Cardiovascular/Cardiopulmonary System
How many chambers in the heart are there
4 (left/right ventricles, left/right atria)
What is the missing vital sign: Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure
Temperature
Which type of disease progresses the fastest
Virus
What is the largest, longest, and strongest bone in the human body?
Femur
What is the difference between the prefixes hypo and hyper?
Hypo means something is too low or slow and hyper means something is too fast or high.
Arteries
What is the typical range for heart rate?
60-100 beats per minute
What is PPE (and give an example)
Personal Protective Equipment (gloves, mask, etc.)
What is the largest organ?
Skin
What is it called when the heart beats abnormally
Arrhythmia
Capillaries
What is it called when someone's heart beats too fast?
Tachycardia
What is the term for a way or method which a disease uses to travel from host to host
A vector
What is the tube in the throat that is responsible for breathing
Trachea
Name 3 types of shock
hemorrhagic, neurologic, septic, cardiogenic, anaphylactic, hypovolemic, obstructive
What muscle is responsible for breathing?
Diaphragm
What is the normal healthy systolic reading for blood pressure?
120 mmHg
How do fungi spread from host to host
Spores
Name 3 blood vessels
(answers vary)
What does to excise mean?
To remove/cut out entirely
Name this part of the ECG
QRS complex
What is blood pressure measured in
mmHg (millimeters of mercury)
Name a drug used to fight against bacteria
Penicillin (one of many acceptable answers)
Gallbladder
What is the difference between cardiac arrest and heart attack?
One is a malfunction of the electrical system while the other is due to death of cardiac tissue