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-Bonewit chapter 4
Vital Signs - Bri
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abnormal breath sounds | Adventitious sounds |
| without feaver; the body temp. in normal | 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 | 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 heart 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 in breathing | dyspnea |
| an irregular rhythm; also termed arrhythmia | dysrhythmia |
| normal respiration. | eupnea |
| the act of breathing out | exhalation |
| a temp scale on which the freezing point of water in 32 degrees and the boiling point of water is 212 degrees | fahrenheit scale |
| pertainging to fever | febrile |
| a body temp that is above normal | fever |
| the middline 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 temperature that is below normal | hypothermia |
| a decreasein the oxygen saturation of the blood. | hypoxemia |
| a reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissues od the body | hypoxia |
| the act of breathing in | inhalation |
| betweent 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 blood discomfort weakness and fatigue that often marks the onset of a disease and continues through the course of the illness | malaise |
| an instrument for measuring pressure | manometer |
| the curved surface on a column of liquid in a tube | meniscus |
| the condition on which breathing is easier when an individual is in a sitting or standing position | orthopnea |
| a computerized device consisting of a probe and a monitior 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 strength of the heartbeat | pulse volume |
| 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 |
| an instrunment for measuring aterial blood pressure | Sphygmomanometer |
| abbrev. for the percentage of hemoglobin that is saturated with oxygen in arterial blood as measured by the pulse oximeter | SpO2 |
| an instrument used for amplifying and hearing sounds produced by the body | stethoscope |
| the phase in the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contact sending blood out oof 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 | tachycardia |
| an abnormal increase in the respiratory rate of more than 20 respiration per min. | tachypnea |
| a pulse with a decreased volume that feels weak and thin | thready pulse |
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