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What are the manifestations of pernicious anemias? correct answers - Enlarged, red, sore, shiny tongue - Digestive discomfort - nausea - Diarrhea - tingling/ burning sensation - Ataxia What is thrombocytopenia? correct answers low platelet count What is Petechiae? correct answers -Flat, red, pinpoint hemorrhages on the skin that tends to bleed excessively Where does thrombocytopenia bleeding commonly occur? correct answers in the mouth who normally gets thrombocytopenia? co...

state of being aware of ones surrounding correct answers consciousness physiological or psychological state of being awoken correct answers arousal loss of awareness and mental capabilities, results from diffuse brain damage, although brain stem function continues, supporting respiratory, cardiovascular or autonomic function correct answers vegetative state body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly resulting in uncontrolled shaking correct answers convulsion strong tonic...

Functions of the skin correct answers protection, prevents penetration, perception, temperature regulation, identification, wound repair, absorption and excretion, production of vitamin D Epidermis correct answers Outer layer of skin -no blood vessels or nerves Keratinocytes correct answers barrier for pathogens Langerhan correct answers type 4 hypersensitivity Melanocytes correct answers produce melanin Merkel correct answers nerve endings Dermis correct answers middle layer ...

Functions of skeletal muscle correct answers -Facilitate body movement -Maintain body position -Stabilize joints -Produce heat Fracture correct answers Break in the integrity of a bone Complete fracture correct answers Bone broken, forming separate pieces Incomplete fracture correct answers Bone only partially broken Open fracture correct answers Skin broken Closed fracture correct answers Skin not broken Simple fracture correct answers Single break, maintaining alignment...

Ventilation correct answers mechanical movement of breathing in and out (inspiration and expiration), amount of air to alveoli, also same as respiratory rate Respiration correct answers gas exchange - takes place in alveoli, swapping CO2 for O2 Perfusion correct answers bringing blood to the lungs in order to perform respiration (gas exchange) What do you need for respiratory system to work correctly? correct answers ventilation, respiration, and perfusion Red blood cells carry corre...

Functions of skeletal muscle correct answers -Facilitate body movement -Maintain body position -Stabilize joints -Produce heat Fracture correct answers Break in the integrity of a bone Complete fracture correct answers Bone broken, forming separate pieces Incomplete fracture correct answers Bone only partially broken Open fracture correct answers Skin broken Closed fracture correct answers Skin not broken Simple fracture correct answers Single break, maintaining alignment...

arteries correct answers transport blood away from heart veins correct answers transport blood to the heart capillaries correct answers microcirculation within tissue systemic circulation correct answers exchange of gases, nutrients, and wastes in tissues pulmonary circulation correct answers gas exchange in the lungs function of plasma proteins correct answers osmotic pressure, antibody, and blood clots erythrocytes correct answers contain hemoglobin, life span of about 20 day...

Which of the following would be the most likely cause of an iatrogenic disease? correct answers An unwanted effect of a prescribed drug. The manifestations of a disease are best defined as the? correct answers Signs and symptoms The best definition of the term prognosis is the? correct answers predicted outcome or likelihood of recovery from a specific disease. Which of the following is considered a systemic sign of disease? correct answers Fever Etiology is defined as the study of t...

Stress correct answers Anything that moves cell away from homeostasis Adaptation correct answers reversible, structural or functional response to both normal or physiologic conditions to adverse (pathological conditions) Atrophy correct answers decrease or shrinkage in cellular size Physiological atrophy correct answers normal process of shrinkage examples of physiological atrophy correct answers -Thymus -post-menopausal ovaries -newborn umbillicus pathological atrophy correct a...

pathophysiology correct answers involves the study of functional or physiologic changes in the body that result from disease processes pathology correct answers the laboratory study of cell and tissue changes associated with disease diagnosis correct answers refers to the identification of a specific disease through evaluation of signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, or other tools etiology correct answers concerns the causative factors in a particular disease idiopathic correct answ...