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What is the term for absence or cessation of breathing?

• Bradycardia

• Apnea

• Hypernea

• Tachypnea

An abnormality or irregularity in the heart rhythm is called:

• Tachycardia

• Arrhythmia

• Bradycardia

• Sinus arrhythmia

What describes thickening, decreased elasticity, and calcification of arterial walls?

• Atherosclerosis

• Arteriosclerosis

• Hypertension

• Hypotension

A pulse that feels full due to increased cardiac contraction or blood volume is called:

• Bounding

• Thread

• Intermittent

• Pulse deficit

What term refers to a slow heartbeat (below 60 bpm)?

• Tachycardia

• Bradycardia

• Arrhythmia

• Sinus arrhythmia

Respirations that are regular but slower than normal are known as:

• Tachypnea

• Bradypnea

• Dyspnea

• Hyperventilation

What is the waxy secretion in the ear canal called?

• Rhonchi

• Cerumen

• Rales

• Pyrexia

COPD stands for:

• Chronic Orthostatic Pulse Disorder

• Cardiac Obstructive Pressure Disease

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Central Oxygen Pulmonary Deficit

Difficult or painful breathing is termed:

• Tachypnea

• Dyspnea

• Bradypnea

• Apnea

Elevated blood pressure of unknown cause is:

• Hypotension

• Orthostatic hypotension

• Essential hypertension

• Secondary hypertension