Vital Signs Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. the regularity of pulse beats
  2. 7. abnormally high blood pressure
  3. 8. a high-pitched whistling sound made while breathing
  4. 10. the pressure in your arteries when your heart rests between beats
  5. 13. normal breathing
  6. 16. artery that can be used to find blood pressure;runs behind the knee
  7. 17. the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats
  8. 18. lack of oxygen in the body's tissues
  9. 20. rest and digest
Down
  1. 1. irregular breathing
  2. 3. abnormally elevated body temp (above 104 degrees F)
  3. 4. abnormally low blood pressure
  4. 5. the respiratory control center
  5. 6. an elevation in the body's thermoregulatory set-point
  6. 9. abnormally low body temp (below 95 degrees F)
  7. 11. transfer of heat from body directly to another surface
  8. 12. regulates body temperature
  9. 14. artery used to find blood pressure;runs through the elbow
  10. 15. irregularity in pulse beats
  11. 19. sounds detected by the stethoscope in the auscultatory blood pressure measurement