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 |