115 Unit 5

Question 1

____ is the cyclical nature of body functions; functions controlled from within the body are synchronized with environmental factors. Same meaning as biorhythm.

Answer 1

Biological Clock

Question 2

____ is a condition characterized by sudden muscular weakness and loss of muscle tone.

Answer 2

Cataplexy

Question 3

____ is the repetition of certain physiological phenomena within a 24-hour cycle.

Answer 3

Circadian Rhythm

Question 4

____ is extreme fatigue felt during the day.

Answer 4

Excessive daytime sleepiness

Question 5

Falling asleep at inappropriate times, such as while eating, talking, or driving indicates what?

Answer 5

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

Question 6

____ is a class of drugs that causes insensibility to pain and induces sleep.

Answer 6

Hypnotics

Question 7

____ is the condition characterized by chronic inability to sleep or remain asleep through the night.

Answer 7

Insomnia

Question 8

____ is a neurohormone produced in the brain that helps control circadian rhythms.

Answer 8

Melatonin

Question 9

____ is a syndrome involving sudden sleep attacks that a person cannot inhibit. The uncontrollable desire to sleep may occur several times during a day.

Answer 9

Narcolepsy

Question 10

____ is urination at night.

Answer 10

Nocturia

Question 11

____ can be a symptom of renal disease or may occur in persons who drink excessive amounts of fluids before bedtime.

Answer 11

Nocturia

Question 12

____ is sleep that occurs during the first four stages of normal sleep.

Answer 12

Nonrapid Eye Movement Sleep (NREM)

Question 13

____ is the stage of sleep in which dreaming and rapid eye movements are prominent. Important for mental restoration

Answer 13

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM)

Question 14

____ are medications that produce a calming effect by decreasing functional activity, diminishing irritability, and allaying excitement.

Answer 14

Sedatives

Question 15

____ is a state marked by reduced consciousness, diminished activity of the skeletal muscles and depressed metabolism.

Answer 15

Sleep

Question 16

____ is cessation of breathing for a time during sleep.

Answer 16

Sleep Apnea

Question 17

____ is the condition resulting from a decrease in the amount, quality, and consistency of sleep.

Answer 17

Sleep Deprivation

Question 18

____ is the resistance to the ejection of blood from the left ventricle.

Answer 18

Afterload

Question 19

____ is the collapse of alveoli, preventing the normal respiratory exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Answer 19

Atelectasis

Question 20

____ is a portion of he cardiac conduction system located on the floor of the right atrium; it receives electrical impulses from the atrium and transmits them to the bundle of His.

Answer 20

AV Node

Question 21

____ is the adequacy of the cardiac output for an individual. It takes into account the body surface area of the patient.

Answer 21

Cardiac index

Question 22

____ is the volume of blood expelled by the ventricles of the heart, equal to the amount of blood ejected at each beat multiplied by the number of beats in the period of time used for computation.

Answer 22

Cardiac Output

Question 23

____ is actively assisting the patient with achieving and maintaining an optimal level of health through controlled physical exercise, nutrition consoling, relaxation, and stress management techniques, prescribed medications and oxygen and compliance.

Answer 23

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation

Question 24

____ is the basic emergency procedures for life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac massage.

Answer 24

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Question 25

____ is the striking of the chest wall with a cupped hand to promote mobilization and drainage of pulmonary secretions.

Answer 25

Chest percussion

Question 26

____ is the group of therapies used to mobilize pulmonary secretions for expectoration.

Answer 26

Chest physiotherapy (CPT)

Question 27

____ is a catheter inserted through the thorax into the chest cavity for removing air or fluid, used after chest or heart surgery or pneumothorax.

Answer 27

Chest Tube

Question 28

____ is the respiration in which the abdomen moves out while the diaphragm descends on inspiration.

Answer 28

Diaphragmatic breathing

Question 29

____ is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration.

Answer 29

Diffusion

Question 30

____ is the sensation of shortness of breath.

Answer 30

Dyspnea

Question 31

____ is the deviation from the normal pattern of the heartbeat.

Answer 31

Dysrhythmia

Question 32

____ is the coughing up of blood from the respiratory tract.

Answer 32

Hemoptysis

Question 33

____ is the accumulation of blood and fluid in the pleural cavity between the parietal and visceral pleurae.

Answer 33

Hemothorax

Question 34

____ is the process of adding water to gas.

Answer 34

Humidification

Question 35

____ is the greater that normal amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood also called hypercarbia.

Answer 35

Hypercapnia

Question 36

____ is the respiratory rate in excess of that required to maintain normal carbon dioxide levels in the body tissues.

Answer 36

Hyperventilation

Question 37

____ is the respiratory rate insufficient to prevent carbon dioxide retention.

Answer 37

Hypoventilation

Question 38

____ occurs when arterial blood oxygen level is less that 60 mm HG; low oxygen level in the blood.

Answer 38

Hypoxemia

Question 39

____ is the inadequate cellular oxygenation that may result form a deficiency in the delivery or use of oxygen at the cellular level.

Answer 39

Hypoxia

Question 40

____ is the measure of stretch of the cardiac muscle fiber.

Answer 40

Myocardial contractility

Question 41

____ is the necrosis of a portion of cardiac muscle caused by obstruction in a coronary artery.

Answer 41

Myocardial infarction

Question 42

____ is a condition that results when the supply of blood to the myocardium front he coronary arteries is insufficient to meet the oxygen demands of the organ.

Answer 42

Myocardial ischemia

Question 43

____ is the process of adding moisture to inspired air by the addition of water droplets.

Answer 43

Nebulization

Question 44

____ is the wave patter on an electrocardiogram that indicates normal conduction of an electrical impulse through the myocardium.

Answer 44

Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR)

Question 45

____ is an abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand up to breathe comfortably.

Answer 45

Orthopnea

Question 46

____ is a procedure in which oxygen is administered to a patients to relieve or prevent hypoxia.

Answer 46

Oxygen therapy

Question 47

____ is the passage of a fluid through a specific organ or an area of the body.

Answer 47

Perfusion

Question 48

____ is the collection of air or gas in the pleural space.

Answer 48

Pneumothorax

Question 49

____ is the use of positioning along with percussion and vibration to drain secretions from specific segments of the lungs and bronchi into the trachea.

Answer 49

Postural drainage

Question 50

____ is the volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole, immediately before ventricular contraction.

Answer 50

Preload

Question 51

____ is the sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that effectively removes sputum from the respiratory tract and helps clear the airways.

Answer 51

Productive Cough

Question 52

____ is the deep inspiration followed by prolonged expiration through pursed lips.

Answer 52

Pursed lip breathing

Question 53

____ is called the pacemaker of the heart because the origin of the normal heartbeat begins here. It is in the right atrium next to the entrance of the superior vena cava.

Answer 53

Sinoatrial node (SA node)

Question 54

____ is the amount of blood ejected by the ventricles with each contraction.

Answer 54

Stroke Volume

Question 55

____ is a chemical produced in the lung by alveolar type 2 cells that maintains the surface tension of the alveoli and keeps them from collapsing.

Answer 55

Surfactant

Question 56

____ is the respiratory process by which gases are moved into and out of the lungs.

Answer 56

Ventilation

Question 57

____ is fine, shaking pressure applied by hands to the chest wall only during exhalation.

Answer 57

Vibration

Question 58

____ is the adventitious lung sound caused by a severely narrowed bronchus.

Answer 58

Wheezing.

Question 59

____ is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during cellular metabolism.

Answer 59

Respiration