Mosby's Chapter 33: Vital Signs Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. A rapid heart rate; more than 100 beats per minute
  2. 5. A device used to measure temperature
  3. 6. The pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest
  4. 8. The difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
  5. 10. The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by blood
  6. 12. Taking the apical and radial pulses at the same time
  7. 15. The number of heartbeats or pulses in one minute
  8. 16. An instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other body organs
  9. 17. With a fever
  10. 19. High blood pressure
  11. 20. A cuff and measuring device used to measure blood pressure
  12. 21. Low blood pressure
Down
  1. 1. The period of heart muscle relaxation; the heart is at rest
  2. 2. A slow heart rate; less than 60 beats per minute
  3. 3. The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount lost by the body
  4. 7. Elevated body temperature
  5. 9. The period of heart muscle contraction; the heart is pumping blood
  6. 11. The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery
  7. 12. Without fever
  8. 13. The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts
  9. 14. Breathing air into and out of the lungs
  10. 18. Temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; pulse oximetry and pain are included in some agencies