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Ch4 Terms
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Question | Answer |
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Adventitious sounds | Abnormal breath sounds. |
Afebrile | Without fever,body temp is normal. |
Alveolus | A thin walled air sac of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. |
Antecubital space | The space located at the front of the elbow. |
Antipyretic | An agent that reduces fever. |
Aorta | The major trunk of the arterial system of the body. |
Apnea | The temporary cessation of breathing. |
Axilla | The armpit. |
Bounding pulse | A pulse with an increased volume that feels very strong and full. |
Bradycardia | An abnormally slow heart rate (less than 60BPR). |
Bradypnea | An abnormally decrease in respitory rate. |
Celsius scale | The temp scale in which the frezzing point of water is 0 degrees and poiling point is 100 degrees. |
Conduction | The transfer of energy to on object to another by direct contact. |
Convection | Transfer of energy by air currents. |
Crisis | A sudden falling of an elevated body temp to normal. |
Cyanosis | A bluish discoloration of the skin. |
Diastole | The fase in the cardiac cycle in which the heart relaxes between contractions. |
Diastolic pressure | the point of less pressure on the arterial wall. |
Dyspean | Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. |
Dysrhythmia | An irregular rhythm. |
Eupnea | Normal Respirations. |
Exhalation | The act of breathing out. |
Fahrenheit scale | A temp scale on which the freezing point is 32 and the boil point is 100. |
Febrile | Pertaining to fever. |
Fever | A body temp that is above normal. |
Frenulum linguae | The mid line fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth. |
Hyperpnea | An abnormal increase in the rate and depth of respiration. |
Hyperpyrexia | An extremely high fever. |
Hypertension | High blood pressure. |
Hyperventilation | An abnormally fast and deep type of breathing. |
Hypopnea | An abnormal decrease in the rate and depth of respiration. |
hypotension | Low blood pressure. |
Hypothermia | A body temp that is below normal. |
Hypoxemia | A decrease in the oxygen saturationof the blood. |
Hypoxia | A reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissues of the body. |
Inhalation | The Act of breathing in. |
Intercostal | Between the ribs. |
korotkoff sounds | sounds used to determine systolic and diastolic blood pressure. |
Malaise | A vague sense of body disacomfort. |
Manometer | An istrument for measuring pressure. |
Meniscus | The curved surface on a colum of liquid in a tube. |
Orthopnea | The condition in which breathing is easier when an individual is in a sittin or standing position. |
Pulse oximeter | A computerized device consiting of a probe and monitor used to measue the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. |
Pule oximetry | The use of a pulse oximeter to to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood. |
Pulse pressure | The difference between the systolic and diasolic pressures. |
Pulse rhythm | The time interval between heartbeats. |
Pulse volume | The strength of the heartbeat. |
Radiation | The transfer of energy in the form of waves. |
Sa02 | Refers to oxygen saturation of arterial blood. |
sphygmomanometer | An instrument for measuring systolic pressureblood pressure. |
Stethoscope | An instrument for amplifying and hearing sounds produced by the body. |
Systole | is the contraction of the heart. |
systolic pressure | The point of maximum pressureon the arterial wall. |
Tachycardi | An abnormally fast heart rate. |
Tachypnea | An abnormal increase in respiratory rate. |
Thready pulse | A pulse with a decrease volume that feels weak and thin. |