication

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The measured amount of an activity that can be done before pain occurs

The number the of blocks walked to produce pain

Caused by arterial insufficiency

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Grade the pulse force

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3+ increased full bounding
2+ normal
1+ weak
0, absent

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Modified Allen Test

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The Allen’s test is testing for abnormal circulation by occluding the radial and ulnar artery having the pt. make a fist for 30 sec. Then releasing to see how long before blood flow return 7sec is normal

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Grading Pitting Edema

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1+ Mild pitting, slight indentation
2+ Moderate pitting indentation
3+ Deep pitting, indentation
4+ Very deep pitting, indentation

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Pulses Paradoxus

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A condition in which the pulses on either side of the body are of unequal intensity. It is seen sometimes in aortic dissection, or in atherosclerotic obstruction of one of the subclavian arteries.

Beats have weaker Amplitude with respiratory inspiration and stronger amplitude with expiration

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Lymphedema

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The swelling of an extremity caused by an obstructed lymph channel

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Water-hammer pulse

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Is associated with aortic valve regurgitation

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Thymus

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Develops t-lymphocytes in young children for the immune system

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Severe bilateral lower extremity edema

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Is most likely a sign of heart failure