Vital Signs Crossword

Please review chapter 32 in Perry and Potter for the answers. This assignment is worth 10 points.

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Symptoms of low blood pressure when rising to an upright position.
Includes a pressure manometer, vinyhl cuff, rubber bladder and pressure bulb.
Drugs used to reduce fever.
A inefficient contraction of the heart that fails to transmit a pulse wave to the periphery.
The transfer of heat away by air movement.
Low level of arterial oxygen.
When the ventricles relax, the blood remaining in the arteries exerts a minimum pressure.
The peak of maximum pressure when ejection occurs.
The temporary dissappearance of the sounds heard when taking a blood pressure.
The force exerted on the walls of an artery byt the pulsing blood under pressure from the heart.
The volume of blood pumped by the heart duriung a one minute period.
The most common alteration in blood pressure that is usually asymptomatic.
This contols body temperatue and regulates heat lost and heat production.
When the systolic blood pressure falls below 90 mmhg.
An abnormally elevated heart rate above 100 BPM.
The transfer of heat from one object to another with direct contact.
Prolonged exposure to the sun of high temperatures can cause this dangerous heat emergency.
The movement of O2 and CO2 between the alveoli and the RBC's.
Ice crystals form inside the cell and permanent circulatory and tissue damage occurs.
Transfer of heat from the surface of one objec to the surface of another without direct contact.