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NUFT 204 EXAM #2 Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
Vital Signs Answer: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Pressure,
and Pain
Purpose of Vital Signs Answer: -Detect any changes in normal body
function
-Determine response to treatment
-Get a baseline
Temperature (Measurement of body heat) Answer: The difference
between the amount of heat produced by the body and the amount
of heat lost to the environment measured in degrees;
Negative feedback loop
Radiation Answer: the diffusion or dissemination of heat by
electromagnetic waves
Convection Answer: The dissemination of heat by motion between
areas of unequal density
Evaporation Answer: The conversion of a liquid to a vapor
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Conduction Answer: The transfer of heat to another object during
direct contact
afebrile Answer: "without fever;"
a person with normal body temperature
Pyrexia Answer: fever; an increase above normal in body
temperature
febrile Answer: a person with a fever
Pyrogens Answer: substances that cause fever
Clinically significant temperature Answer: 100.4 degrees fahrenheit
(orally)
Hypothermia Answer: low body temperature
Hyperthermia Answer: high body temperature
Beneficial Effects of Fever Answer: -destruction of disease-causing
microorganisms
-increased susceptibility of disease-causing microorganisms to anti-
infective agents
-enhanced response by the immune system
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Hyperpyrexia Answer: Fever equal to or greater than 106 degrees F
(41 degrees C); Medical emergency.
How does the body decrease temperature? Answer: Vasodilation;
sweating
Vasodilation Answer: the body diverts blood to the body surface
where heat can be transferred to surrounding environment
How does the body increase temperature? Answer: Shivering,
epinephrine, increased metabolism, vasoconstriction- shunts blood
from body surface, Oxygen consumption increase
Normal oral temperature range for adults Answer: 97.6-99.6
degrees F
Normal rectal temperature range for adults Answer: 98.6-100.6
degrees F
(1 degree F higher than Oral)
Normal axillary temperature range for adults Answer: 96.6-98.6
degrees F
(1 degree F lower than Oral)
Red tipped thermometer probe is used for...? Answer: Rectal
temperature reading
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NUFT 204 EXAM #2 Questions with Correct
Answers | Updated (100% Correct Answers)
Vital Signs Answer: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Pressure,
and Pain
Purpose of Vital Signs Answer: -Detect any changes in normal body
function
-Determine response to treatment
-Get a baseline
Temperature (Measurement of body heat) Answer: The difference
between the amount of heat produced by the body and the amount
of heat lost to the environment measured in degrees;
Negative feedback loop
Radiation Answer: the diffusion or dissemination of heat by
electromagnetic waves
Convection Answer: The dissemination of heat by motion between
areas of unequal density
Evaporation Answer: The conversion of a liquid to a vapor
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Conduction Answer: The transfer of heat to another object during
direct contact
afebrile Answer: "without fever;"
a person with normal body temperature
Pyrexia Answer: fever; an increase above normal in body
temperature
febrile Answer: a person with a fever
Pyrogens Answer: substances that cause fever
Clinically significant temperature Answer: 100.4 degrees fahrenheit
(orally)
Hypothermia Answer: low body temperature
Hyperthermia Answer: high body temperature
Beneficial Effects of Fever Answer: -destruction of disease-causing
microorganisms
-increased susceptibility of disease-causing microorganisms to anti-
infective agents
-enhanced response by the immune system
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Hyperpyrexia Answer: Fever equal to or greater than 106 degrees F
(41 degrees C); Medical emergency.
How does the body decrease temperature? Answer: Vasodilation;
sweating
Vasodilation Answer: the body diverts blood to the body surface
where heat can be transferred to surrounding environment
How does the body increase temperature? Answer: Shivering,
epinephrine, increased metabolism, vasoconstriction- shunts blood
from body surface, Oxygen consumption increase
Normal oral temperature range for adults Answer: 97.6-99.6
degrees F
Normal rectal temperature range for adults Answer: 98.6-100.6
degrees F
(1 degree F higher than Oral)
Normal axillary temperature range for adults Answer: 96.6-98.6
degrees F
(1 degree F lower than Oral)
Red tipped thermometer probe is used for...? Answer: Rectal
temperature reading
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