Chapter 24 vocab/key terms Vital signs

Question 1

a condition in which the body temperature is not elevated

Answer 1

afebrile

Question 2

define apnea

Answer 2

absense of breathing

Question 3

What is Blood Pressure?

Answer 3

a force of blood against arterial walls

Question 4

what is the medical term for a slow heart rate?

Answer 4

bradycardia

Question 5

define bradypnea

Answer 5

slow rate of breathing

Question 6

Give the medical term for the least amount of pressure exerted on arterial walls, which occurs when the heart is at rest between ventricular contractions

Answer 6

diastolic pressure

Question 7

medical term for difficult or labored breathing?

Answer 7

dyspnea

Question 8

medical term for an abnormal cardiac rhythm?

Answer 8

dysrhythmia

Question 9

Give the medical term for normal respirations

Answer 9

eupnea

Question 10

define febrile

Answer 10

condition in which the body temperature is elevated

Question 11

define hypertension

Answer 11

blood pressure elevated above the upper limit of normal

Question 12

medical term for high body temperature

Answer 12

hyperthermia

Question 13

medical term for blood pressure below the lower limit of normal

Answer 13

hypotension

Question 14

medical term for low body temperature

Answer 14

hypothermia

Question 15

Give the medical term for the series of sounds that correspond to changes in blood flow through an artery as pressure is released

Answer 15

Korotkoff sounds

Question 16

define orthopnea

Answer 16

type of dyspnea in which breathing is easier when the patient sits or stands

Question 17

Give the medical term for the temporary fall in blood pressure associated with assuming an upright position?
(this is a synonym for postural hypotension

Answer 17

orthostatic hypotension

Question 18

Give the medical term for a wave produced in the wall of an artery with each beat of the heart

Answer 18

pulse

Question 19

What is a pulse deficit?

Answer 19

the difference between the apical and radial pulse rates

Question 20

Define pulse pressure

Answer 20

the difference between systolic and diastolic pressures

Question 21

What is the medical term for the gas exchange between the atmospheric air in the alveoli and blood in the capillaries?

Answer 21

respiration

Question 22

Give the medical term for the highest point of pressure on arterial walls when the ventricles contract

Answer 22

systolic pressure

Question 23

Rapid heart rate

Answer 23

tachycardia

Question 24

Give the medical term for rapid rate of breathing

Answer 24

tachypnea

Question 25

What word describes the hottness or coldness of a substance?

easy one :)

Answer 25

temperature

Question 26

What are Vital signs

list them

Answer 26

• Temperature
• Pulse Rate
• Respiratory rate
• Blood Pressure
  (some call Pain the 5th vital sign)