jugular vein pulse
1Internal jugular vein — Infobox Vein Name = Internal jugular vein Latin = vena jugularis interna GraySubject = 168 GrayPage = 648 Caption = The fascia and middle thyroid veins. (Internal jugular visible at center left.) Caption2 = Veins of the tongue. The hypoglossal… …
2Jugular venous pressure — A man with congestive heart failure and marked jugular venous distension. External jugular vein marked by an arrow. The jugular venous pressure (JVP, sometimes referred to as jugular venous pulse) is the indirectly observed pressure over the… …
3Pulse — The rhythmic dilation of an artery resulting from beating of the heart. It is often measured by feeling the arteries of the wrist. * * * Rhythmic dilation of an artery, produced by the increased volume of blood thrown into the vessel by the… …
4jugular pulse — a venous pulse seen or felt over the internal jugular vein …
5vein — noun 1 tube carrying blood in the body ADJECTIVE ▪ blue ▪ A blue vein throbbed in his forehead. ▪ broken (esp. BrE), spider (esp. AmE), thread (esp. BrE), varicose …
6venous pulse — the pulsation that occurs in a vein, usually observed at the right jugular vein just above the sternoclavicular junction. Normal jugular venous pulse: A, a positive wave due to contraction of the right atrium; C, a positive deflection due to… …
7JVP — jugular vein pulse; jugular venous pressure; jugular venous pulsations …
8JVP — • jugular vein pulse; • jugular venous pressure; • jugular venous pulsations …
9JVP — abbr. med. jugular vein pulse – венный пульс …
10human cardiovascular system — ▪ anatomy Introduction organ system that conveys blood through vessels to and from all parts of the body, carrying nutrients and oxygen to tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes. It is a closed tubular system in which the… …