Chapter 4 Workbook [Hartmann Nursing Assistant Care The Basics] Body Systems and Related Conditions - edited

Chapter 4 Workbook [Hartmann Nursing Assistant Care The Basics] Body Systems and Related Conditions - edited The largest organ and system in the body is: - ANS The skin Skin prevents_______ to internal organs - ANS Injury Skin also prevents the loss of too much______ which is essential to life - ANS Water The skin is also a ______ organ that feels heat, cold, pain, touch, and pressure - ANS Sense Blood vessels_________ or widen, when the outside temperature is too high - ANS Dilate Blood vessels__________ or narrow, when the outside temperature is too cold - ANS Constrict Normal or Sign: Thinning Skin - ANS Normal Normal or Signs: Bruises - ANS Sign Normal or Signs: Cut in Skin - ANS Sign Normal or Sign: Wrinkles - ANS Normal Normal or Sign: Brown Spots - ANS Normal Normal or Sign :Thinning of fatty tissue - ANS Normal Normal or Sign:Flaking skin - ANS Sign Normal or Sign:Thinning Skin - ANS Normal Normal or Sign:Less elastic skin - ANS Normal Normal or Sign: Reddened Skin - ANS Sign Normal or Sign:Swollen Skin - ANS Sign Normal or Sign: Gray Hair - ANS Normal Normal or Sign:Orange-peel look or skin - ANS Sign The body is shaped by - ANS muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. The human body has_______ bones - ANS 206 Bones _______ the body's organs - ANS Protect Two _____meet at a joint. - ANS Bones Muscles allow ___________ - ANS movement of body parts Range of motion exercises help______ - ANS Prevent problems related to immobility Atrophy occurs when the muscle _________ - ANS Weakens, decreases in size, and wastes away. Falls can be prevented by ______ - ANS Keeping paths clear no keeping walkers or canes within easy reach Normal or Sign: Bruising on Skin - ANS Sign Normal or Sign: Weakening of Muscles - ANS Normal Normal or Sign: loss of muscle tone - ANS Normal