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What is the term for the absence of oxygen in the tissues?

  • Ectopic
  • Diaphoresis
  • Apnea
  • Anoxia (correct)
  • What is the term for the pulse found when a stethoscope is placed on the chest wall over the apex of the heart?

  • Apical pulse (correct)
  • Arrhythmia
  • Bradycardia
  • Dyspnea
  • What is the term for the disturbance of rhythm in the heart?

  • Arrhythmia (correct)
  • Exhalation
  • Cardiac output
  • Diastole
  • What is the term for the period when the least amount of pressure is exerted on the walls of the arteries during the heartbeat?

    <p>Diastole</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for profuse perspiration?

    <p>Diaphoresis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the amount of blood that is pumped from the heart during each contraction?

    <p>Cardiac output</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the disturbance of rhythm in the heart?

    <p>Dysrhythmia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for labored or difficult breathing?

    <p>Dyspnea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the pulse rate less than 60 beats/min, which may be a normal finding in a well-conditioned person or an abnormal finding?

    <p>Bradycardia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for listening for sounds produced within the body by using the unaided ear or a stethoscope?

    <p>Auscultation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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