Vital Signs

Question 1

Vital Signs

Answer 1

Signs necessary to life, temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patients condition.

Question 2

Temperature

Answer 2

A measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the subcutaneous tissues.

Question 3

Fever

Answer 3

Elevated body temperature

Question 4

Febrile

Answer 4

With fever

Question 5

Afebrile

Answer 5

Without fever

Question 6

Hypothermia

Answer 6

Body temperature which is below the normal range

Question 7

Hyperthermia

Answer 7

Body temperature which is above the normal range

Question 8

Pulse

Answer 8

Regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery produced by waves of pressure cause when the heart beats

Question 9

Tachycardia

Answer 9

Abnormally rapid heartbeat

Question 10

Bradycardia

Answer 10

Abnormally slow heartbeat

Question 11

Thready pulse

Answer 11

Weak and rapid pulse

Question 12

Bounding pulse

Answer 12

Unusually strong pulse

Question 13

Arrhythmia

Answer 13

Pulse with irregular rhythm

Question 14

Respiration

Answer 14

Exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and body cells.

Question 15

Inhalation

Answer 15

The act of taking air into the lungs

Question 16

Exhalation

Answer 16

The act of expelling air out of the lungs

Question 17

Dyspnea

Answer 17

Labored or difficult breathing

Question 18

Apnea

Answer 18

Absence of breathing

Question 19

Tachypnea

Answer 19

Excessively rabid breathing

Question 20

Blood pressure

Answer 20

The force that circulation blood exerts against artery walls as the heart contracts and relaxes.

Question 21

Systolic blood pressure

Answer 21

When the heart contracts and forces blood out in to circulation

Question 22

Diastolic blood pressure

Answer 22

Pressure remaining in the arteries when heart is relaxed