The study of how disease processes affect the function of the body
What is pathophysiology?
100
Outward signs of what is going on inside the body; including respiration, pulse, skin color, temperature, and condition
What are vital signs?
100
Stage of life from birth to 1 year of age
What is infancy?
200
System of bones and skeletal muscles that support and protect the body and permit movement
What is musculoskeletal system?
200
The 2 lower chambers of the heart
What are the ventricles?
200
The cellular process in which oxygen is used to metabolize glucose
What is aerobic metabolism?
200
A rapid pulse; any pulse rate above 100 bpm
What is tachycardia?
200
When startled, an infant throws his arms out, spreads fingers, and grabs with fingers and arms as a result of this reflex
What is Moro reflex?
300
Tissue that connects bone to bone
What is ligaments?
300
The radial, brachial, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis pulses, which can be felt at peripheral points of the body
What is peripheral pulses?
300
Open and clear, free from obstruction
What is patent?
300
The pressure created when the heart contracts and forces blood out into the arteries
What is systolic blood pressure?
300
An infant's reaction to his environment
What is temperament?
400
Leaf shaped structure that prevents food and foreign matter from entering the trachea
What is the epiglottis?
400
The supply of oxygen and nutrients to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries
What is perfusion?
400
The amount of blood ejected from the heart in one minute (heart rate x stroke volume)
What is cardiac output?
400
An electronic device for determining the amount of oxygen carried in the blood
What is a pulse oximeter?
400
Stage of life from age 6-12 years
What is School age?
500
Specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart