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Apical pulse correct answers pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart axillary correct answers armpit area blood pressure correct answers pressure of blood in the circulatory system. closely related to force/rate of heartbeat and diameter/elasticity of arterial walls brachial artery correct answers major blood vessel of the upper arm centigrade correct answers relating to the temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is at 100 degrees and the freezing point of water is at 0 degrees diastolic correct answers second measurement of blood pressure; phase when the heart relaxes. normal range is 60-80 ear canal correct answers a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear Fahrenheit correct answers A temperature scale with the freezing point of water 32 degrees and the boiling point of 212 degrees hypertension correct answers high blood pressure hypotension correct answers low blood pressure pulse correct answers the rhythmical throbbing caused by the regular contraction and alternate expansion of an artery Radial artery correct answers Artery of the lower arm. It is felt when taking the pulse at the wrist. rectal correct answers pertaining to the rectum (bum) sphygmomanometer correct answers instrument to measure blood pressure systolic correct answers first measurement of b/p. pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles. normal range is 100-130 temporal correct answers thermometer placed on temple or forehead tympanic correct answers Temperature taken in the ear normal range b/p correct answers 130/80 normal range pulse correct answers 60-100 bpm