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bonewit chap 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adventitious sounds | abnormal breath sounds |
| afebrile | without fever the body temp is normal. |
| alveolus | a thin walled air sac of the lungs in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place |
| antecubital space | the space located at the front of the elbow |
| antipyretic | an agent that reduces fever |
| aorta | the major trunk of the arterial of the body. |
| apnea | the temporary cessation of breathing |
| axilla | the armpit |
| bounding pulse | a pulse with an increase volume rate that feels very strong and full |
| bradycardia | an abnormally slow heart rate (less than 60 BPM) |
| bradypnea | an abnormal decrease in the respiratory rate of less than 10 respiration per min |
| celsius scale | a temp scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 and the boiling point of water is 100. |
| conduction | the transfer of energy , such as heat from one object to another by direct contact |
| convection | the transfer of energy such as heat through air currents |
| crisis | a sudden falling of an elevated body temp to normal |
| cyanosis | a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes |
| diastole | the phase in the cardiac cycle in which the heart relaxes between contractions |
| diastolic pressure | the point of lesser pressure on the arterial wall which is recorded during diastole |
| dyspnea | shortness of breath or difficutly in breathing |
| dysrhythmia | an irregular rhythm; |
| eupnea | normal respiration, the rate is 26-20 respirations per minute the rhythm is even and regular and the dept is normal |
| exhalation | the act of breathing out |
| fahrenheit scale | a temputer scale on which the freezing point of water is 32 and the boiling point of water is 212 |
| febrile | pertaining to fever |
| fever | a body temperature that is above normal; synonym for pyrexia |
| frenulum linguae | the mid line fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of mouth |
| hypernea | an abnormal increase in the rate and dept of respiration |
| hyperpyrexia | an extreamely high fever |
| hyperventilation | an anormal fast and deep type of breathing usually associated with acute anxiety conditions |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| hypothermia | a body temp that is below normal |
| hypoxemia | a desease in the oxygen saturation of the blood |
| hypoxia | reduction in the oxygen supply to the tissue |
| inhalation | the act of breathing in |
| intercostal | between the ribs |
| korotkoff sounds | sounds heard during the measurement of blood pressure that are used to determine the systolic |
| malaise | a vague sense of body discomfort weakness and figue that often marks the onset of a disease and cntinues through the course of the illness |
| manometer | an instrument for measuring pressure |
| meniscus | the curved surface on a column of liquid in a tube |
| orthopnea | the condition in which breathing is easier when an individual os in a sitting or standing poistion |
| pulse oximeter | a computerized device consiting of a probe and moniter used to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood |
| pluse oximetry | the ise of a pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen saturation of arterial blood |
| pulse preesure | the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures |
| pulse rhythm | the time interval between heartbeats |
| pulse volume | the strenght of the heart beat |
| radiation | the transfer of energy such as heat in the forms of waves |
| SaO2 | abb for the percetnage of hemoglobin that is saturation with oxygen in arterial blood |
| SpO2 | abb for the percentage of hemoglobin that is satyrated with oxygen in arterial blood as measured by a pulse oximeter |
| sphygmomanometer | an instrument fir measuring arterail blood measuring blood pressure |
| stethoscope | an instrumnt for ampifying and hearing sounds produced by the body |
| systole | phase in cardiac cycle in which the venttricles contract sending blood out of the heart and into the aorta and pulmonary |
| systloic presure | the point of maximum pressure on the arterial walls. |
| tachycardia | an abnormally fast heart rate |
| tachypnea | an abdnormally increase in the respiratory rate of more than 20 respirations per min |
| thready pulse | a pulse with a decrease volume that feels weak and thin |
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Breanneharber
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