| A | B |
|---|
| plasma | liquid part of the blood |
| radial | pulse site on thumb side of wrist |
| clean blood | high oxygen low CO2 |
| left side | side of heart where blood is clean |
| radial | never palpate both sides at once |
| dilate - get larger | when blood vessels ___ heat escapes through the skin |
| artery | carries blood AWAY from the heart to the body |
| pedal | pulse site on top, middle part of foot |
| thrombocytes | platelets |
| leukemia | WBC is high, WBC's are immature, disease of bone marrow |
| apical | pulse site you always ausculatate (listen to) |
| crusts | areas of dried pus and blood, scabs |
| vein | carries blood BACK to the heart |
| palpate | feeling the pulse site |
| myocardial infarction | heart attack |
| hemoglobin | carries oxygen and CO2, gives blood its red color |
| CVA | cerebral vascular accident, STROKE |
| heart | muscular organ, pump |
| 0.8 | the electrical conduction pattern in the heart occurs approximately every __ seconds |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| prophylactic | used to treat mitral valve prolapse |
