VItal Signs Vocabulary Flashcards
Afebrile
Not feverish (no fever)
Afterload
Pressure in the wall of the left ventricle during ejection
Antipyretics
Substances that reduce fever
Apical-heart rate
60-100 bpm Pulse heard with stethoscope at the apex of the heart
Apex of the heart
Bottom left of the heart organ
Apical-radial rate
Pulse heard with stethoscope at wrist (radial)
Apnea
Temporary cessation of breathing
Arrhythmia
Improper beating of the heart (malfunctioning electrical impulses)
Auscultatory gap
period of diminished or absent Korotkoff sounds during the manual measurement of blood pressure
Blood pressure
Pressure of blood in the circulatory system
Bradcycardia
abnormally slow heart action.
Bradypnea
Abnormally slow breathing
Cardiac output
is the amount of blood the heart pumps in 1 minute. Cardiac output is logically equal to the product of the stroke volume and the number of beats per minute (heart rate
Cerumen
Earwax
Diastolic Pressure
The blood pressure when your heart muscle is between beats
Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing
Dysrhythmia
Improper beating of the heart (too fast or too slow)
Febrile
Fever
Fever
Abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium.
Frenulum
small fold of tissue that secures or restricts the motion of a mobile organ (eg. head of penis, underneath tongue)
Hypertension
A condition in which the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high.
Hyperthermia
A dangerously overheated body
Hyperventilation
Rapid or deep breathing
Hypothalamus
Part of the brain that produces releasing and inhibiting hormones, which stop and start the production of other hormones throughout the body
Korotkoff sound
Blood flow sounds during manual blood pressure meassurment
Metabolic rate
Rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals
