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STUDY GUIDE: Respiratory System, Circulatory System, & VS
STUDY GUIDE: Respiratory System, Circulatory System, & VS
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Undergraduate 3
09/03/2014

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Term
Oral normal range
Definition
97.6 F-99.6 F
Term
Rectal normal range
Definition
98.6 F-100.6 F
Term
Axillary normal range
Definition
96.6 F-98.6 F
Term
Tympanic membrane
Definition
98.6 F
Term
Temporal artery
Definition
99.6 F
Term
Normal adult pulse range
Definition
60 to 100/min.
Term
Normal adult blood pressure range
Definition
90/60 to 140/90
Term
Normal adult respiratory rate
Definition
12 to 20/min.
Term
Hypertension
Definition
High BP
Term
Prehypertension
Definition
Systolic pressure is between 120 and 139 mm Hg or the diastolic pressure is between 80 and 89 mm Hg
Term
Bradycardia
Definition
Slow heart rate that is less than 60 beats/min.
Term
Tachycardia
Definition
Rapid heart rate that is more than 100 beats/min.
Term
Dyspnea
Definition
difficult, labored, or painful breathing
Term
Bradypnea
Definition
slow breathing. respiration is fewer than 12 per min.
Term
Tachypnea
Definition
rapid breathing. respiration is more than 20 per min.
Term
Apnea
Definition
lack or absence of breathing (sudden cardiac arrest)
Term
Cheyne-Stokes
Definition
Respiration gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow. (Common when death is near)
Term
Hypoventilation
Definition
breathing is slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular
Term
Hyperventilation
Definition
breathing is rapid and deeper than noraml
Term
Hypoxemia
Definition
Cells have too much oxygen
Term
Hypoxia
Definition
Cells do not have enough oxygen
Term
Cyanosis
Definition
Bluish color to the skin, lips, mucous membranes, and nail beds
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Kussmaul respirations
Definition
very deep and rapid respirations that can be a sign of diabetic coma
Term
Orthopnea
Definition
breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
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