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antipyretic
Ans: a substance or procedure that reduces fever
apnea
Ans: temporary or transient cessation of breathing
auscultatory gap
Ans: 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
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Ans: pertaining to the axilla, the cavity beneath the
junction of a forelimb and the body; also called the
armpit or the underarm
brachial pulse
Ans: beating or throbbing felt over the brachial artery,
usually palpated in the antecubital space
bradycardia
Ans: an abnormally slow pulse rate, usually fewer than 60
beats per minutes in an adult
bradypnea
Ans: an abnormally slow respiratory rate, usually fewer
than 12 breaths per minutes in an adult
cardiac output
Ans: the amount of blood pumped into the arteries by
the heart during one minute; the product of the heart rate
and the stroke volume
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Celsius
Ans: relating to the international thermometric scale on
which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point;
centigrade
centigrade
Ans: relating to the international thermometric scale on
which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point;
Celsius
core temperature
Ans: the amount of heat in the deep tissues and
structures of the body, such as the liver
diastolic pressure
Ans: the force exerted when the heart is at rest in
between each beat; the lowest pressure exerted against
the arterial walls at all times
dyspnea
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ATI Vital Signs Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | for Specific Exam
antipyretic
Ans: a substance or procedure that reduces fever
apnea
Ans: temporary or transient cessation of breathing
auscultatory gap
Ans: 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
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
,2
Ans: pertaining to the axilla, the cavity beneath the
junction of a forelimb and the body; also called the
armpit or the underarm
brachial pulse
Ans: beating or throbbing felt over the brachial artery,
usually palpated in the antecubital space
bradycardia
Ans: an abnormally slow pulse rate, usually fewer than 60
beats per minutes in an adult
bradypnea
Ans: an abnormally slow respiratory rate, usually fewer
than 12 breaths per minutes in an adult
cardiac output
Ans: the amount of blood pumped into the arteries by
the heart during one minute; the product of the heart rate
and the stroke volume
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
, 3
Celsius
Ans: relating to the international thermometric scale on
which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point;
centigrade
centigrade
Ans: relating to the international thermometric scale on
which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point;
Celsius
core temperature
Ans: the amount of heat in the deep tissues and
structures of the body, such as the liver
diastolic pressure
Ans: the force exerted when the heart is at rest in
between each beat; the lowest pressure exerted against
the arterial walls at all times
dyspnea
:
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