What is the gate control theory? correct answers Suggest that pain impulses can be regulated or
even blocked by hating mechanisms located along the central nervous system.
Proper Pain Management Advantages correct answers Faster recovery, less readmissions,
improves quality of life, shorter hospital stays
Know objective signs of pain correct answers Increased heart rate, increased blood pressure,
diaphoresis (Sweating)
Sensory system: Correct order of the light passing through the eye. (4 structures) correct answers
Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina
What part of the brain controls the basic vital function of life? correct answers Medulla
What type of hormone acts in the kidney that regulates sodium and potassium levels correct
answers ADH
What are islets of Langerhans correct answers groups of pancreatic cells secreting insulin and
glucagon.
Two main functions of thymus glands correct answers Coordinates immune defenses, and
stimulates the maturation of lymphocytes into T-Cells
Effects of the release of epinephrine & norepinephrine (3 answers) correct answers Adrenaline
when released cause increased heart rate, muscle strength, blood pressure, sugar metabolism.
Slows heart rate causes confusion, anxiety, irregular hearts beats, shortness of breath, headache
and nausea
, KNOW BLOOD CIRCULATION correct answers Systemic and pulmonary circulation
The right atrium receives blood from where? correct answers superior and inferior vena cava
Small chord like structures in the valves of the heart correct answers Chordate tendinae
What is the definition of the point of pain or resistance of ROM (range of motion) correct
answers Moving a joint passively or actively with avoidance of injury as tolerated in order
When doing mobility, when moving a patient up in bed, you as a nurse should protect the back
by doing what motion? correct answers No skidding, to avoid friction
When cleaning dentures, which part of the dentures go first correct answers Upper dentures.
How do you provide privacy? correct answers Close the door, curtain, and cover unused body
parts.
What are 3 enzymes produced by the pancreas correct answers Amylase, lipase, trypsin
What do you call the major part of the large intestine that leads to the sigmoid colon? correct
answers Descending colon
Millions of finger life projections in small intestine correct answers Villi
Where is bile stored? And concentrated correct answers Bile is stored and concentrated in the
gallbladder.
In males, the gland surrounding urethra is? correct answers Prostate