NURS 503 assessment

listening to sounds produced by the body, such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and abdomen

the force of the blood pushing against the side of its container, the vessel wall.

the maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction

the elastic recoil, or resting, pressure that the blood exerts constantly between each contraction

mean arterial map is the pressure forcing blood into the tissues averaged over the cardia cycle

• 1. cardiac output
• 2. peripheral vascular resistance
• 3. volume of circulating blood
• 4. viscosity
• 5. elasticity of vessel walls