KROK 1 2015 – Question 149 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
In an elderly person the change in heart force and vessels physical properties were detected; they can be clearly observed on graphic recording of carotid pulse waves. What method was applied?
- A. Myography
- B. Phlebography
- C. Rheography
- D. Sphygmography
- E. Plethysmography
Hint
Match what is being graphically recorded, the carotid pulse wave, with the name of the technique that records exactly that quantity.
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