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| one complet heartbeat, during which both atria and ventricles contract and then relax |
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| an elastic recoil of the aorta after valve closure |
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| abnormal heart sounds, often indicate valvular problems. In valves that do not close tightly, closure is followed by a swishing sound due to the backflow of blood. |
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| the alternating surges of pressure in an artery that occur with each contraction and relaxation of the left ventricle |
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| difference between systolic and diastolic pressure |
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| anterior to the ear, in the temple region |
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| clench the teech and palpate the pulse just anterior to the masseter muscle on the mandible |
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| antecubital fossa, where it bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries |
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| just above the medial malleolus |
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| on the dorsum of the foot |
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| the counting of the heart beats |
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| any large difference between the values observed, may indicate cardiac impairment: a weekend hart that is unable to pump blood into the arterial tree to a normal extent |
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| the pressure the blood exerts angainst any unit area of the blood vessel walls, and it is generally measured in the arteries |
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| pressue in arteries at peak of ventricular ejection |
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| the pressure during ventricular relaxation |
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| characteristic sounds which indicate the resumption of blood flow into the forearm |
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| the difference between the systolic and iastolic pressures and the amount of blood forced from the heart during systole, or the actual working pressure. A narrowed pulse pressure (<30mmHg) may be a signal of severe aortic stenosis, constrictive pericarditis, or tachycardia. A widened pulse pressure (>40mmHg) is common in hypertensive indviduals |
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| tests the relative fitness level using exercise and heart tests. |
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| tests the effect of emotions and pain on BP |
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(stable) exhibit a rise of diastolic and or systolic pressure ranging from 0 to 22mmHg or a drop in pressures
(labile blood pressure) exhibit a rise of 23mm Hg or more in the diastolic and or systolic blood pressure |
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| a condition in which the direct line of stimulation will swell quite obviously. |
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