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DVT398-PH2
USIDMS lower extremity venous
Question | Answer |
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What is a vein that is the companion vessel to an artery and travels within the deep muscular compartments of the leg? | deep vein |
What is an inward projection of the intimal layer of a vein wall producing two semilunar leaflets that present the retrograde movement of blood flow? | valve |
What is a newly formed clotted blood within a vein? | acute thrombus |
What kind of vein is superior to the muscular compartments of the leg? | a superficial vein |
The primary mechanism for the formation of venous thrombosis is __________. | Virchow's triad |
Venous thrombi very commonly begin around small valve cusps in the _____ because these are areas of slower blood flow. | calf |
__________ is a breakdown product of fibrin, which will be elevated in the presence of DVT. | D-dimer |
What are small bridges that connect the deep veins with the superficial veins? | perforators |
The femoral vein will be more _________ than the deep femoral vein. | superficial |
The __________ vein is the main drainage for blood leaving the calf. | popliteal |