CMA - CH 11 Key Terms

Question 1

afebrile

Answer 1

without fever

Question 2

apical

Answer 2

pertaining to the apex of the heart. A site for measuring heart rate with a stethoscope.

Question 3

apnea

Answer 3

cessation or absence of normal spontaneous breathing.

Question 4

arrhythmias

Answer 4

deviations from the normal pattern or rhythm of the heartbeat.

Question 5

athersclerosis

Answer 5

form of arteriosclerosis marked by calcium deposits in the arterial linings.

Question 6

baseline

Answer 6

known or initial measurement against which future measurements are compared; also, flat, horizontal line that separates the various waves of the ECG cycle.

Question 7

bradycardia

Answer 7

slow but regular heartbeat - less than 60 beats per minute

Question 8

bradypnea

Answer 8

abnormally slow respiratory rate

Question 9

Cheyne-Stokes

Answer 9

regular pattern of irregular breathing rate often seen in children and that may be seen in brain dysfunction.

Question 10

diastole

Answer 10

one component of blood pressure measurement representing the lowest amount of pressure exerted during the cardiac cycle; the force exerted on the arterial walls during cardiac relaxation.

Question 11

dyspnea

Answer 11

shortness of breath or labored/difficult breathing

Question 12

eupnea

Answer 12

normal breathing

Question 13

febrile

Answer 13

having a fever

Question 14

frenulum

Answer 14

of the tongue, a fold of mucous membrane located under the tongue attaching the tongue to the floor o the mouth.

Question 15

hyperpnea

Answer 15

increased respiratory rate and depth as seen in exercise, pain, fever, and hysteria.

Question 16

hypertension

Answer 16

blood pressure that is consistently greater than 140/90

Question 17

hyperventilation

Answer 17

ventilation rate that is greater than metabolically necessary, potentially leading to alkalosis.

Question 18

hypotension

Answer 18

abnormally low blood pressure resulting in inadequate tissue profusion and oxygenation.

Question 19

hypoventilation

Answer 19

decrease in respiration rate with shallow depth of respiration.

Question 20

idiopathic

Answer 20

any illness or condition with an unknown cause that arises spontaneously

Question 21

lumen

Answer 21

the space within an artery, vein, intestine, needles, and catheter, or tube.

Question 22

manometer

Answer 22

device for measuring a liquid or gaseous pressure. The measurement is expressed in millimeters of mercury or water.

Question 23

meniscus

Answer 23

curvature appearing in a liquid’s upper surface when a liquid is placed in a container.

Question 24

orthopnea

Answer 24

difficulty breathing in any position other than an upright position.

Question 25

peripheral

Answer 25

away from the center of the body.

Question 26

pulse oximeter

Answer 26

a device that can be attached to a finger or bridge of the nose. Measures oxygen concentration in the blood.

Question 27

pyrexia

Answer 27

fever

Question 28

rales

Answer 28

abnormal babbling or crackling sound heard by auscultation during the inspiratory phase of respiration.

Question 29

rhonchi

Answer 29

breath sounds that are low-pitched wheezes resembling snorting when auscultated using a stethoscope. They are present continuously during inspiration and expiration.

Question 30

stertorous

Answer 30

snoring sound heard with labored breathing.

Question 31

stridor

Answer 31

crowing sound heard on inspiration, the result of an upper airway obstruction.

Question 32

systole

Answer 32

one component of blood pressure measurement representing the highest amount of pressure exerted during the cardiac cycle; the force exerted on the arterial walls during cardiac contraction.

Question 33

tachycardia

Answer 33

abnormally rapid heartbeat greater than 100 BPM. A type of cardiac arrhythmia.

Question 34

tachypnea

Answer 34

abnormally increased rate of breathing

Question 35

wheezes

Answer 35

high-pitched musical sound heard on expiration, often the result of an obstruction or narrowing of respiratory passages.