Vital Signs
Heart Key Structures
Hypothesis
Vocab #1
Vocab #2
100

What is a healthy average blood pressure range for adults? What does it measure?

120/80 mm Hg and is measure by systolic, how many times it beats, and diastolic, how many times it rests.

100

How many chambers are there in the heart?

4

100

What words does a hypothesis use?

If, then

100

Measurements of the body's most basic functions used in detecting or monitory medical problems.

Vital signs

100

An element, feature, or factor that is likely to change.

Variable

200

What is the definition of respiration rate?

number of breaths per minute determined by the times the chest rises and falls.

200

Right and left upper chamber of the heart

Right and left atrium

200

Is a hypothesis a question or an explanation

Explanation

200

Abnormally low body temperature

Abnormally high body temperature

Hypothermia

Hyperthermia

200

A way to carefully plan experiments to investigate scientific problems or questions.

Experimental Design

300

Define body temperature.

The degree of hotness or coldness define on a definite scale.

300

Right and left lower chamber of the heart

Right and left ventricle

300
Define Independent Variable.

A variable that does not depend on the state of another factor or variable.

300

A sub-microscopic particle that must infect plant or animal cells to reproduce.

Virus

300

A scientific procedure to make a discovery, test a hypothesis,or demonstrate a known fact.

Experiment

400

What is the definition of blood pressure?

The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

400

Where does blood enter?

Vena Cava

400

Define Dependent Variable.

A variable that depends on the state of another factor or variable.

400

Something that has strong truth, logic, or fact.

Valid

400

A test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.

Trial

500

What is the definition of pulse?

The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contractions felt from outside of the body.

500

Where does blood exit?

Aorta

500

Define Hypothesis.

An explanation based off evidence using if, then statements.

500

The state produced by the establishment of an infectious agent in or on a suitable host.

Infection

500

A group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

Control

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