Vital Signs Crossword
Across
- 2. high pitched whistling sound
- 7. the blood pressure when the heart is relaxed
- 8. difficulty breathing
- 9. a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them
- 11. periodic breathing
- 13. an elevated temperature gradually returns to normal
- 14. a blood pressure that decreases when standing
- 15. good breathing
- 17. > 60 bpm
- 18. slow respiratory breathing
- 19. abnormal high body temp.
- 20. < 100 bpm
Down
- 1. blood pressure higher than 130 or 80
- 3. blood pumped by ventricles in 1 min
- 4. rapid or deep breathing caused by anxiety or panic
- 5. a body temperature less than 95 degrees F
- 6. a condition in which there is a decrease in the oxygen supply to a tissue
- 10. the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
- 12. a sudden drop from fever to normal temp.
- 16. abnormal cardiac rhythm