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nursing 54
Question | Answer |
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apical pulse | a pulse felt or heard over the apex of the heart |
afebrile | without fever |
antipyretics | reducing fever : an agent that reduces fever |
basal metabolic rate | the metabolic rate measured 12hr after eating, after a restful sleep, no exercise or activity preceding testing. |
bradycardia | a slow heartbeat marked by a pulse rate below 60 beats per minute in an adult. |
cardiac output | the amt of blood discharged from the left or right ventricle per minute |
conduction | the process whereby a state of excitation affects adjacent portions of a tissue or cell, so that the disturbance is transmitted to remote points. Conduction occurs not only in the fibers of the nervous system but also in muscle fiber. |
convection | the movement of solutes that occurs during ultra filtration of a fluid. |