Chapter 11: Vocabulary

Question 1

Pulse Rate

Answer 1

Number of pulses felt in 1 minute

Question 2

Pulse rhythm

Answer 2

Patten band equality of intervals between beats

Question 3

Pulse quality

Answer 3

Strength, which can be weak, thready, strong, or bounding

Question 4

Bradycardia

Answer 4

Pulse rate lower than 60

Question 5

Tachycardia

Answer 5

Pulse rate higher than 100

Question 6

Tacypnea

Answer 6

Rapid breathing

Question 7

Bardypnea

Answer 7

Slow breathing

Question 8

Tidal Volume

Answer 8

Amount of air one breath move in and out of lungs

Question 9

Blood Pressure

Answer 9

Force of blood against arteries walls as the heart contracts and relaxes

Question 10

Korotkoff’s Sounds

Answer 10

Sounds of blood hitting arteries walls

Question 11

Perfusion

Answer 11

Passage of blood through an organ or tissue

Question 12

Eupnea

Answer 12

Normal breathing rate and pattern

Question 13

Hyperpnea

Answer 13

Normal rate, but deep respirations

Indicative of: Emotional stress or diabetic ketoacidosis

Question 14

Cheyne-stokes

Answer 14

Gradual increases and decreases in respirations with periods of apnea
Indicative of: Increasing intracranial pressure, brain stem injury

Question 15

Biot’s

Answer 15

Rapid, deep respirations (gasps) with short pauses between sets
Indicative of: Spinal meningitis, many CNS causes, head injury

Question 16

Kussmaul

Answer 16

Tachypnea and hyperpnea

Indicative of: Renal failure, metabolic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis

Question 17

Apneusic

Answer 17

Prolonged inspiratory phase with shortened expiratory phase

Indicative of: Lesion in brainstem

Question 18

Opthalmoscope

Answer 18

Handheld device used to examine the interior of the eye

Question 19

Otoscope

Answer 19

Handheld device used to examine the interior of the ear and nose

Question 20

Vital Statistics

Answer 20

Height and weight

Question 21

Broselow Tape

Answer 21

A measuring tape for infants that provides important information regarding airway equipment and mediation doses based on your patient’s length.

Question 22

Capnography

Answer 22

Real-time measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide concentrations

Question 23

End-tidal carbon dioxide detector

Answer 23

A devise used in capnography to measure exhaled carbon dioxide concentrations

Question 24

Anemia

Answer 24

An abnormally low concentration of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood

Question 25

Turgor

Answer 25

Normal tension in the skin

Question 26

Lesion

Answer 26

Any disruption in normal tissue

Question 27

Rhonchi

Answer 27

Continuous sounds with a lower pitch and a snoring quality

Question 28

Bronchophony

Answer 28

Abnormal clarity of patients's transmitted voice sounds

Question 29

Whispered pectoriloquy

Answer 29

Abnormal clarity of patient's transmitted whispers

Question 30

Egophony

Answer 30

Abnormal change in tone of patients transmitted voice sounds

Question 31

Trill

Answer 31

Vibration of humming felt when palpating the pulse

Question 32

Bruit

Answer 32

Sound of turbulent blood flow around a partial obstruction