NSE 13A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lymphedema, Erythema, Popliteal Vein
26 Jan 2016
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Nse 13b- assessment of healthy individual: week 4 objectives. The vascular system consists of the vessels of the body. Vessels are tubes for transporting fluid, such as blood or lymph. Any disease in the vascular system creates problems with delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues or with elimination of waste products from cellular metabolism. Ischemia- a deficiency in the supply of oxygenated arterial blood to a tissue, caused by obstruction of a blood vessel. Only apparent during exercise, when oxygen needs increase: each heartbeat creates a pressure wave, which makes the arteries expand and then recoil, the arteries that are accessible to examination are : Palpated in the groove between the sternomastoid muscle and the trachea. The major artery supplying the arm is the brachial artery. The radial pulse can be palpated just medial to the radius at the wrist. Ulnar artery is often difficult to palpate.
