RADT 1001 Exam Set Questions
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1. What are the primary mechanisms that maintain homeostasis? - ANSWER -
Heartbeat
-Blood pressure
-Body temperature
-Respiratory rate
-Electrolyte balance
2. What reflects the degree of heat of the deep tissues of the human body? -
ANSWER Body Temperature
3. Term used to describe the body's maintenance of heat production and heat
lost - ANSWER Thermolregulation
4. The _____ plays an important role in regulating heat loss and can initiate
peripheral vasodilator and sweating to dissipate body heat. - ANSWER
Hypothalamus
5. What does diaphoresis mean? - ANSWER Profuse sweating
,6. How long does a thermostat stay in place for a stable reading to be obtained? -
ANSWER 20 seconds to 3 minutes
7. 5 routes that are commonly used to measure and extrapolate core body
temperature: - ANSWER -oral
-axillary
-tympanic
-temporal
-rectal
8. How are Oral Measurements obtained? - ANSWER By placing a
thermometer under the patient's tongue
9. How are Axillary measurements temperature obtained? - ANSWER By
placing the thermometer high between the upper arm and the torso
10. Who is Axillary temperature primarly used on? - ANSWER Children and
infants
11. How long must the thermometer be kept under the arm for an axillary
temperature? - ANSWER 5 to 10 minutes to maintain a stable reading
however this method is notoriously inaccurate and time consuming
12. How long must the thermometer be held in place for rectal temperature? -
ANSWER 2.5 to 5 minutes
, 13. How would the rectal temperature be taken? - ANSWER lubricate the
thermostat and then shove it up the patients ass doesn't take a genius
14. How are tympanic temperatures obtained? - ANSWER By placing a
tympanic membrane thermometer in the ear
15. How long does it take for the tympanic temperatures taken? - ANSWER 3
seconds
16. What thermometry is believed to be the most accurate reflection of core
body temperature? - ANSWER Rectal
17. How is a TA thermometer taken? - ANSWER by a noninvasive swipe of
the thermometer along the forehead and across the temporal region provides
immediate, accurate measures closely to body core temperature.
18. Body temperature is measured in either ______ or _____. - ANSWER
Fahrenheit or Celsius
19. What is the oral temperature body range for adults and children? - ANSWER
97.7 to 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit
20. Axillary temperatures register slightly ____ compared to other temperature
readings. - ANSWER lower
With Reviewed Correct
Detailed Answers
New Update!!
1. What are the primary mechanisms that maintain homeostasis? - ANSWER -
Heartbeat
-Blood pressure
-Body temperature
-Respiratory rate
-Electrolyte balance
2. What reflects the degree of heat of the deep tissues of the human body? -
ANSWER Body Temperature
3. Term used to describe the body's maintenance of heat production and heat
lost - ANSWER Thermolregulation
4. The _____ plays an important role in regulating heat loss and can initiate
peripheral vasodilator and sweating to dissipate body heat. - ANSWER
Hypothalamus
5. What does diaphoresis mean? - ANSWER Profuse sweating
,6. How long does a thermostat stay in place for a stable reading to be obtained? -
ANSWER 20 seconds to 3 minutes
7. 5 routes that are commonly used to measure and extrapolate core body
temperature: - ANSWER -oral
-axillary
-tympanic
-temporal
-rectal
8. How are Oral Measurements obtained? - ANSWER By placing a
thermometer under the patient's tongue
9. How are Axillary measurements temperature obtained? - ANSWER By
placing the thermometer high between the upper arm and the torso
10. Who is Axillary temperature primarly used on? - ANSWER Children and
infants
11. How long must the thermometer be kept under the arm for an axillary
temperature? - ANSWER 5 to 10 minutes to maintain a stable reading
however this method is notoriously inaccurate and time consuming
12. How long must the thermometer be held in place for rectal temperature? -
ANSWER 2.5 to 5 minutes
, 13. How would the rectal temperature be taken? - ANSWER lubricate the
thermostat and then shove it up the patients ass doesn't take a genius
14. How are tympanic temperatures obtained? - ANSWER By placing a
tympanic membrane thermometer in the ear
15. How long does it take for the tympanic temperatures taken? - ANSWER 3
seconds
16. What thermometry is believed to be the most accurate reflection of core
body temperature? - ANSWER Rectal
17. How is a TA thermometer taken? - ANSWER by a noninvasive swipe of
the thermometer along the forehead and across the temporal region provides
immediate, accurate measures closely to body core temperature.
18. Body temperature is measured in either ______ or _____. - ANSWER
Fahrenheit or Celsius
19. What is the oral temperature body range for adults and children? - ANSWER
97.7 to 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit
20. Axillary temperatures register slightly ____ compared to other temperature
readings. - ANSWER lower
