Health Assessment UTMB - Exam 1 questions and answers 100% verified

5th Korotkoff phase USED to define - diastolic presssure A$ and C fibers - peripheral sensory fibers, enter spinal cord by posterior nerve roots within dorsal horn by tract of Lissauer A$ fibers - acute pain - travels faster, myelinated and larger in diameter, transmit pain signal rapidly to CNS, localized, short -term and sharp sensations abdomen pain - observe for contour and symmetry palpate for muscle guarding and organ size note and area of referred pain Acculturation - process of adopting the culture and behavior of majority culture acculturative stress - losses and changes that occur when adjusting to new system of beliefs, routines, and social roles achondroplastic dwarfism - genetic disorder converting cartilage to bone results in normal trunk but short arms and legs, short stature. acute pain - incident pain = predictive, short term and self limiting - often follows a predictable trajectory and dissipates after an injury heals, self protective purpose, acute pain warns of tissue damage, acute pain behaviors - involves autonomic responses, protective purpose, guarding, grimacing, vocalizations such as moaning, agitation, restlessness, stillness, diaphoresis, and a change in vital signsaging adult height - shorter trunk due to thinning and shortening of vertebrae and posture aging adult physical appearance - angular facial features and body portions are redistributed aging adult posture - general flection (kyphosis) aging adult weight - loss of muscle and subcutaneous fat from face and periphery, additional fat on abdomen and hips aging adults Gait - wider base American Indian healers - shaman, medicine man, anorexia nervosa - mental disorder - severe life threatening weight loss in otherwise a health person anterolateral spinothalamic tract - where pain signals cross over to other side of spinal cord and ascent to the brain Asian healers - herbalist, acupuncturists, bonesetters basic characteristics of culture - learned shared adapted dynamic behavior - facial expression, mood and affect, speech, speech pattern, dress, personal hygiene biomedical theory of illness - all events in life have a cause and effectgerm theory, held by medical professionals mostly Black healers - houngan, spiritualist blood pressure varies by many factors - age, sex, race, diurnal rhythm, weight, exercise, emotions/stress blood viscosity - increase in hematocrit in polycythemia