DAANCE Exam
Wave of Depolarization - ✔✔ correct answer an advancing wave of charge reversal as the nerve
impulse advance a long the neuron
Wakefullness system - ✔✔ correct answer consists of a central core in the brainstem with neurons
that radiate to the cortex
Vomiting Center - ✔✔ correct answer the center in the brainstem that induces vomiting
Vital Centers - ✔✔ correct answer centers in the brainstem that control such physiologic processes
as blood pressure and pulse, depth and rate of respiration
Vestibular nerve - ✔✔ correct answer part of the eighth cranial nerve that is connect with
equilibrium and hearing
Venule - ✔✔ correct answer any of the small vessels that collect blood from networks of capillaries
and join them to form veins
Ventricular tachycardia - ✔✔ correct answer a cardia dsrhythmia in which there is rapid firing of an
ectopic focus in the ventricles and a wide QRS complex with no p waves
Ventricular rhythms - ✔✔ correct answer a cardia dsrhythmia in which the pacemaker is in the
ventricles rather than in the SA node or atria
Ventricular focus - ✔✔ correct answer a displace point of origin for a dysrhythmia that is in the
ventricles
Ventricular fibrillation - ✔✔ correct answer arrhythmia characterized by contractions of ventricle
muscle fibers due to rapid excitation of myocardial fibers without coordinated contraction of the
ventricle
Sensory nerve - ✔✔ correct answer a nerve of the peripheral nervous system that conducts impulses
from a sense organ to the spinal cord or brain
Sinoatrial node - ✔✔ correct answer a microscopic collection of heart muscle fibers where cardiac
rhythm originates; also called the pacemaker of the heart
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sinus arrhythmia - ✔✔ correct answer a cardiac dysrhythmia similar to normal sinus rhythm, but
withslight variation in rate with inspiration and expiration
sinus bradycardia - ✔✔ correct answer cardiac dysrhythmia similar to normal sinus rhythm except
for a slower rate of less than 60 bpm
sinus rhythms - ✔✔ correct answer cardiac rhythms in which the pacemaker is the sinoatrial node
sinus tachycardia - ✔✔ correct answer dysrhythmia similar to normal sinus rhythm except for an
increase in rate of greater than 100 bpm but less than 150 bpm
stroke volume - ✔✔ correct answer the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle during each beat
of the heart
subcutaneous - ✔✔ correct answer beneath the skin
superior vena cava - ✔✔ correct answer the venous trunk that drains blood from the head, neck,
upper extremities, and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
supraventricular foci - ✔✔ correct answer central points of origin of dsrhythmias, which are located
above the level of the ventricles in the atria
sympathommimetic - ✔✔ correct answer having activity that mimics the effects of the sympathetic
nervous system, epinephrine
synapse - ✔✔ correct answer the junction between two neurons where impulses are transmitted
from one neuron to another
synaptic cleft - ✔✔ correct answer the gap between two nerves where they meet at a synapse
syncope - ✔✔ correct answer fainting
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synergistic - ✔✔ correct answer the phenomenon that exists when two drugs are administered
together, and the combined effect is greater than the sum of its parts
systolic - ✔✔ correct answer pertaining to the phase of the heart's pumping action when the
ventricles contract, forcing blood either to the lungs or peripheral circulation
T wave - ✔✔ correct answer the EKG waveform that represents repolarization of the ventricles
Tachycardia - ✔✔ correct answer fast heart rate
terminal button - ✔✔ correct answer the bulge at the end of the nerve that touches the next nerve
in the never pathway at a synapse
third degree AV block - ✔✔ correct answer an atrioventricular block in which the impulse does not
conduct from the atria to the ventricles and there is independent contraction of the atria and
ventricles
Thrombosis - ✔✔ correct answer formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel, usually a vein
Tidal Volume - ✔✔ correct answer the amount of gas that is inspired or expired during one
respiratory cycle
titrate - ✔✔ correct answer to give a small quantity of a drug and assess its effects before giving
additional drugs
trachea - ✔✔ correct answer windpipe
tracheostomy - ✔✔ correct answer the surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the
neck
transient ischemic attack - ✔✔ correct answer a brief attack of cerebral dysfunction caused by
reduced blood flow in the brain
Wave of Depolarization - ✔✔ correct answer an advancing wave of charge reversal as the nerve
impulse advance a long the neuron
Wakefullness system - ✔✔ correct answer consists of a central core in the brainstem with neurons
that radiate to the cortex
Vomiting Center - ✔✔ correct answer the center in the brainstem that induces vomiting
Vital Centers - ✔✔ correct answer centers in the brainstem that control such physiologic processes
as blood pressure and pulse, depth and rate of respiration
Vestibular nerve - ✔✔ correct answer part of the eighth cranial nerve that is connect with
equilibrium and hearing
Venule - ✔✔ correct answer any of the small vessels that collect blood from networks of capillaries
and join them to form veins
Ventricular tachycardia - ✔✔ correct answer a cardia dsrhythmia in which there is rapid firing of an
ectopic focus in the ventricles and a wide QRS complex with no p waves
Ventricular rhythms - ✔✔ correct answer a cardia dsrhythmia in which the pacemaker is in the
ventricles rather than in the SA node or atria
Ventricular focus - ✔✔ correct answer a displace point of origin for a dysrhythmia that is in the
ventricles
Ventricular fibrillation - ✔✔ correct answer arrhythmia characterized by contractions of ventricle
muscle fibers due to rapid excitation of myocardial fibers without coordinated contraction of the
ventricle
Sensory nerve - ✔✔ correct answer a nerve of the peripheral nervous system that conducts impulses
from a sense organ to the spinal cord or brain
Sinoatrial node - ✔✔ correct answer a microscopic collection of heart muscle fibers where cardiac
rhythm originates; also called the pacemaker of the heart
,DAANCE Exam
sinus arrhythmia - ✔✔ correct answer a cardiac dysrhythmia similar to normal sinus rhythm, but
withslight variation in rate with inspiration and expiration
sinus bradycardia - ✔✔ correct answer cardiac dysrhythmia similar to normal sinus rhythm except
for a slower rate of less than 60 bpm
sinus rhythms - ✔✔ correct answer cardiac rhythms in which the pacemaker is the sinoatrial node
sinus tachycardia - ✔✔ correct answer dysrhythmia similar to normal sinus rhythm except for an
increase in rate of greater than 100 bpm but less than 150 bpm
stroke volume - ✔✔ correct answer the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle during each beat
of the heart
subcutaneous - ✔✔ correct answer beneath the skin
superior vena cava - ✔✔ correct answer the venous trunk that drains blood from the head, neck,
upper extremities, and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart
supraventricular foci - ✔✔ correct answer central points of origin of dsrhythmias, which are located
above the level of the ventricles in the atria
sympathommimetic - ✔✔ correct answer having activity that mimics the effects of the sympathetic
nervous system, epinephrine
synapse - ✔✔ correct answer the junction between two neurons where impulses are transmitted
from one neuron to another
synaptic cleft - ✔✔ correct answer the gap between two nerves where they meet at a synapse
syncope - ✔✔ correct answer fainting
, DAANCE Exam
synergistic - ✔✔ correct answer the phenomenon that exists when two drugs are administered
together, and the combined effect is greater than the sum of its parts
systolic - ✔✔ correct answer pertaining to the phase of the heart's pumping action when the
ventricles contract, forcing blood either to the lungs or peripheral circulation
T wave - ✔✔ correct answer the EKG waveform that represents repolarization of the ventricles
Tachycardia - ✔✔ correct answer fast heart rate
terminal button - ✔✔ correct answer the bulge at the end of the nerve that touches the next nerve
in the never pathway at a synapse
third degree AV block - ✔✔ correct answer an atrioventricular block in which the impulse does not
conduct from the atria to the ventricles and there is independent contraction of the atria and
ventricles
Thrombosis - ✔✔ correct answer formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel, usually a vein
Tidal Volume - ✔✔ correct answer the amount of gas that is inspired or expired during one
respiratory cycle
titrate - ✔✔ correct answer to give a small quantity of a drug and assess its effects before giving
additional drugs
trachea - ✔✔ correct answer windpipe
tracheostomy - ✔✔ correct answer the surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the
neck
transient ischemic attack - ✔✔ correct answer a brief attack of cerebral dysfunction caused by
reduced blood flow in the brain
