2 A&P II Lab Exercise 4

Question 1

What is systole?

Answer 1

Contraction

Question 2

What is diastole?

Answer 2

Relaxation

Question 3

What is pulse?

Answer 3

The alternating of expansion and recoiling of the wall of an artery

Question 4

What is blodo pressure?

Answer 4

The pressure of the blood reaches a maximum and a minimum

Question 5

When does the blood pressure reach a maximum?

Answer 5

Contraction of the ventricles

Question 6

When does the blood pressure reach a minimum?

Answer 6

Relaxation of the ventricles

Question 7

What device do you use to measure blood pressure?

Answer 7

Sphygmomanometer

Question 8

What is systolic pressure?

Answer 8

When arterial blood volume increases during the ejection of stroke volume

Question 9

What is diastolic pressure?

Answer 9

Elastic recoil of arteries drives blood forward through microcirculation during ventricular diastole

Question 10

If you ran around the building, what part of blood pressure would increase?

Answer 10

Systolic

Question 11

What is orthostatic hypotension?

Answer 11

Blood pressure decreases when the patient moves from laying to standing

Question 12

What values depict orthostatic hypotension?

Answer 12

A systolic drop of greater than 20 mm Hg

A diastolic drop of greater than 10 mm Hg

Question 13

What factors can influence orthostatic hypotension?

Answer 13

Immobile patients and drugs (like blood pressure medications)

Question 14

What does the artery look like when you can’t hear any sounds when taking blood pressure?

Answer 14

Artery is closed

Question 15

What does the artery look like when you first hear a sound?

Answer 15

Artery is opening and closing

Question 16

What does the artery look like when you stop hearing sounds?

Answer 16

Artery is open

Question 17

What are some common sites for evaluating heart rate and quality?

Answer 17

Carotid, radial, brachial, femoral, and dorsalis pedis

Question 18

What does RRR stand for?

Answer 18

Regular rate and rhythm

Question 19

How long should you evaluate pulse?

Answer 19

60 is needed so you can evaluate rhythm

Question 20

What might a patient’s pulse feel like if they have a conduction defect?

Answer 20

Regularly irregular rhythm

Irregularly irregular rhythm

Question 21

What is a weak and thready pulse associated with?

Answer 21

Low blood pressure, shock, sepsis, dehydration, heart failure

Question 22

What is a bounding pulse associated with?

Answer 22

Few congenital cardiac defects

Question 23

What is tachycardia?

Answer 23

Pulse greater than 100

Question 24

What is bradycardia?

Answer 24

Pulse less than 60

Question 25

What does a diaphragm listen to?

Answer 25

Higher pitched sounds

Question 26

Is the diaphragm bigger or smaller?

Answer 26

Bigger

Question 27

What does a bell listen to?

Answer 27

Lower pitched sounds

Question 28

Is the bell bigger or smaller?

Answer 28

Smaller

Question 29

What would too small of a cuff result in?

Answer 29

A falsely elevated systolic BP

Question 30

What is the name of the sounds your listening to when auscultating BP?

Answer 30

Karotoff

Question 31

What are some beginning BP mistakes?

Answer 31

Falsely low systolic BP

Falsely elevated diastolic BP