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BASIC NA TERMS
Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blood vessels that carry blood AWAY from the heart | artery |
| blood pressure- force of blood on the walls of an artery | BP |
| pertaining to the heart | cardiac |
| cont movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels to all parts of the body | circulation |
| the process of breathing OUT air in respirations | exhalation |
| process of breating IN air in respirations | inhalation |
| body temperature above normal | fever |
| hour | hr |
| the act of feeling with the hands | palpate |
| refers to the lungs | pulmonary |
| rhythmic expansion and contractions of the arteries caused by the beating of the heart | pulse |
| pulse taken at the wrist using the radial artery | radial pulse |
| breathing, inhaling and exhaling | respiration |
| a state of collapse resulting from reduced blood volume and blood pressure | shock |
| ring like muscle that controls the opening and closing of a body opening | sphincter |
| apparatus for taking blood pressure | sphygmomanometer |
| instrument that allows one to listen to various sounds in the resident's body | stethoscope |
| measurement of the amout of heat in the body at a give time (98.6F (37C) ) | temperature |
| temperature, pulse, respiration | TPR |
| vital signs, includes TPR and B/P | VS |