Question | Answer |
Abnormal breathing sounds | Adventitious sounds |
Without fever | Afebrile |
A thin-walled air sac of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place | Alveolus |
The space located at the front of the elbow | Antecubital space |
An agent that reduces fever | Antipyretic |
The major trunk of the arterial system of the body | Aorta |
The temporary cessation of breathing | Apnea |
The armpit | Axilla |
A pulse with an increased volume that feels very strong and full | Bounding pulse |
An abnormally slow heart rate (less than 60 beats per minute) | Bradycardia |
An abnormal decrease in the respiratory rate of less than 10 respirations per minute | Bradypnea |
A temp scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point is 100 degrees | Celsius scale |
The transfer of energy, such as heat, from one object to another by direct contact | Conduction |
The transfer of energy, such as heat, through air currents | Convection |
A sudden falling of an elevated body temp to normal | Crisis |
A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membrane | Cyanosis |
The phase in the cardiac cycle in which the heat relaxes between contractions | Diastole |
The point of lesser pressure on the arterial wall, which is recorded during diastole | Diastolic Pressure |
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing | Dyspnea |
An irregular rhythm | Dysrhythmia |
Normal respiration (16 to 20 respiration rates per minute) | Eupnea |
The act of breathing out | Exhalation |
A temp scale on which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point is 212 degrees | Fahrenheit |
Pertaining to a fever | Febrile |
The body temp that is above normal | Fever |
The midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth | Frenulum Linguae |
An abnormal increase in the rate and depth of respiration | Hyperpnea |
An extremely high fever | Hyperpyrexia |
High Blood Pressure | Hypertension |
An abnormally fast and deep type of breathing, usually associated with acute anxiety conditions | Hyperventilation |
An abnormal decrease in the rate and depth of respiration | Hypopnea |
Low blood pressure | Hypotension |
A body temp that is below normal | Hypothermia |
A decrease in oxygen saturation of the blood | Hypoxemia |
A reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissue of the body | Hypoxia |
The act of breathing in | Inhalation |
between the ribs | Intercostal |
Sounds heard during the measurement of blood pressure that are used to determine the systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings | Korotkoff Sounds |
A vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, and fatigue that often marks the onset of a disease and continues through the course of illness | Malaise |
An instrument for measuring pressure | Manometer |
The curved surface on a column of liquid in a tube | Meniscus |
The condition in which breathing is easier when an individual is in a sitting or standing position | Orthopnea |
A computerized device consisting of a probe and a monitor used to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood | Pulse oximeter |
The use of a pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood | Pulse oximetry |
The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures | Pulse pressure |
The time interval between heartbeats | Pulse rhythm |
The transfer of energy, such as heat, in the form of waves | Radiation |
Abbreviation for the percentage of hemoglobin that is saturated with oxygen in arterial blood | SaO2 (saturation of arterial oxygen) |
An instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure | Sphygmomanometer |
Abbreviation for the percentage of hemoglobin that is saturated with oxygen in arterial blood measured by a pulse oximeter | SpO2 (Saturation of peripheral oxygen) |
An instrument used for amplifying and hearing sounds produced by the body | Stethoscope |
The phase in the cardiac cycle in which ventricles contract, sending blood out of the heart and into the aorta and pulmonary aorta | Systole |
The point of maximum pressure on the arterial walls, which is recorded during systole | Systolic pressure |
An abnormally fast heart rate (more than 100 beats per minute) | Tachycardia |
An abnormal increase in the respiratory rate of more than 20 respirations per minutes | Tachypnea |
A pulse with a decreased volume that feels weak and thin | Thready pulse |