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Bonewit #4
Vital Signs -Libby
| 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 |
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