Body temperature is usually recorded in Fahrenheit and Conduction.

A fluctuating fever that returns to or below baseline, the increases again is:

A fluctuating fever that does not return to the baseline temperature and remains increased is:

A fever that remains above the baseline that does not fluctuate and remains fairly constant is:

Febrile means the presence of fever

A heartbeat is what is felt.

To palpate means to:

We assess a pulse by:

The pulse ___ is the number of pulsations or beats felt in 1 minute.

The pulse ___ refers to the time between pulsations and regularity of the beat.

The strength of the pulse beat that is felt is referred to as the __ of the pulse.

A pulse rate less than 60 beats per minute (bpm) is called:

A heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute (bpm) is called:

Oral refers to __. Aural refers to __.

Temporal refers to __. Axillary refers to __.

The body loses heat by this process where heat is lost through the skin by being transferred from the skin by air currents flowing across it.

The body loses heat by the transfer of heat from within the body to the surface of the skin and then to surrounding cooler objects touching the skin.

Body heat loss from the surface of the skin to a cooler environment.

A heat-loss mechanism that uses heat absorption through vaporization of perspiration.

Heat that is lost through the normal functioning of the intestinal, urinary, and respiratory tracts.

A heartbeat is what is heard

Pulse located at the thumb side of the wrist approximately 1 inch above the base of the thumb.

Pulse found between the larynx and sternocleidomastoid muscle in the front side of the neck on either side of the trachea.

Pulse found in the inner apect of the elbow

Pulse located at the temple area of the head.

Pulse located in the groin area.

Pulse felt on the top of the foot slightly to the side of midline next to the extensor ligament of the great toe, between the first and second metatarsal bones.

Pulse found at the apex of the heart, located at the 5th intercostal space left side, midclavicular line.

Size of the blood vessels (dilation vs. constriction)

Amount of blood (dehydration vs. blood loss)

Strength of the heart pumping

Stretch ability of vessel walls.

Thickness of blood.

To listen with a stethoscope is called:

The sounds heard during blood pressure measurement are named the...

The exchange of the gases oxygen and carbon dioxide is the function of:

High-pitched musical sounds heard on expiration

Crowing sounds heard on inspiration as a result of an obstruction of the upper airway.

Snoring sounds with labored breathing.

The respiratory rate is the:

Rales are:

The pattern of breathing is the

Systole refers to the force exerted on the arterial walls during cardiac contraction.

The amount of air that is inspired and expired with each respiration is called the:

absense of breathing

respiratory rate greater tahn 40 per minute

decrease in the number of respirations to less than 12 per minute

a breathing pattern that starts with a period of apnea lasting 10-60 seconds followed by increasing depth and rate of respirtaion. Followed by a decrease in rate with apnea starting the cycle again.

A respiratory condition of severe labored breathing.

labored breathing

When respiration is drecreased in rate and shallow in depth.

Respiration that is increased in both depth and rate

A type of breathing in which the amount of oxygen drawin in during inpspiration is greatly increased, decrease in amount of blood CO2.

normal respiratory rate

Which age group routine has height and weight measured at every clinic visit?

Pulse pressure is considered:

Mrs.Smith has difficulty breathing in any other position other than upright. She has

The 1st sound heard when deflating the blood pressure cuff is the ___ sound.

A blood pressure cuff that si too small for the aptientś arm will:

A normal respiration rate for a newborn is:

Which of the following blood pressure results indicated hypertension?

How quickly do you deflate the blood pressure cuff?

Things that affect eupnea or normal respiratory rate are:

Weight should be recorded in pounds/kilograms. To change pounds to kilograms you have to...

What is the msot common form of hypertension?

This type of thermometer measures the temperature of the skin surface over the temporal artery.

You measure a 60 year old patientś blood pressure and find taht it is 90/50. This is considered: