MA 700 Week 3 Study Guide Test
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What name is given to the heat-regulating center of the body? -
✔✔Hypothalamus
Most of the heat produced in the body is through what? - ✔✔voluntary
muscle contractions
What is the normal range for the body temperature? - ✔✔97 degrees to 99
degrees F
A temperature of 100 degrees F is classified as - ✔✔Low-grade fever
A temperature of 103 degrees F is classified as what? - ✔✔Pyrexia
Which of the following terms refers to a fever? - ✔✔Febrile
Which of the following does NOT tend to increase body temperature? -
✔✔Cold weather
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, You take Mrs. Main's temperature at 7:00 AM; it reads at 97.8 degrees F.
At 3:00 PM, you take her temperature again; it reads 99 degrees F. Explain
why her temperature rose? - ✔✔During sleep body metabolism slows down
Name the symptoms experienced by a patient when his or her temperature
begins to rise? - ✔✔Coldness and chills
A vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, and fatigue is know as? -
✔✔Malaise
Before taking body temperature with an electronic thermometer, what must
happen? - ✔✔The probe must be covered with a disposable cover
A axilla is recommended as the preferred site for taking the temperature
what type of patient? - ✔✔A preschooler
If an axillary temperature of 100 degrees F was taken orally, it would
register as? - ✔✔101 degrees F
The rectal site should NOT be used take the temperature of what type of
patient? - ✔✔A newborn
If a rectal temperature of 99 degrees F was taken orally, it would register
as? - ✔✔98 degrees F
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Thursday 2024/2025 Exam Questions
and Answers | 100% Pass
What name is given to the heat-regulating center of the body? -
✔✔Hypothalamus
Most of the heat produced in the body is through what? - ✔✔voluntary
muscle contractions
What is the normal range for the body temperature? - ✔✔97 degrees to 99
degrees F
A temperature of 100 degrees F is classified as - ✔✔Low-grade fever
A temperature of 103 degrees F is classified as what? - ✔✔Pyrexia
Which of the following terms refers to a fever? - ✔✔Febrile
Which of the following does NOT tend to increase body temperature? -
✔✔Cold weather
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, You take Mrs. Main's temperature at 7:00 AM; it reads at 97.8 degrees F.
At 3:00 PM, you take her temperature again; it reads 99 degrees F. Explain
why her temperature rose? - ✔✔During sleep body metabolism slows down
Name the symptoms experienced by a patient when his or her temperature
begins to rise? - ✔✔Coldness and chills
A vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, and fatigue is know as? -
✔✔Malaise
Before taking body temperature with an electronic thermometer, what must
happen? - ✔✔The probe must be covered with a disposable cover
A axilla is recommended as the preferred site for taking the temperature
what type of patient? - ✔✔A preschooler
If an axillary temperature of 100 degrees F was taken orally, it would
register as? - ✔✔101 degrees F
The rectal site should NOT be used take the temperature of what type of
patient? - ✔✔A newborn
If a rectal temperature of 99 degrees F was taken orally, it would register
as? - ✔✔98 degrees F
2
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