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Question
place the correct term from the word bank below, in the space provided by the following definitions.
word bank
apex
apical - radial pulse
arrhythmia
artery
bounding
brachial
carotid
dorsalis pedis
femoral
irregular
popliteal
bradycardia
pulse deficit
radial
pulse
thready
temporal
tachycardia
rhythm
volume
stethoscope
rate
- pulse located on foot; major pulse site used to ck circulation of lower extremity.
- blood vessel which carry blood away from heart.
- irregular heart beat.
- the pointed tip of the heart.
- describes the regularity or spacing of the pulse beats.
- rapid/fast pulse rate; >100 bpm.
- artery located on the side of the head.
- pressure of bld pressing against walls of arteries as heart works & heart rests.
- the actual difference in # of beats of radial pulse & # of beats of ap
- unequal; without rhythm in regards to the pulse rate.
- slow pulse rate; < 60 bpm.
- describes the strength or intensity of the pulse.
Question 1
The pulse located on the foot and used to check lower - extremity circulation is the dorsalis pedis pulse. From the word bank, "Dorsalis pedis" matches this description.
Arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Among the words in the bank, "Artery" is the correct term for this definition.
An irregular heartbeat is defined as arrhythmia. Looking at the word bank, "Arrhythmia" is the term that fits this definition.
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