Anesthesia Terminology

5. the amount of hemoglobin bound to oxygen at any given moment
9. collapse of a portion of or all of one or both lungs
11. instrument used to noninvasively measure the oxygen saturation of hemoglobin
12. temporary absence of spontaneous breathing
13. the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction. Affected by preload, afterload, and contractility
14. measurement of blood pressure when the hear is in diastole or dilation

1. the flow of blood or fluid to tissues or organs
2. low blood pressure
3. lower than normal levels of blood glucose resulting in lack of fuel to the brain and other organ systems
4. the loss of pain sensation that occurs when the nervous system pathway between the brain and sense organs is interrupted
6. small amounts of anesthetic gases and vapors that leak into a room during medical procedures
7. abnormally low body temperature
8. dilation of the blood vessel (decreases BP)
9. substance such as a drug that produces a physiologic or pharmacologic effect characteristic of the receptor to which it binds
10. the volume of a normal breath