STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Identify basic vascular arteries and veins

 II.     Explain the difference between CCA, ICA, and ECA vessels

 III.    Ability to acknowledge normal and abnormal waveforms

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Anatomic Terminology, Planes and regions of the human body, Terms indicating direction, Position relative to another structure, Combining directional terms

 II.     The Aorta

         A.      Major branches of the aortic arch

         B.      Major branches of the abdominal aorta

                 1.      The IVC

                 2.      The Portal Vein System

 III.    Upper and Lower Extremity Veins

         A.      Deep veins

         B.      Superficial veins

         C.      Perforating veins

                 1.      Vessel Walls

                 2.      Venous System

                 3.      Venous Hemodynamics

 IV.     Blood Vessels

         A.      Anatomy of the vessel walls

         B.      Venous Capillaries

         C.      Venules

         D.      Valves

         E.      Venous Pressure and Flow

         F.      Venous Valves and leg muscles

 V.      Cerebral Arteries

         A.      Common Carotid Artery

         B.      Internal Carotid Artery

                 1.      Major branches

         C.      External Carotid Artery

                 1.      Major branches

                 2.      Circle of Willis

                 3.      Vertebral Artery

 VI.     Arteries, arterioles, capillaries

         A.      Characteristics of Arterial Blood flow

         B.      Energy Concepts

 VII.    Review energy concepts, peripheral resistance

 VIII.   Review Doppler concept

 IX.     Show examples - waveforms (normal, abnormal, artifacts, etc.)

 X       Upper and Lower Arterial System

         A.      Deep arteries

         B.      Superficial arteries

 XI.     Doppler Small parts (testes, breast, thyroid, etc)