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HCB 102 VITAL SIGNS Exam Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
Vital Signs - ✔✔signs necessary to life, temperature, respiratory rate,
pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patient's condition
Temperature - ✔✔A measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the
subcutaneous tissues
Pulse - ✔✔regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery
produced by waves of pressure cause when the heart beats; sensation that
can be felt when fingertips lightly compress an artery against an underlying
bone.
Tachycardia - ✔✔Abnormally rapid heartbeat; above 100 in adults
Bradycardia - ✔✔Abnormally slow heartbeat; below 60 in adults
Thready pulse - ✔✔Weak and rapid pulse
Bounding Pulse - ✔✔unusually strong pulse
Arrhythmia - ✔✔A pulse with irregular rhythm
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Respiration - ✔✔exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and
body cells
Ihalation - ✔✔the act of taking air into the lungs
Exhalation - ✔✔the act of expelling air from the lungs
Dyspnea - ✔✔labored or difficult breathing
Apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing
Tachypena - ✔✔Excessively rapid breathing
Blood Pressure - ✔✔The force that circulating blood exerts against artery
walls as the heart contracts and relaxes. Measured in the unit millimeters of
mercury (mm Hg). Recorded as two separate pressures in fraction form
systolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the heart
contracts and forces blood out in to circulation. This is the first blood
pressure sound you will hear
diastolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure remaining in the arteries when the
heart is relaxed. This is the last blood pressure sound you will hear
Perfusion - ✔✔The flow of blood through tissues, providing them with
oxygen and nutrients, and removing waste products
hypotension - ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure
HCB 102 VITAL SIGNS Exam Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
Vital Signs - ✔✔signs necessary to life, temperature, respiratory rate,
pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patient's condition
Temperature - ✔✔A measure of the amount of heat below the skin and the
subcutaneous tissues
Pulse - ✔✔regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of an artery
produced by waves of pressure cause when the heart beats; sensation that
can be felt when fingertips lightly compress an artery against an underlying
bone.
Tachycardia - ✔✔Abnormally rapid heartbeat; above 100 in adults
Bradycardia - ✔✔Abnormally slow heartbeat; below 60 in adults
Thready pulse - ✔✔Weak and rapid pulse
Bounding Pulse - ✔✔unusually strong pulse
Arrhythmia - ✔✔A pulse with irregular rhythm
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Respiration - ✔✔exchange of gases between the atmosphere, blood, and
body cells
Ihalation - ✔✔the act of taking air into the lungs
Exhalation - ✔✔the act of expelling air from the lungs
Dyspnea - ✔✔labored or difficult breathing
Apnea - ✔✔absence of breathing
Tachypena - ✔✔Excessively rapid breathing
Blood Pressure - ✔✔The force that circulating blood exerts against artery
walls as the heart contracts and relaxes. Measured in the unit millimeters of
mercury (mm Hg). Recorded as two separate pressures in fraction form
systolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure created in the arteries when the heart
contracts and forces blood out in to circulation. This is the first blood
pressure sound you will hear
diastolic pressure - ✔✔the pressure remaining in the arteries when the
heart is relaxed. This is the last blood pressure sound you will hear
Perfusion - ✔✔The flow of blood through tissues, providing them with
oxygen and nutrients, and removing waste products
hypotension - ✔✔abnormally low blood pressure
