Ch. 24

Front 1

afebrile

Back 1

no fever

Front 2

apical

Back 2

pulse is found at the apex of the heart

Front 3

apnea

Back 3

complete absence of breathing

Front 4

arrhythmia

Back 4

abnormal rhythms of a pulse

Front 5

atherosclerosis

Back 5

increase in arterial wall resistance, increase in blood pressure

Front 6

baseline

Back 6

initial measurement against future measurement are compare

Front 7

bradycardia

Back 7

a pulse that is less than 60 beats per minute

Front 8

bradypnea

Back 8

decrease in the number of respiration then less than 12 breaths per minute.

Front 9

Cheyene-stokes

Back 9

breathing that starts with apnea for 10-30 seconds follow by increasing depths & rate of respiration, then decreases into apnea, the cycle repeats again

Front 10

diastole

Back 10

force exerted during cardiac relaxation

Front 11

Eupnea

Back 11

the normal respiration rate. Varies on age, activities, illness, emotions, and drugs.

Front 12

febrile

Back 12

fever is present

Front 13

frenulum

Back 13

under the tongue, a fold of mucous membrane attach to the floor of the mouth.

Front 14

Hyperpnea

Back 14

respiration that is increased in both depth and rate

Front 15

hypertension

Back 15

blood pressure that is consistently above normal

Front 16

increment

Back 16

an increase or addition in number, size, or extent

Front 17

lumen

Back 17

a space within an artery, vein, intestine, needles, and catheter tube.

Front 18

manometer

Back 18

a cuff containing a rubber bladder attached by rubber tubing to a glass column of mercury

Front 19

meniscus

Back 19

blood pressure is read here

Front 20

orthopnea

Back 20

respiratory condition of severe dyspnea... can not have normal respiration unless standing

Front 21

peripheral

Back 21

away from the body

Front 22

pulse oximeter

Back 22

noninvasive method for measuring the amount of oxygen that is saturating the hemoglobin molecules contain in a red blood cell

Front 23

pyrexia

Back 23

fever

Front 24

rales

Back 24

clicking or rattling sounds hear during infiltration and expiration when lung passageways contain secretions

Front 25

stertorus

Back 25

respiration is described as a snoring sound labored breathing

Front 26

stridor

Back 26

crowing sound heard on inspiration cause by an obstruction of upper airway

Front 27

systole

Back 27

force exerted on the arterial walls during cardiac contraction

Front 28

tachycardia

Back 28

a pulse that is more than 60 beats per minute

Front 29

tachypnea

Back 29

respiratory rate greater than 40 respirations per minute

Front 30

wheezes

Back 30

high-pitched musical sound heard on expirations

Front 31

hyperventilation

Back 31

respirations when the amount of oxygen drawn during inspiration is greatly increased, resulting in a decrease in amount of blood carbon dioxide.

Front 32

hypotension

Back 32

blood pressure that consistently below normal

Front 33

hypoventilation

Back 33

respiration is decrease in rate and shallow depth

Front 34

variables that influence body temperature

Back 34

heat production and heat loss

Front 35

convention

Back 35

heat is lost through the skin being transferred from the skin by air currents flowing across it, fan used on a hot day for cooling purposes

Front 36

conduction

Back 36

transfer of heat from within the body to the surface of the skin and then to surrounding cooler objects touching the skin such as clothing

Front 37

radiation

Back 37

body heat lost from the surface of the skin to a cooler environment, much like a cool room becoming warm occupied by many people

Front 38

evaporation

Back 38

a heat-loss mechanism that uses heat absorption through vaporization of perspiration.

Front 39

elimination

Back 39

heat that is lost through the normal functioning of the intestinal, urinary, and respiratory tracts.

Front 40

brain that monitors blood temperature

Back 40

hypothalamus

Front 41

best way to prevent cross contamination when using electronic thermometers.

Back 41

replacing the disposable probe for each patient

Front 42

what factors may give wrong results on a tympanic thermometers

Back 42

impacted cerumen (earwax) & otitis media, middle ear infection

Front 43

average temperature in Celsius

Back 43

37.0

Front 44

normal pulse of an athlete

Back 44

40 bpm

Front 45

describe the feeling of a normal artery on palpation

Back 45

strong, soft, & elastic

Front 46

normal pulse rates

Back 46

60-100 bpm

Front 47

characteristics of pulses

Back 47

rhythm, volume (strength) full, strong, hard, soft, thready,or weak, wiry, knotty

Front 48

placement of the stethoscope when taking an apical pulse

Back 48

found apex of the heart, located at the fifth intercostal space left side, midclaviscular line, between the fifth and sixth ribs perpendicular to the middle of the clavicle , left of the sternum

Front 49

force exerted during cardiac contraction is known as

Back 49

systolic

Front 50

results expected when using blood pressure cuff that is too large

Back 50

artificially low reading

Front 51

prehypertension

Back 51

120-139/80-89

Front 52

high blood pressure

Back 52

above 140/90

Front 53

hypertensive

Back 53

180/110

Front 54

phase I

Back 54

first sound heard when deflating the cuff. sharp tapping sound

Front 55

phase II

Back 55

sound of more blood passing through the vessels as the cuff is deflated... soft swishing sound

Front 56

phase III

Back 56

The sound is rhythmic tapping sound

Front 57

phase IV

Back 57

sounds of the tapping sound become muffled and faded.

Front 58

phase V

Back 58

alll sounds disappear.. diastolic pressure