Health Assessment

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Across
  1. 6. pulse on wrist, under thumb
  2. 8. includes the inspiration and expiration of a breath
  3. 9. instrument that amplifies sound to determine blood pressure and listen to lungs
  4. 10. striking the body to assess the sound made
  5. 11. signs: values that can be used to measure changes in body function
  6. 13. listening to sounds, often with a stethoscope
  7. 15. A way to take a temperature
Down
  1. 1. reading: occurs while ventricles of the heart are contracting, top number of BP
  2. 2. inflatable cuff that is used to determine blood pressure
  3. 3. heartbeat that can be felt on surface of arteries
  4. 4. time 24-hour time system
  5. 5. measurement of the balance between heat produced and lost by the body
  6. 7. reading: relaxation of the ventricles, bottom BP number
  7. 10. using hands to observe structures by touch
  8. 12. Pulse pulse the is counted by listening with a stethoscope placed on the chest
  9. 14. Pressure: measurement of the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries as it circulates through the body