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Certification Exam Fill In The Blanks

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Term: What are purpose of vital ?Definition: they reflect the function of 3 body necessary for life Body temp respiration heart function
Term: What do vital include?Definition: Temperature Pulse Respiration Blood
Term: What is body body ?Definition: a balance between heat production and heat loss in with each other
Term: Hypothalmus?Definition: maintains and body temperature
Term: What is body body ?Definition: a balance heat production and heat loss in conjunction with each other
Term: Hypothalmus?Definition: maintains and regulates body
Term: Normal temperture for: Rectal Oral Axillary Tympanic MembraneDefinition: : 98.6-100.6F Oral: 97.6-99.6F Axillary: 96.6-98.6F Tympanic Membrane 98.6F
Term: What does afebrile and meanDefinition: Afebrile-without a -with fever
Term: FeverDefinition: fluctuating fever that returns to or below then rises again
Term: Remittent Definition: fluctuating that remains elevated. it does not return to baseline temperature
Term: Continuous Definition: a fever that constant above the baseline
Term: Which site for taking temperature is most ? Least common?Definition: Oral is most . Axillary is least common and is taken when no other site can be used
Term: When taking a patients temperature which site would have a accurate reading ?Definition: Axillary
Term: Oral are not taken in the following patientsDefinition: infants and children less than 6 years old Patients who had surgery of facial neck nose or mouth injury Patients recieving oxygen those with nasogastric tubes patients with convulsive seizures hemiplegic patients patient with mental status
Term: Rectal temperatures should not be on the following patientsDefinition: patients with heart disease patients with with rectal disease or disorder patients who has had rectal surgery
Term: MA should wait 30 before taking the patients temperature if?Definition: the patients had been eating, drinking or
Term: How do you take an temperature?Definition: the underarm should be dry and clean. the should be held in place for 5-10 minutes
Term: Tympanic temperature is done on what kind of ? Why Definition: child or confused patients. a probe is inserted into the ear canal and temperature is measured within seconds (1-3 secs)
Term: temperatures should not be taken on the following patients.Definition: who have an ear disorder patients with ear drainage
Term: Normal rate for an adult? Normal heart rate for infantsDefinition: 60-100
Term: Site most used for taking the pulse?Definition: radial artery count for 60secs can be for 30 secs and multiplied by two (only if the pulse is regular)
Term: Most site for taking a pulse?Definition: apical pulse. taken over the apex of the with a stethoscope. used on infants , children, and pt with irregular heart rate
Term: Definition: fast rate of more than 100bpm
Term: bradycardia Definition: slow heart rate less than
Term: What is rate? how is it counted?Definition: number of respiration per . One inspiration and one expiration counts as one respiration and should be counted for 60 seconds
Term: adult respiration rate? Definition: 12-20 per
Term: ApneaDefinition: temporary or complete absence of
Term: Definition: respiration rate of than 40 per minute.It is transient in newborns
Term: bradypneaDefinition: decreased number of respirations . this occurs during sleep and may be due to diseases
Term: respiratory Definition: pattern of breathing. this can vary with age infants have breathing while adults have regular
Term: OrthopneaDefinition: inability to breath unless in upright
Term: StokesDefinition: pattern of irregular breathing
Term: What does depth of respiration to?Definition: amount of air that is and expired during each respiration
Term: Definition: reduced amount of hair is entering the lungs, resulting in decreased and increased carbon dioxide in the blood
Term: Definition: abnormal in the depth and rate of breathing
Term: Definition: increased of air entering the lungs
Term: What is pressure?Definition: measures the amount of force exerted by the blood on the arterial wall. it consist of the highest (systole) and lowest (diastole) amount of pressure exerted during the cardiac cycle
Term: What can cause BP readingDefinition: wrong size BP cuff arm is not positioned at heart level cuff is not completely deflated before use cuff deflated too fast improper cuff placement cuff is re-inflated during procedure defective
Term: Anthropometric Definition: height, weight, bmi waist to hip ratio, percentage of body fat (adults) head circumference , length, height, weight, weight for length (infants, , and adolescents)
Term: Definition: use of observation to detect physical features or objective data such as general apperance state of nutrition body habitus symmetry posture and gait (manner of walking) Speech
Term: PalpationDefinition: use the sense of touch to determine the characteristics of an system
Term: Definition: tapping or striking the body usually with fingers or small hammer to size and density of the underlying organ or tissue
Term: Auscultation Definition: listening to sounds produced by internal organs such as , lungs and abdomen
Term: MA's role in the examinationDefinition: Room preparation Patient the physician
Term: What does a use to make a diagnosisDefinition: pt. health history the physical examination laboratory
Term: Horizontal (supine)Definition: Use: for most physical examinations positioning: flat on back with legs extended. arms are placed above the head, along side the body or folded on the
Term: Recumbent Definition: positioning: flat on back with knees flexed, soles of the feet is flat on the
Term: FowlersDefinition: Use: promote or to ease breathing positioning:
Term: Semi Definition:
Term: Lithotomy Definition:
Term: Definition: Use positioning
Term: SimsDefinition:
Term: Knee Definition: Use positioning
Term: Definition: Use positioning
Term: Where is the located?Definition: cavity between the lungs and just behind the sternum (breast bone)
Term: Atria Definition: upper left and right chambers of
Term: Definition: lower left and chamber of the heart
Term: septumDefinition: wall of the that seperates the right and left side
Term: Definition: inner most layer of the heart , this layer is where the conductive system is
Term: Definition: middle and contractile layer of the heart. made of striated muscle interspersed with intercalated disks
Term: epicardiumDefinition: outermost layer of the heart(also the inner layer of the )
Term: pericardiumDefinition: sac in the heart is contained. serous fluid found in the sac prevents friction as the heart beats
Term: atriumDefinition: receives deoxygenated blood returning from the body via super vena cava ( carries blood from the upper body) and the vena cava (carries blood from lower part of the body)
Term: left Definition: recieves blood via left and pulmonary veins that has been oxygenated by the lungs
Term: left Definition: receives oxygenated from the left atrium and pumps it to the body through the aorta
Term: ventricle Definition: receives deoxygenated blood from the right atrium, which it pumps to the lungs for oxygen the pulmonary artery
Term: arteriesDefinition: the only arteries in the body that deoxygenated blood
Term: veinsDefinition: the only veins in the body that carry blood
Term: what is the ?Definition: the artery in the body that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body
Term: tricuspid Definition: located between the right atrium and ventricle
Term: mitral (bicuspid) Definition: located between left and left ventricle
Term: what are the purpose of the valve?Definition: prevent of blood
Term: valveDefinition: located between left ventricle and
Term: valveDefinition: located right venticle and pulmonary trunk
Term: What are ? Definition: caused by disease of the valves or other structural
Term: valves Definition: are named because of their location between the atria and
Term: semilunar Definition: they have half moon cusps
Term: sympathetic system Definition: both atria and ventricles by increasing heart rate, conduction and irritability
Term: parasympathetic system Definition: affects the atria only by the heart rate, conduction and irritability
Term: what is the heart by?Definition: autonomic nervous
Term: node (SA node)Definition: the hearts natural that fires at 60-100bpm. located in the right atrium
Term: atroventricular Definition: located just above the in the right atrium
Term: What is the AV nodal ?Definition: The atrioventricular node delays impulses by approximately 0.12s. This delay in the pulse is extremely important: It ensures that the atria have ejected their blood into the ventricles first before the ventricles contract.
Term: of his Definition: collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction that transmits the electrical from the AV node (located between the atria and the ventricles) to the point of the apex of the bundle branches.
Term: fibers Definition: During the ventricular contraction portion of the cardiac cycle, the Purkinje fibers carry the contraction impulse from both the left and right bundle branch to the myocardium of the ventric les. The purkinji fibers have the ability to act as the
Term: Characteristics of cellsDefinition: Excitability Automacity conductivity
Term: Definition: the ability of the cardiac pacemaker to spontaneously initiate their own electrical impulse sites that have these impulses include SA node AV junction, purkinji fibers
Term: Definition: ability to respond to external stimulus: electrica, chemical, and mechanical. All cells share this property
Term: Conductivity Definition: the ability of all cardiac cells to an electrical stimulus and transmit the stimulus to the other cardiac cells
Term: Definition: the ability of the cardiac cells to shorten and cause cardiac muscle contraction in response to an electrical stimulus. can be with certain meds like dopamine,epinephrine and digitalis
Term: Definition: when the contracts
Term: RepolorizationDefinition: when the relaxes
Term: Which lead is used for or reference lead ?Definition: Leg (RL)
Term: Name the bipolar leads Definition: Lead I: left arm (+) arm (-) Lead II: left leg (+) right arm (-) Lead III: left leg (+) left arm (-)
Term: unipolar leadsDefinition: aVR: right arm aVL: left arm aVF: left
Term: Unipolar precordial Definition: V1: V2 V3 V4 V5: 5th space, anterior axillary line V6: 5th intercostal space, maxillary line
 
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