Vital Signs

Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

A state of balance in the human body

Question 2

4 cardinal vital signs

Answer 2

Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure

Question 3

Temperature

Answer 3

Regulated by a balance of heat produced and heat lost

Question 4

3 ways heat is produced

Answer 4

Muscles, glands, oxidation of food

Question 5

3 ways heat is lost

Answer 5

Perspiration, respiration, excretion

Question 6

How is temperature controlled?

Answer 6

Regulated by the hypothalamus, which receives input from thermoreceptors

Question 7

Normal body temp range

Answer 7

97-99

Question 8

Febrile

Answer 8

Elevated temp

Question 9

Pyrexia

Answer 9

Above-normal temp

Question 10

Hyperthermia

Answer 10

Uncontrolled high temp

Question 11

Hypothermia

Answer 11

Below normal temp

Question 12

What does a fever mean?

Answer 12

The body is activating the immune system and making the temperature too high for microbes to be able to reproduce

Question 13

Pulse

Answer 13

How well blood is circulating, pressure of the blood against the artery wall

Question 14

Tachycardia

Answer 14

Pulse rate over 100 bpm

Question 15

Bradycardia

Answer 15

Pulse rate under 60 bpm

Question 16

Rhythm

Answer 16

Regularity of the heart

Question 17

Arrhythmia

Answer 17

An irregular pulse rate

Question 18

Volume

Answer 18

Strength/pressure of a beat

Question 19

Bounding

Answer 19

Strong pulse

Question 20

Threading

Answer 20

Weak pulse

Question 21

8 Common Pulse Sites

Answer 21

Temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, posterior tibial, dorsalis pedis

Question 22

Respiration

Answer 22

Process of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide

Question 23

Normal respiration rate

Answer 23

12-20 per minute

Question 24

Dyspnea

Answer 24

Shortness of breath

Question 25

Tachypnea

Answer 25

Fast respirations

Question 26

Apnea

Answer 26

Absence of breathing

Question 27

Cheyne-Stokes

Answer 27

Before death, labored breathing followed by apnea

Question 28

Rales

Answer 28

Pneumonia, bubbling or rattling sound in lungs

Question 29

Blood Pressure

Answer 29

Force of blood pushing against walls of blood vessels, systolic/diastolic

Question 30

Hypotension

Answer 30

Low blood pressure

Question 31

Hypertension

Answer 31

High blood pressure

Question 32

Blood pressure equipment names

Answer 32

Sphygmomanometer and stethoscope

Question 33

Auscultation

Answer 33

Listening to internal sounds