MA 700 week 3 study guide test
Thursday (Answered) 2025/2026.
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
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?
Thursday (Answered) 2025/2026.
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
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?
