KINN'S MEDICAL ASSISTANT -
CHAPTER 31 - VITAL SIGNS EXAM
1. temperature
2. pulse
3. respiration
4. blood pressure - Correct Answers -List the 4 cardinal vital signs
apnea - Correct Answers -absence of cessation of breathing
arrhythmia - Correct Answers -an abnormality in heart rhythm
arteriosclerosis - Correct Answers -thickening, decreased elasticity, and clarification of
arterial walls
bradycardia - Correct Answers -slow heartbeat, a pulse < 60 bpm
bradypnea - Correct Answers -respirations regular in rhythm, slower than normal rate
dyspnea - Correct Answers -difficult or painful breathing
febrile - Correct Answers -pertaining to elevated body temperature, fever
hyperlipidemia - Correct Answers -high level of fats in blood plasma
hypertension - Correct Answers -high blood pressure
hyperventilation - Correct Answers -abnormally prolonged and deep breathing, usually
associated with anxiety or emotional tension
hypotension - Correct Answers -blood pressure that is lower than normal 90/50
orthopnea - Correct Answers -a condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe
comfortably
peripheral - Correct Answers -term that refers to an area outside of or away from an
organ or structure
pyrexia - Correct Answers -febrile condition or fever
rales - Correct Answers -abnormal or crackling breath sounds during inspiration
, rhonchi - Correct Answers -abnormal rumbling sounds on expiration that indicate airway
obstruction by think secretions or spasms.
syncope - Correct Answers -fainting; a brief lapse in consciousness
stertorous - Correct Answers -term that describes a strenuous respiratory effort
tachycardia - Correct Answers -a rapid but regular heart rate; one that exceeds 100
bpm
tachypnea - Correct Answers -condition marked by rapid shallow respirations
vertigo - Correct Answers -a sense of whirling and loss of balance associated
particularly looking down from great height
1. height
2. weight
3. body mass index (BMI)
4. fat composition
5. infant head & chest circumferences - Correct Answers -What anthropometric
measurements are included?
True - Correct Answers -A change in one or more of a patient's vital signs may indicate
a change in general health.
True - Correct Answers -Sometimes vital sign measurements must be obtained a
second time, after a patient is calmer and more comfortable
True - Correct Answers -Body temperature is regulated by the hypothalamus
False - Correct Answers -Body temp ranges from being highest in the morning to being
lowest in the late afternoon
True - Correct Answers -Patients with a febrile condition exhibit pyrexia and can be
treated with an antipyretic.
True - Correct Answers -An individual with hypertension may have a bounding pulse
True - Correct Answers -A contraindication for taking a temporal artery temp is bilateral
impacted cerumen
True - Correct Answers -Primary or essential hypertension is idiopathic
False - Correct Answers -The difference between tachypenea hyperpnea is that
respirations are rapid and shallow with hyperpnea
CHAPTER 31 - VITAL SIGNS EXAM
1. temperature
2. pulse
3. respiration
4. blood pressure - Correct Answers -List the 4 cardinal vital signs
apnea - Correct Answers -absence of cessation of breathing
arrhythmia - Correct Answers -an abnormality in heart rhythm
arteriosclerosis - Correct Answers -thickening, decreased elasticity, and clarification of
arterial walls
bradycardia - Correct Answers -slow heartbeat, a pulse < 60 bpm
bradypnea - Correct Answers -respirations regular in rhythm, slower than normal rate
dyspnea - Correct Answers -difficult or painful breathing
febrile - Correct Answers -pertaining to elevated body temperature, fever
hyperlipidemia - Correct Answers -high level of fats in blood plasma
hypertension - Correct Answers -high blood pressure
hyperventilation - Correct Answers -abnormally prolonged and deep breathing, usually
associated with anxiety or emotional tension
hypotension - Correct Answers -blood pressure that is lower than normal 90/50
orthopnea - Correct Answers -a condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe
comfortably
peripheral - Correct Answers -term that refers to an area outside of or away from an
organ or structure
pyrexia - Correct Answers -febrile condition or fever
rales - Correct Answers -abnormal or crackling breath sounds during inspiration
, rhonchi - Correct Answers -abnormal rumbling sounds on expiration that indicate airway
obstruction by think secretions or spasms.
syncope - Correct Answers -fainting; a brief lapse in consciousness
stertorous - Correct Answers -term that describes a strenuous respiratory effort
tachycardia - Correct Answers -a rapid but regular heart rate; one that exceeds 100
bpm
tachypnea - Correct Answers -condition marked by rapid shallow respirations
vertigo - Correct Answers -a sense of whirling and loss of balance associated
particularly looking down from great height
1. height
2. weight
3. body mass index (BMI)
4. fat composition
5. infant head & chest circumferences - Correct Answers -What anthropometric
measurements are included?
True - Correct Answers -A change in one or more of a patient's vital signs may indicate
a change in general health.
True - Correct Answers -Sometimes vital sign measurements must be obtained a
second time, after a patient is calmer and more comfortable
True - Correct Answers -Body temperature is regulated by the hypothalamus
False - Correct Answers -Body temp ranges from being highest in the morning to being
lowest in the late afternoon
True - Correct Answers -Patients with a febrile condition exhibit pyrexia and can be
treated with an antipyretic.
True - Correct Answers -An individual with hypertension may have a bounding pulse
True - Correct Answers -A contraindication for taking a temporal artery temp is bilateral
impacted cerumen
True - Correct Answers -Primary or essential hypertension is idiopathic
False - Correct Answers -The difference between tachypenea hyperpnea is that
respirations are rapid and shallow with hyperpnea
