1. Etiology refers to A. causes of illness. B. a special kind of disease state. C. healthy behavior. D. stress effects. Answer: A Feedback: Refer to page 4 2. The humoral theory was put to rest by A. the medieval church. B. the rising belief in demonology. C. Freud’s work on conversion hysteria. D. a growing understanding of cellular pathology. Answer: D Feedback: Refer to page 5 3. Glove anesthesia A. is rarely seen today. B. is a response to highly stressful events. C. is the term
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Kaleigh Smith Thursday‚ December 13‚ 2012 Week 3 Assignment Identify the regulations concerning venipuncture‚ drug administration‚ and IV medication and how these standards in your field. The number one regulation and has been for years when dealing with drug administration is patient identification. At least two patient identifiers are required when preforming any treatment or administering any drugs. Keeping drugs safe is also a big regulation. For example Pyxis cabinets are used to help
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The Effects of Selected Drugs and Diseases on the Central Nervous System Kayla Beard Itt-Tech Abstract The impact of drugs on the central nervous system is very interesting. Choosing a medical field that uses different pain medications is very common. In this paper you will learn how certain medications will affect the central nervous system. The Effects of Selected Drugs and Diseases on the Central Nervous System The Central Nervous System (CNS) consists of the brain and spinal cord. The
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Case 1: Meera on penicillin Meera‚ a ten-year girl‚ was brought by her mom to the clinic because of persistent coughing and malaise. She had bacterial upper respiratory tract infection and was prescribed amoxicillin. They left the clinic and bought the medicine. Within an hour after ingesting the drug‚ Meera’s tongue was swollen and complained of difficulty of breathing. Her mum immediately dialed “000”. Penicillin is a bacteriostatic group of antibiotics which inhibit the cell wall synthesis of
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The amino acids glutamate and aspartate activate this primary taste sensation Umami Which papillae do not contain taste buds Lingual Circumvallate Filiform++ Fungiform foliate High pitched sounds will cause vibration of the basilar membrane most vigorously at the helicontrema t/f falseeeee The vitreous body fills the space behind the lens of the eye and contributes most to the glove-like appearance of the eyeball t/f Both the cornea and the lens are capable of refraction‚ but only the lens is capable
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Economics (Week 1) Opportunity Cost My significant other and I recently made a decision for me to quit my job and go back to school. Our decision was based on my unhappiness at work; however‚ we also started looking at the long-term financial security aspect of it. The alternatives considered were to pursue a health related job where I would be happier or‚ go back to school to acquire a nursing degree. We came to our final decision based on my dream of wanting to be a nurse. The future long-term
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BIO 143 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW SHEET TEST 5: FALL 2012 Chapter 23: Ventilation - Be able to list & briefly describe the 4 primary pressures that are associated with ventilation: Atmospheric Pressure‚ Intra-alveolar Pressure‚ Pleural Pressure‚ Transpulmonary Pressure. - What ix external and internal respiration? - Be familiar with why ventilation occurs (b/c of pressure gradients between alveoli and outside atm.)‚ that air moves down a pressure gradient (high to low pressure) and why
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T3 and the last one in the thyroid gland is Calcitonin. Next is the parathyroid which only has one hormone which is the Parathyroid hormone (PTH). Adrenal cortex has 2 which is the Cortisol and Aldosterone. Adrenal medulla Norepinephrine and epinephrine. The pancreas has 2 also which are insulin and people who lack that insulin is have diabetes and that is why they have to take insulin because there body don’t make it themselves or don’t have enough of it. The other one is Glucagon. the testes
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Chapter 16 The Autonomic Nervous System Sympathetic (Thoraco-lumbar) division Parasympathetic (Cranial-sacral) division Somatic Motor vs Visceral Motor ■ ■ ■ ■ Somatic motor is directed from cortical levels to skeletal muscles and is voluntary. Visceral motor is directed from hypothalamus and midbrain and is involuntary‚ but has input from cortex and thalamus. Somatic lower motor neuron is in ventral horn of gray matter and neurotransmitter at skeletal muscle is Ach. Visceral motor comes from
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Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies produced by your immune system stimulate your thyroid to overproduce hormones. To attain a better idea of Graves’ disease‚ attention has to be given to how the thyroid works.The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland under the laryngeal prominence or adam’s apple‚ that is responsible for secreting thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) that increase the body’s metabolic rate. The thyroid is regulated by the hypothalamus
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