Across
- 3. Relating to or located in the axilla, or armpit.
- 4. Low blood pressure.
- 5. The difference between the apical pulse rate and the radial pulse rate; such a deficit is typical of a person with heart disease.
- 7. High blood pressure.
- 8. Pulse taken with a stethoscope on the left side of the chest under the breastbone, which measures the heartbeat at the apex, or bottom of the heart.
- 10. Breathing
- 11. The measurement of body temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
- 14. An instrument that, along with a stethoscope, is used to measure blood pressure; also called a blood pressure cuff.
- 16. The number of respirations (breaths in and out) in 1 minute.
- 18. Scale generally used in the United States for measuring and recording temperature; abbreviated °F.
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- 1. The pressure of the blood when the heart contracts and pumps blood into the arteries; the point where the greatest pressure is put on the arteries.
- 2. The pressure of the blood between contractions of the heart, when the heart relaxes and the pressure on the arteries decreases.
- 6. Also called Celsius. A scale for measuring and recording temperature, used mostly outside the United States; abbreviated °C.
- 9. The force of blood as it is pushed against the walls of the arteries.
- 12. The measurement of the amount of heat in the body.
- 13. The initial recording of vital signs taken when a patient is admitted to a health care facility.
- 15. Pulse taken in the wrist at the radial artery.
- 17. The beat of the heart felt as the rhythmic pressure of blood against the walls of an artery.