Answers
Atelectasis Correct Answer: collapsed lung
Fowlers position Correct Answer: 45 degrees
semi-Fowler's position Correct Answer: 30 degrees
High-Fowler's position Correct Answer: 60-90 degreesa
Stimulus Correct Answer: Agent or act that stimulates a
nerve receptor
Receptor Correct Answer: Nerve cell acts as a receptor
by converting the stimulus to a nerve impulse. Most are
sensitive to only one type, such as visual, Audio or touch
Impulse conduction Correct Answer: Travels along Nerve
pathways to to the spinal cord or brain.
Perception Correct Answer: the process of organizing
and interpreting sensory information
Sensory deficit Correct Answer: Loss or impairment of
sensation
, Sensory Deprivation Correct Answer: The absence of
normal levels of sensory stimulation
Sensory overload Correct Answer: exposed to far more
info than can be processed
Kinesthetic Correct Answer: Awareness of the position
and movement of body parts
Steriognosis Correct Answer: Perceive and understand
an object by size, shape and texture through touch
Sensoristasis Correct Answer: Person of optimal arousal
Somnolent Correct Answer: extreme drowsiness but does
respond to stimuli
Acute confusion Correct Answer: delerium
Chronic Confusion Correct Answer: dementia
Contractures Correct Answer: permanent contraction or
shortening of the muscle
Atrophy Correct Answer: to waste away from lack of use