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vital signs
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alveolar | pertaining to air cells in the lungs (alveolar) |
| anterior | situated at or directed toward the front |
| apical | pertaining to the apex |
| aterial | pertaining of an artery; the type of blood vessels that carry oxygentated blood away from the heart to body organs and tissues |
| assessement | an appraisal or evaluation |
| atheroscierosis | a disorder in which inner walls of the arteries develop a build up of yellowish plaque that may eventually obstruct circulation of oxygenated blood |
| bradycardia | abnormally slow heart beat (below 60 beats/min) |
| bronchiole | a small airway of the respiratory system that extends from the bronchi into the lobes of the lungs |
| cardiopulmonary | pertaining to the heart an lungs |
| cellular | pertaining to or made up of cells |
| chemoreceptor | any of the special cells or organs adapted for excitation by chemical substances and located outside the central nervous systmem |
| cyanosis | a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes dud to lack of oxygen in the blood |
| diencephalon | the posterior part of the forebrain |
| diode | a low pressure electron tube or a conductive device used to rectify alternating current |
| doppler | a device used to measure heart sounds or other sounds using sound wave freqency and distance |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing resulting from insufficient air flow to the lungs |
| enzymatic | relating to, caused by, or characteristic of an enzyme |
| flank pain | pain on the side of the body between the ribs and the ilium |
| hemodynamics | the study of the movement of the blood and the forces concerned therein |
| hemoglobin | iron containing pigment of red blood cells that carries oxygen to the tissues |
| hemorrhoids | enlarged veins in the anal canal that bleed easily and are painful |
| hypercapnia | increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| hypothalmus | the portion of the diencephalon lying beneath the thalmus at the base of the cerebrum and forming the floor and part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle |
| hypothermia | low body temperature |
| hypoxia | reduction in the amount of cellular oxygen |
| intra-arterial | within the artery |
| invasive procedure | any medical treatment or examiniation that involves penetration of the body tissue or organs |
| lateral | pertaining to the side |
| oral | taken by mouth |
| oximeter | a photoelectric device that measures oxygen saturation of the blood |
| oxygenated | saturated with oxygen |
| parenchyma | the functional elements of an organ as distinguished from its supporting or connective tissue |
| pathological | the structural and functional manifestations of a disease |
| peripheral | the outer portion or surface of the body |
| pharynx | the throat |
| posterior | directed toward or situated at the back |
| pulmanary | involving the lung |
| pyrexia | a fever or febrile condition |
| radiololucent | permitting the passage of radient energy such as x-ray , yet offering some resistance to it. |
| retraction | the act of drawing back or condition of being drawn back |
| symmetry | correspondence in size, form and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane or around an axis |
| systemic | affecting the body as a whole |
| systemic vascular resistance | the resistance against which the left ventricle mus eject blood at every systolic heart beat |
| systole | the contraction of the heart that drives blood into the aorta and pulmonary arteries |
| tachycardia | abnormally rapid heart beat ( over 100 beats/minute) |
| therapeutic | involving the science or art of healing; a scientific account of the treatment of disease |
| thermostat | a devise in a heating system by which temperature is automatically maintained between certain specified levels |
| toxic | poisonous or acting as a poison |
| trachobronchitis | inflammation of the trachea and bronchi |
| transtracheal | a technique of oxygen administration for the patient requiring chronic oxygen therapy; oxygen is administered by catheter into the trachea |
| typanic | bell-like resonance pertaining to tympanum |
| viscosity | the thickness of a fluid |
| voiatile | easily vaporized or evaporated; unstable or explosive in nature |
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