Chapter 35 Flashcards
Anthropometry
The science os size, proportion, weight, and height
Vital Signs
Indicators of the body’s ability to maintain homestasis, Temperature (T) , pulse(P), respiration(R), and blood pressure (BP)
Pyrexia
A bodys temperaturen above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit
Febrile
Condition caused by fever.
Afebrile
A condition not caused by fever
Hyperpyrexia
A very high fever
Hyperthermia
A high body temperature is caused by being exposed to high external temperatures , such as from being outdoors on a very hot day
Hypothermia
A body temperature below 97 degrees farenheit. The body is losing more heat that its producing. Occurs in cases of environmental exposure to cool or cold temperatures.
Fernulum linguae
Under the tongue, the longitudinal fold or mucous membrane. Tongue web.
Tympanic membrane thermometer
Aural thermometer, used for the ear temperature
Tachycardia
A rapid pulse rate, above 100bmp.
Bardycardia
A slow pulse rate, below 60bpm
Rate
The number pf pulse beats per minute
Volume
The strength of the pulse when the heart contracts.
Bounding Pulse
An increase in blood volume, a strong or normal amount of force or blood volume
Thready Pulse
Weak pulse, a barley perceptible force or blood volume
Rhythm
The regularity or equal spacing of all the beats of the pulse.
Dysrhythmia
A pulse with an irregular rhythm. Set of random irregular beats or a predictable pattern of irregular beats.
Intermittent pulse
Occurs when the heart occasionally skips a beat, not considered abnormal if it does not happen frequently.
Apical
A pulse rate is counted at the apex of the heart (the lowest portion of the heart) with the use of a stethoscope that is placed over the apex
Pulse deficit
Occurs when there are fewer pulses that there are heartbeats. Radical measurement is subtracted from the apical measurement
Respiratory cycle
One respiration consists of one expiration (exhalation), and one inspiration (inhalation)
Bradypnea
Abnormally slow breathing. Adult respiratory rate below 12.
Tachypnea
Abnormally rapid breathing. Adult respiratory rate above 40.
Apnea
The absence of breathing for a period lasting longer than 19 seconds.
Eupnea
Normal breathing.
Hyperventilation
Deep rapid respirations
Hypoventilation
Shallow slow respirations
Cyanosis
Bluish color caused by an increase of carbon dioxide and a decrease of oxygen in the blood
Hypertension (HTN)
High blood pressure
Asymptomatic
Without any symptoms
Hypotension
Low blood pressure
Synscope
Fainting
Systolic blood pressure
The highest pressure that as the left ventricle of the heart is contracting
Diastostic blood pressure
The lowest pressure level that occurs when the heart is relaxed (the ventricle is at rest)
Pulse pressure
The difference between systolic and diastolic reading
Korotkoff sounds
The sounds heard as the arterial wall distends under the compression of the blood pressure cuff.
Orthostatic hypotension
A lowered blood pressure, od a drop in blood pressure, that occurs when a patient changes positions from lying down to standing up
Shygmomanometer
Instrument used for measuring the pressure the blood exerts against the walls of the artery
Monometer
A scale that registers the actual pressure reading
Palpatory method
Feeling the radical pulse while the blood pressure cuff is deflating can be used to determine systolic pressure
