QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔contracture - ✔✔A permanent shortening of a
muscle resulting in the shortening of associ-
ated tendons and ligaments (Chapter
✔✔convalescence - ✔✔The period of recovery
from an illness or injury (Chapter
✔✔dangling - ✔✔Sitting on the side of the bed
with the feet hanging down (Chapter
✔✔defecate - ✔✔To eliminate solid wastes from
the body
✔✔dehydration - ✔✔Lack of fluid in the body
✔✔delirium - ✔✔Reversible, abrupt onset of con-
fusion
✔✔dentition - ✔✔The type and arrangement of
teeth
✔✔dentures - ✔✔artificial teeth
✔✔diastolic pressure - ✔✔The pressure exerted
against the arterial walls when the ventricles
are at rest
✔✔Dorsiflexion - ✔✔bending of the foot or the toes upward/Bending a body part toward
the posterior or the body
✔✔dysphagia - ✔✔Difficulty or inability to swal-
low
✔✔dyspnea - ✔✔difficulty breathing
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔bruise
✔✔emesis - ✔✔Vomited material
✔✔extension - ✔✔Movement that brings the limb
into or towards a straight position; opposite
, of flexion
✔✔fecal impactation - ✔✔Hard, retained feces that
cannot be expelled
✔✔fever - ✔✔elevated body temperature
✔✔flatus - ✔✔Gas in the digestive tract
✔✔flexion - ✔✔Movement that brings the limb into
or towards a bent position; opposite of exten-
sion
✔✔fowlers position - ✔✔Position of the body in
semi-sitting upright position
✔✔gait-transfer belt - ✔✔Cloth belt worn by the
resident to assist with movement and ambu-
lation
✔✔geri chair - ✔✔Special chair that assists in posi-
tioning a resident to increase body alignment
and comfort
✔✔graduate - ✔✔A round cylinder with markings
to measure amount of liquid (Chapter
✔✔HS care - ✔✔Care given to prepare the resident
for sleep
✔✔hydration - ✔✔The amount of fluid in the body
✔✔hygiene - ✔✔Rules for health and cleanliness
✔✔hypertension - ✔✔A condition of consistently
elevated blood pressure above 140/90; high
blood pressure
✔✔immobilize - ✔✔Make immovable
✔✔I&O - ✔✔The total amount
of foods and fluids ingested and eliminated
from the body