QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ techycardia.
Answer: heart rate faster than 100 bpm
⩥ Bradycardia.
Answer: heart rate slower than 60 bpm
⩥ Left ventricle (LV).
Answer: receives blood from the left atrium and pumps the blood into
the aorta for transport to the body cells.
⩥ Ventricles.
Answer: the pumping chambers of the heart
⩥ Atria.
Answer: the receiving chambers of the heart
⩥ left ventricle an left atria.
Answer: oxygenated
,⩥ right ventricle and right atria.
Answer: unoxygenated
⩥ arteries.
Answer: carry oxygenated blood away from heart and into body
⩥ veins.
Answer: carry unoxygenated blood back to the heart
⩥ capilaries.
Answer: microscopic blood vessels that connect arteries and veins where
the oxygen exchange occurs
⩥ Arterioles.
Answer: smallest arteries
⩥ Veinules.
Answer: smallest veins
⩥ heart.
Answer: A hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the
body. Has 4 chambers, 2 receiving and 2 pumping
,⩥ Dyspnea.
Answer: difficult or labored breathing
⩥ dysphagia.
Answer: difficulty swallowing
⩥ Oiguria.
Answer: peeing very little within a period of 24hrs, between (100- 400
ml)
⩥ dysuria.
Answer: difficult or painful urination
⩥ polyuria.
Answer: excessive urination
⩥ nocturia.
Answer: excessive urination at night
⩥ hemolysis.
Answer: destruction of red blood cells
, ⩥ Homeostasis.
Answer: A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state
⩥ Hemostasis.
Answer: stoppage of bleeding
⩥ Oral temperature.
Answer: 98.6
⩥ Auxillary Temperature.
Answer: 97.6
⩥ rectal temperature.
Answer: 99.6
⩥ Hematoma.
Answer: a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues. Bruise
⩥ edema.
Answer: swelling