Chapter 25 Bleeding

Question 1

Aorta

Answer 1

The main artery that receives blood from the left ventricle and delivers it to all the other arteries that carry blood to the tissues of the body

Question 2

Arterioles

Answer 2

The smallest branches of arteries leading to the vast network of capillaries

Question 3

Artery

Answer 3

A blood vessel, consisting of three layers of tissue and smooth muscle, that carries blood away from the heart

Question 4

Capillaries

Answer 4

The small blood vessel’s that connect arterioles and venules ; various substances pass through capillary walls, into and out of the interstitial fluid, and then on to the cells

Question 5

Coagulation

Answer 5

The formation of clots to plug openings in injured blood vessels and stop blood flow

Question 6

Contusion

Answer 6

A bruise from an injury that causes bleeding beneath the skin without breaking the skin

Question 7

Ecchymosis

Answer 7

A build up of blood beneath the skin that produces a characteristic blue or black discoloration as the result of an injury;

Question 8

Epistaxis

Answer 8

A nosebleed

Question 9

Hematemesis

Answer 9

Vomiting blood

Question 10

Hematoma

Answer 10

A mass of blood that has collected within damaged tissue beneath the skin or in a body cavity

Question 11

Hematuria

Answer 11

Blood in the urine

Question 12

Hemophilia

Answer 12

A hereditary condition in which the patient lacks one or more of the plants normal clotting factors

Question 13

Hemoptysis

Answer 13

The coughing up of blood

Question 14

Hemorrhage

Answer 14

Bleeding

Question 15

Hemostatic agent

Answer 15

A chemical compound that slows or stops bleeding by assisting with clot formation

Question 16

Hypo perfusion

Answer 16

A condition in which the circulatory system fails to provide sufficient circulation to maintain normal cellular functions; also called shock

Question 17

Hypovolemic shock

Answer 17

A condition in which low blood volume, due to massive internal or external bleeding or extensive loss of body water, results in inadequate perfusion

Question 18

Melena

Answer 18

Black, foul smelling, tarry stool containing digested blood

Question 19

Open book pelvic fracture

Answer 19

A life-threatening fracture of the pelvis caused by a force that this place is one or both sides of the pelvis laterally and posteriorly

Question 20

Pelvic binder

Answer 20

A device to splint the bony pelvis to reduce hemorrhage from bone ends, Venus disruption, and pain

Question 21

Perfusion

Answer 21

The circulation of blood within an organ or tissue in adequate amounts to meet the current needs of the cells

Question 22

Shock

Answer 22

A condition in which the circulatory system fails to provide sufficient circulation to maintain normal cellular functions; also called hypo perfusion

Question 23

Tourniquet

Answer 23

The bleeding control method used when a wound continues to bleed despite the use of direct pressure; useful if a patient is bleeding severely from a partial or complete amputation

Question 24

Vasoconstriction

Answer 24

The narrowing of a blood vessel such as with hypo perfusion or cold extremities

Question 25

Veins

Answer 25

The blood vessels that carry blood from the tissues to the heart

Question 26

Venules

Answer 26

Very small, thin walled blood vessels