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bolus - Correct Answer - rapidly administered dose of medication
brachial artery - Correct Answer - artery that supplies blood to
the shoulder, arm, and hand
brachiocephalic artery - Correct Answer - the large artery on the
right of the neck that distributes blood to the right side of the head
and neck and right arm
bradycardia - Correct Answer - slow heart beat
bronchiole - Correct Answer - one of the finer subdivisions of the
branched bronchial tree
bronchus - Correct Answer - any of the larger air passages of
the lungs
,bundle of his - Correct Answer - a small band of atypical cardiac
muscle fibers that propagates the atrial contraction rhythm of the
ventricles
capillary - Correct Answer - any of the minute vessels that
connect the atrerioles an venules, forming a network in nearly all
parts of the body
capnography - Correct Answer - measurement and recording of
the amount of carbon dioxide in expired air
cardiac dysthythmias - Correct Answer - rhythm disturbances of
the heart
cardiac cycle - Correct Answer - the complete cardiac movement
or heartbeat
cardiac output - Correct Answer - the total amount of blood
pumped by either ventricle of the heart per unit of time
CAC - Correct Answer - group of neurons in the brain stem
involved in the acceleration of the heart action
,CIC - Correct Answer - group of neurons in the brain stem that
has an inhibitory influence on the heart action via the vagus nerve
catatoninc - Correct Answer - a psychiatric state in whic the
patient appears apathetic and stuporous with diminution of
sensibility
center nervous system - Correct Answer - brain and spinal cord
cerebellum - Correct Answer - part of the brain that is concerned
with the coordination of movement
CVA - Correct Answer - also called stroke
cerebrum - Correct Answer - the main portion of the brain that is
concerned with thinking
COPD - Correct Answer - marked by persistent obstruction of
bronchial airflow
Cirrhosis - Correct Answer - liver disease characterized by loss
of normal microscopic lobular structure of the liver and the
formation of fibrous tissue.
, CMTC - Correct Answer - center in the brain stem that responds
to the presence of potentially toxic substances in the blood and
signals the vomit center
Coarse V. Fib - Correct Answer - ventricular fibrillation in which
there are relatively prominent deflections of the baseline
Common carotid artery - Correct Answer - one of two large,
palpable arteries in the neck
compensatory pause - Correct Answer - a long beat that
compensates for a shorter beat that contains either an atrial or
ventricular premature contraction
congenital heart diseas - Correct Answer - a cardiac disease
caused by a defect in the heart structure present at birth
congestive heart failure - Correct Answer - clinical syndrome due
to heart disease and characterized by breathlessness and
abnormal water and sodium retention
Conitomy - Correct Answer - cricothyrotomy
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