Med Term Practice Exam 1

The number of breaths you take per minute is known as.

• Bradycardia

• Respiratory Rate

• Dyspnea

• Tachypnea

Occurs when blood flow to some of your body's tissues becomes restricted and it causes your blood vessels to narrow.

• respiration

• vasodilation

• vasoconstriction

• hypertension

The normal respiration rate for an adult

• 12 - 20 bpm

• 5 - 10 bpm

• 25 - 35 bpm

• 5 - 30 bpm

A blood pressure reading of 180/110 or higher means the patient is.

• hypertensive

• hypotensive

• hyperglycemic

• hypoglycemic

If your patient has a respiration rate under 12 while resting what is it considered? 

• bradycardia

• tachypnea

• bradypnea

• dyspnea

is known as the widening of your blood vessels

• ventilator

• hypertensive

• vasoconstriction

• vasodilation

The patient is complaing of dyspnea, what best describes dyspnea?

• difficultly breathing

• rapid and fast breathing

• slower than normal breathing

• hyperventilation

Ulcers or sores that form on the skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin. For exmaple: a patient that has not been turned or moved for a long period of time from a hospital bed may develop these.

• dermis

• dermatophytosis

• decubitus

• ringworm

An injury that occurs when the surface layer of the skin (epidermis) has been broken or scraped away.

• laceration

• abrasion

• avulsion

• puncture

The top layer of skin is known as.

• subcutaneous fat

• hypodermis

• dermis

• epidermis