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Vocab Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ataxia | Loss of muscular function or muscular control |
| Auscultation | Listening to sounds within the body |
| Autoclave | Device that sterilizes by steam pressure for specified amount of time |
| Bilateral | Both sides |
| Biot's | Several short breaths followed by long, irregular periods of apnea; seen with increased ICPs |
| Cachetic | Ill health; malnourished; wasting appearance |
| Cheyne-Stokes | Regular periods of apnea followed by gradually increasing respiratory rate and depth |
| Clark | Oxygen measuring electrode |
| Clubbing | Enlarged toe and finger tips due to chronic hypoxemia |
| Contraindication | Reason not to do a procedure or therapy |
| Contusion | Bruis |