Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: CHAP. 4 Exam Dilate - Answer- Blood vessels dilate or widen,when the outside temperature is too high.
Constrict - Answer- Blood vessels constrict,or narrow when the outside temperature is too cold.
atrophy - Answer- Muscle waste away, decreases in size and becomes week
Contracture - Answer- The muscle or tendon shortens, becomes inflexible, and freezes in position. This causes permanent disability of the limb
sense organ - Answer- The Skin it feels heat cold pain touch and pressure.
Autoimmune illness - Answer- condition in which the body's immune system attacks normal tissue in the body.
rheumatoid arthritis - Answer- Joints become red, swollen, and very painful deformities can result in may be severe and disability
osteoarthritis - Answer- degenerative joint disease, often affects older people.
Osteoporosis - Answer- A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily
Nervous system - Answer- Brain, spinal cord, nerves, This system is the central Control and message center of the body
hemiplegia - Answer- paralysis of one side of the body
hemiparesis - Answer- weakness on one side of the body
expressive aphasia - Answer- Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing
receptive aphasia - Answer- Difficulty understanding spoken or written words
Dysphagia - Answer- Difficulty swallowing
Parkinson's disease - Answer- It affects muscles, causing them to become stiff. Because the stooped posture and shuffling gait or walk and is called also pill rolling
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