HOE UNIT 4

Question 1

What’s the measurement of balance between heat lost and heat produced?

Answer 1

temperature

Question 2

Measurement of breaths taken by a patient?

Answer 2

respiration

Question 3

Instrument used to take apical pulse?

Answer 3

stethoscope

Question 4

Pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery?

Answer 4

pulse

Question 5

What is the most accurate method for taking a temperature?

Answer 5

orally

Question 6

What word is used for low body temperature?

Answer 6

hypothermia

Question 7

What is the least accurate method for taking a temperature?

Answer 7

under the armpit

Question 8

Which pulse site is used for CPR?

Answer 8

carotid pulse

Question 9

Which pulse site is the most common for checking peripheral pulses?

Answer 9

temporal

Question 10

What is the peripheral pulse on top of the foot called?

Answer 10

dorsal pedis

Question 11

If a patient has a heart rate above 100 we say the patient is experiencing (word for fast heart rate)

Answer 11

tachycardia

Question 12

The word for patient having difficulty breathing

Answer 12

dyspnea

Question 13

The absence of respirations

Answer 13

apnea

Question 14

Which vital sign do we not tell the patient we are taking?

Answer 14

heart rate

Question 15

What do we say if a patent’s blood pressure drops when we change their position?

Answer 15

hypotension

Question 16

A term for high blood pressure

Answer 16

hypertension

Question 17

List three factors that increase blood pressure

Answer 17

weight, stress, anxiety

Question 18

What is the highest point / pressure in the arteries called?

Answer 18

systolic

Question 19

In an adult, a pulse rate under 60 beats per minute is called

Answer 19

bradycardia

Question 20

An irregular or abnormal rhythm is a/an

Answer 20

arrhythmia

Question 21

What is the book normal temperature for oral route?

Answer 21

98.6

Question 22

What is the book normal temperature for axillary route

Answer 22

97.6

Question 23

When weighing a patient what is one thing you should do?

Answer 23

weigh at the same time everyday

Question 24

Name one weigh to way a patient (type of scale)

Answer 24

standing scale

Question 25

What is the basic unit of structure and function of all living things

Answer 25

cells

Question 26

the study of the form and structure of an organism is

Answer 26

anatomy

Question 27

the proper name for fatty tissues

Answer 27

adipose

Question 28

when two or more tissues join together for a specific function, they form a/an

Answer 28

organ

Question 29

Name four main types of tissue

Answer 29

epithelial connective nerve muscle

Question 30

Body parts away from the patients point of reference

Answer 30

distal

Question 31

Horizontal plane that divides the body into a top and bottom half is called

Answer 31

transverse plane

Question 32

plane that divides the body into front and back section

Answer 32

frontal plane

Question 33

body parts on the front of the body

Answer 33

ventral

Question 34

body parts located near the head

Answer 34

cranial

Question 35

body parts close to the point of reference

Answer 35

proximal

Question 36

body parts on the back of the body

Answer 36

dorsal

Question 37

body parts located near sacral region or tail

Answer 37

caudal

Question 38

body parts above the transverse plane

Answer 38

superior

Question 39

the organs found in the cranial cavity

Answer 39

brain

Question 40

the organs found in the spinal cavity

Answer 40

spinal cord

Question 41

what is fond in the orbital cavity

Answer 41

eyes

Question 42

what is the name of the oil glands

Answer 42

sebaceous

Question 43

what term do we use if the skin is red in color

Answer 43

erythema

Question 44

what term do we use if the skin is yellow in color

Answer 44

jaundice

Question 45

when the skin is lacking oxygen we use this term to describe the color

Answer 45

cyanosis

Question 46

list one function of the integumentary system

Answer 46

protection