BN4 Vital Signs Flashcards
What term means without fever?
Afebrile
What term means absence of breathing?
Apnea
What term means a pulse with an irregular rhythm?
Arrhythmia
What term describes the force that circulating blood exerts against the arterial walls as the heart contracts and relaxes?
Blood Pressure
What term describes an unusually strong pulse?
bounding pulse
What term describes an abnormally slow heartbeat?
Bradycardia
What term is a measure of the amount of heat in the deep tissues?
Core Temperature
What term describes the pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular relaxation at which point, the left ventricle is filled with blood?
Diastolic pressure
What term describes labored or difficult breathing?
Dyspnea
What term describes the act of expelling air out of the lungs?
Experiation
What term describes with fever?
Febrile
What term describes abnormally high blood pressure?
Hypertension
What term describes elevated body temperature related to the body’s inability to promote heat loss or reduce heat production?
Hyperthermia
What term describes abnormally low blood pressure?
Hypotension
What is the act of taking air into the lungs?
inspiration
What is the sound heard, via sethoscope over an artery distal to the blood pressure cuff?
Korokoff sound
What term describes the flow of blood through tissues, providing them with oxygen and nutrients, and removing waste products?
Perfusion
What is another term for fever?
Pyrexia
What term would describe the drop in blood pressure someone feels has when going from lying or sitting to standing?
Orthostatic Hypotension
What term describes the exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and body cells?
Respiration
What is a measurement that consist of one inspiration and one expiration?
Respiration rate
What term describes a compression cuff with a pressure bulb containing a release valve that is used to obtain blood pressure?
Sphygmomanometer
What term describes the peak pressure exerted on the arterial walls during ventricular contraction?
Systolic Pressure
What term describes an abnormally elevated heartbeat?
Tachycardia
What is a measurement of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues?
Temperature
What is a weak and rapid pulse?
Thready pulse
What is used as health status measurements of life and are used to evaluate a patients condition?
Vital Signs
