Home Health Aide Module 2
Atrophy - answer Decrease in size or wasting away of tissue
Body structure - answer Construction and arrangement of cells, tissues, organs, and
organ systems
Carbon dioxide - answer Gas that is eliminated from the lungs during exhalation
Diastole - answer Relaxation of the heart muscle that causes its chambers to fill with
blood
Digestion - answer Complete physical and chemical breakdown of food
Embryo - answer Stage of human development during the first 2 months of pregnancy
Endocrine - answer Glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Exocrine - answer Glands that secrete substances into a duct
Feces - answer Formed body waste that is discharged from the bowels
Fetus - answerStage of human development from the third month of pregnancy to birth
Hormones - answerChemicals produced by endocrine glands
Menopause - answerPermanent end of menstruation
Microscope - answerInstrument for viewing objects that cannot be seen with the naked
eye
Sterile - answerFree of living organisms
Systole - answerContraction of the heart muscle that causes blood to leave the heart
Chat - answerTo record in writing information on the client's record
Incident - answerUnexpected event
Observe - answerAct of watching carefully and attentively
Prefix - answerWord part that is attached to the beginning of the word root to modify its
meaning
Atrophy - answer Decrease in size or wasting away of tissue
Body structure - answer Construction and arrangement of cells, tissues, organs, and
organ systems
Carbon dioxide - answer Gas that is eliminated from the lungs during exhalation
Diastole - answer Relaxation of the heart muscle that causes its chambers to fill with
blood
Digestion - answer Complete physical and chemical breakdown of food
Embryo - answer Stage of human development during the first 2 months of pregnancy
Endocrine - answer Glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Exocrine - answer Glands that secrete substances into a duct
Feces - answer Formed body waste that is discharged from the bowels
Fetus - answerStage of human development from the third month of pregnancy to birth
Hormones - answerChemicals produced by endocrine glands
Menopause - answerPermanent end of menstruation
Microscope - answerInstrument for viewing objects that cannot be seen with the naked
eye
Sterile - answerFree of living organisms
Systole - answerContraction of the heart muscle that causes blood to leave the heart
Chat - answerTo record in writing information on the client's record
Incident - answerUnexpected event
Observe - answerAct of watching carefully and attentively
Prefix - answerWord part that is attached to the beginning of the word root to modify its
meaning
