Apply It: 15.1 Medical Term Identification

Select the medical term that means force of the blood against the walls of the arteries.

Blood pressure

Select the medical term that means number of complete breaths per minute.

Respiration

Select the medical term that means abnormal heart sound that is most commonly a sign of defective heart valves.

heart murmur

Select the medical term that means abnormal crackle-like lung sounds heard through a stethoscope during inspiration.

Rales

Select the medical term that means lying on the back, face up.

horizontal recumbent position