I- PRE-TEST:

Instructions: Define the following terminologies. One (1) point each.

Answer
• High heart rate
1. Tachycardia

2. Bradycardia • Slow heart rate

3. Dextrocardia • The heart is positioned on the right side of the

chest instead of its normal position on the left
side.
4. Systole • Blood ejected from the left ventricles into the
aorta and the right ventricle into the pulmonary
artery.
5. Diastole • Blood moves from the atria to the ventricles.

6. Murmurs • Is a gentle, blowing, swooshing sound that can be

heard on the chest wall.

7. Bruit • A rumbling sound that you can hear.

8. Paradoxical Pulse • An abnormal decrease in pulse wave amplitude

during inspiration.

• An abnormality in the arterial pulse

9. Bigeminal Pulse characterized by a regular rhythm that changes
the amplitude from beat to beat.
10. Pericardial Friction • Is a grating, to-and-fro sound produced by the
Rub friction of the heart against the pericardium.

11. Thrill • A rumbling sensation that you can feel.

12. Hypotension • A blood pressure is lower than normal.

13. Hypertension • A blood pressure is higher than normal.

14. Pulse deficit • The difference between the apical and peripheral
pulse rates.

Assessing the Heart and Central Vessels 1

 15. Pulsus Alternans • An arterial pulse with alternating strong and
weak beats.

Assessing the Heart and Central Vessels 2