Chapter 33

Numerical measurement of heartbeats or respirations per minute; characteristic of measuring the pulse or respiration.

High-pitched sounds heard when bronchial tubes are narrowed by disease.

Withour fever

Artery located behind the knee

Area of the eardrum

Pulse rate of less than 0 beats per minute

Instrument used to measure blood pressure.

Underarm area

First measurable sound o blood pressure when the heart contracts

Measurement of blood pressure that is below the expected range for the patient's age group.

Heartbeat that is taken with a stethoscope over the apex of the heart.

Systemic measurement of a person's temperature, pulse rate, respiration, and blood pressure.

Minimum ("resting") pressure of blood againgst arteries occuring late in ventricular resting of the heart.

cycle of breathing including inspriation and expirtation in 1 minute

Measurement of a wital sign that serves as a basis to which all subsequent measurements of that vital sign are compared

Pulse rate greater than 100 beats per minute.

Act of taking a breath or breathing in; inhaling

Artery located in the upper arm

Shrill sound heard on inspiration

Artery located in the thigh

Numbr of heartbeats per minute

Artery located on both sides of the neck.

Low-pitched sounds created as air goes through narrowed bronchi

Artery located in the foot

Breathing sounds of "tissue paper being crumpled" caused by fluid or secretios in the bronchus

Pulse felt in the wrist over the radius.