Pnvn 1811 stuvia 2024 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Alimentary Canal - ANSWERThe digestive tube that is 9 meters in length that extends from the mouth to the anus Ingestion - ANSWERIntake of food into Alimentary Canal is known as? Digestion - ANSWERProcesses that break up complex nutrients into simpler nutrients Mechanical Digestion - ANSWERPhysical breakdown of large food chunks into smaller bits Chemical Digestion - ANSWERBreakdown of large molecules into smaller molecules Motility - ANSWERGI movements resulting in a muscular con...

Chart - ANSWERAlso known as the health care record. A legal record that is used to meet the many demands of the health, accreditation, medical insurance, and legal systems. Charting - ANSWERAlso known as documenting and recording. Involves recording the interventions carried out to meet the patient's needs. Good quality documenting reflects nursing process. Assessment - ANSWERPortion of the nursing process that checks patient's physiological status, functional status, knowledge...

central nervous system - ANSWERbrain and spinal cord peripheral nervous system - ANSWERall nerves, autonomic nervous system glia - ANSWERsupport cells bringing the cells of nervous tissue together structurally and functionally