Jack Graham - Vital Signs Vocabulary

Auscultation

________- Listening to the heart or the lungs.

Palpation

________- Pressing on the surface of the body.

Febrile

________- Including or caused by fever.

Capillary refill

________- Method for detecting blood flow that can lead to shock.

Orthopnea

________- The sensation of breathlessness in the recumbent position, relieved by sitting or standing.

Respiration

________- Breathing primarily to take in oxygen and deliver it through pulmonary capillaries to the blood.

Stethoscope

________- Medical instrument for listening to the action of someones heart or breathing.

Hyperthermia

________- The condition of having a body temperature greatly above normal.

Hypothermia

________- The condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that is dangerously low.

Bradypnea

________- Breathing more slowly than normal.

Tachycardia

________- Heart rate that is faster than normal.

Cardiac

________ arrest- When the heart stops beating suddenly.

Fever

________- Abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering.

Cyanosis

________- A bluish color to the skin.

Carotid

________ pulse- Felt on either side of the neck just below the angle of the jaw.

Rhythm

________- Measured time or movement; regularity of occurrence of action or function.

Percussion

________- Tapping body parts.

Normotensive

________- Having a normal blood pressure.

physical exam

Sign- Something found during a(n) ________ that shows a person that might have a condition or disease.

Height

________- The measurement from base to top or from head to foot.

Rales

________- Small clicking, bubbling or rattling sounds in the lungs.

Constrict

________- The narrowing of blood cells.

Bradycardia

________- Type of abnormal heart rate.

Sphygmomanometer

________- An instrument for measuring blood pressure.

Homeostasis

________- The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.

Axilla

________- The space below the shoulder through which vessels and nerves enter and leave the upper arm.

Dilate

________- To widen or enlarge an opening or hollow structure beyond its usual size.

Apnea

________- Temporary suspension of breathing, especially during sleep.

Cheyne

________- Stokes- Specific form of periodic breathing characterized by a pattern of respiration between central apneas or central hypopneas.

Tympanic thermometer

________- Measure the temperature inside the ear canal.

Hypertension

________- High blood pressure.

Rate

________- The speed or frequency with which an event or circumstance occurs per unit of time, population or other standard of comparision.

Diastolic blood pressure

________- Measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart rests between beats.

Apical

________- Relating to an apex.