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ATI-Vital Signs Skill Module Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Antipyretic - answer✔✔a substance or procedure that reduces fever
apnea - answer✔✔temporary cessation of breathing
ausculatory gap - answer✔✔temporary disappearance of sounds usually heard over the brachial
artery, occurring when the cuff pressure is high and is gradually reduced, with the sounds again
heard at a lower level of pressure (usually occurring in patients who have hypertension)
Axillary - answer✔✔pertaining to the axilla, the cavity beneath the junction of a forelimb and
the body; also called the armpit or the underarm
brachial pulse - answer✔✔beating or throbbing felt over the brachial artery, usually palpated in
the antecubital space
Bradycardia - answer✔✔an abnormally slow pulse rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minutes
in an adult
bradypnea - answer✔✔an abnormally slow respiratory rate, usually fewer than 12 breaths per
minutes in an adult
cardiac output - answer✔✔the amount of blood pumped into the arteries by the heart during one
minute; the product of the heart rate and the stroke volume
Celcius - answer✔✔(F-32)/1.8: relating to the international thermometric scale on which 0° is
the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point; centigrade
centigrade - answer✔✔relating to the international thermometric scale on which 0° is the
freezing point and 100° is the boiling point; Celsius
core temperature - answer✔✔the amount of heat in the deep tissues and structures of the body,
such as the liver
diastolic pressure - answer✔✔the force exerted when the heart is at rest in between each beat;
the lowest pressure exerted against the arterial walls at all times
ATI-Vital Signs Skill Module Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Antipyretic - answer✔✔a substance or procedure that reduces fever
apnea - answer✔✔temporary cessation of breathing
ausculatory gap - answer✔✔temporary disappearance of sounds usually heard over the brachial
artery, occurring when the cuff pressure is high and is gradually reduced, with the sounds again
heard at a lower level of pressure (usually occurring in patients who have hypertension)
Axillary - answer✔✔pertaining to the axilla, the cavity beneath the junction of a forelimb and
the body; also called the armpit or the underarm
brachial pulse - answer✔✔beating or throbbing felt over the brachial artery, usually palpated in
the antecubital space
Bradycardia - answer✔✔an abnormally slow pulse rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minutes
in an adult
bradypnea - answer✔✔an abnormally slow respiratory rate, usually fewer than 12 breaths per
minutes in an adult
cardiac output - answer✔✔the amount of blood pumped into the arteries by the heart during one
minute; the product of the heart rate and the stroke volume
Celcius - answer✔✔(F-32)/1.8: relating to the international thermometric scale on which 0° is
the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point; centigrade
centigrade - answer✔✔relating to the international thermometric scale on which 0° is the
freezing point and 100° is the boiling point; Celsius
core temperature - answer✔✔the amount of heat in the deep tissues and structures of the body,
such as the liver
diastolic pressure - answer✔✔the force exerted when the heart is at rest in between each beat;
the lowest pressure exerted against the arterial walls at all times
