Unit 7 1426 Chapter 46 Vocabulary

Front 1

apical pulse

Back 1

pulse normally heard at the heart's apex, which usually gives the most accurate assessment of pulse rate

Front 2

apical-radial pulse

Back 2

reading done by measuring both the apical and radial pulses simultaneously, used when it is suspected that the heart is not effectively pumping blood.

Front 3

apnea

Back 3

cessation of bleeding

Front 4

auscultation

Back 4

externally listening to sounds from within the body to determine abnormal conditions , as auscultation of blood pressure with a stethoscope

Front 5

axiliary

Back 5

the armpit

Front 6

bradycardia

Back 6

abnormally slow heart action; slow pulse

Front 7

bradypnea

Back 7

condition in which breaths are abnormally slow and fall below ten per minute

Front 8

carotid pulse

Back 8

pulse felt on either side of the neck, over the carotid artery

Front 9

Celsius

Back 9

temperature scale in which water boils at 100 degrees and freezes at zero (formally centigrade) "normal" oral body temperature is 37 degrees Celsuis.

Front 10

Cheyne-Stokes respirations

Back 10

breathing characterized by deep breathing alternating with very slow breathing alternating with very slow breathing or apnea; indicative of brian damage; often precedes death

Front 11

crisis

Back 11

the turning point of a disease; sudden intensification of symptoms

Front 12

cyanosis

Back 12

blueness or duskiness of the skin caused by oxygen deficiency and excess caron dioxide in the blood

Front 13

diastole

Back 13

atrial and ventricular relaxation which allows the chambers of the heart to fill with blood.

Front 14

dyspnea

Back 14

difficulty in breathing

Front 15

eupnea

Back 15

normal respiration

Front 16

fahrenheit

Back 16

temperature scale in which water boils at 212 degrees

Front 17

femoral pulse

Back 17

pulse felt in the groin over the femoral artery

Front 18

fever

Back 18

abnormally high body temperature

Front 19

hand santitization

Back 19

cleansing the hands using a chemical agent or thorough hand washing

Front 20

hypertension

Back 20

elevated blood pressure; also called high blood pressure

Front 21

hypotension

Back 21

chronic depression in blood pressure; abnormally low blood pressure

Front 22

Korotkoff's sounds

Back 22

sounds heard when measuring blood pressure with a stethoscope (auscultation)

Front 23

Kussmaul's respirations

Back 23

severe paroxysmal dyspnea, as in a diabetic acidosis and coma

Front 24

lysis

Back 24

destruction due to a specific agent, as lysis of red blood cells; also a gradual recovery from disease (as opposed to crisis); or an elevated temperature that gradually returns to normal

Front 25

oral

Back 25

of or pertaining to the mouth, as in the oral cavity

Front 26

orthopnea

Back 26

difficult breathing, relieved by sitting or standing erect; orthopenic position: sitting and leaning forward, to facilitate breathing

Front 27

palpation

Back 27

the act of feeling with the hand, placing the fingers on the skin to determine the condition of underlying parts.

Front 28

pedal pulse

Back 28

pulse in the foot felt over the doralis pedis artery or the posterial tibial artery, used to determine status of circulation in the lower extremities.

Front 29

popliteal pulse

Back 29

pulse located posteriorly to the knee, sometimes used as an alternative means of assessing blood pressure with a large leg cuff

Front 30

pulse

Back 30

the heartbeat as felt through the walls of the arteries and the skin or as heard at the apex of the heart with a stethoscope

Front 31

pulse pressure

Back 31

difference of systolic pressure minus diastolic pressure

Front 32

radial pulse

Back 32

pulse measured above the radial artery on the inside of the wrist

Front 33

rectal

Back 33

temperature is taken and some medication are administered rectally

Front 34

sphygmomanometer

Back 34

device used in conjunction with a stethoscope to measure blood pressure, consisting of an inflatable bladder attached to a bulb or pump, enclosed in a cuff with a deflating mechanism

Front 35

stertorous breathing

Back 35

breathing that occurs when air travels through secretions in the air passage; snoring

Front 36

stethoscope

Back 36

instrument used to amplify internal body sounds, especially heartbeat

Front 37

systole

Back 37

contraction of the heart; systolic blood pressure is the pressure of the blood against the walls of the arteries when the heart beats (the top number in the blood pressure reading)

Front 38

tachycardia

Back 38

abnormally fast heart rate

Front 39

tachypnea

Back 39

condition in which breaths are abnormally rapid, more than 20 per minute

Front 40

temporal

Back 40

temporal temp is taken in the ear; and the temporal lobe is the cerebral lobe that controls hearing, auditory and smell

Front 41

tympanic

Back 41

is the eardrum

Front 42

AP

Back 42

apical pulse

Front 43

A-R

Back 43

apical radial

Front 44

Ax

Back 44

Axillary

Front 45

BPM

Back 45

beats per minute

Front 46

C

Back 46

celsius

Front 47

DBP

Back 47

diastolic blood pressure

Front 48

F

Back 48

fahrenheit

Front 49

HR

Back 49

heart rate

Front 50

I&O

Back 50

intake and output

Front 51

MAP

Back 51

mean arterial pressure

Front 52

O

Back 52

oxygen

Front 53

PMI

Back 53

point of maximal impulse

Front 54

PO

Back 54

by mouth

Front 55

R

Back 55

?

Front 56

SBP

Back 56

systolic blood pressure

Front 57

TA

Back 57

transactional analysis; temporal artery (forehead)

Front 58

TM

Back 58

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Front 59

TPR

Back 59

temperature, pulse, respiration