Chapter 4 Workbook [Hartmann Nursing Assistant Care The Basics] Body Systems and Related Conditions
The largest organ and system in the body is: ✔ Ans - The skin
Skin prevents_______ to internal organs ✔ Ans - Injury
Skin also prevents the loss of too much______ which is essential to life ✔ Ans - Water
The skin is also a ______ organ that feels heat, cold, pain, touch, and pressure ✔ Ans - Sense
Blood vessels_________ or widen, when the outside temperature is too high ✔ Ans - Dilate
Blood vessels__________ or narrow, when the outside temperature is too cold ✔ Ans - Constrict
Normal or Sign: Thinning Skin ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Signs: Bruises ✔ Ans - Sign
Normal or Signs: Cut in Skin ✔ Ans - Sign
Normal or Sign: Wrinkles ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign: Brown Spots ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign :Thinning of fatty tissue ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign:Flaking skin ✔ Ans - Sign
Normal or Sign:Thinning Skin ✔ Ans - Normal Normal or Sign:Less elastic skin ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign: Reddened Skin ✔ Ans - Sign
Normal or Sign:Swollen Skin ✔ Ans - Sign
Normal or Sign: Gray Hair ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign:Orange-peel look or skin ✔ Ans - Sign
The body is shaped by ✔ Ans - muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage.
The human body has_______ bones ✔ Ans - 206
Bones _______ the body's organs ✔ Ans - Protect
Two _____meet at a joint. ✔ Ans - Bones
Muscles allow ___________ ✔ Ans - movement of body parts
Range of motion exercises help______ ✔ Ans - Prevent problems related to immobility
Atrophy occurs when the muscle _________ ✔ Ans - Weakens, decreases in
size, and wastes away.
Falls can be prevented by ______ ✔ Ans - Keeping paths clear no keeping walkers or canes within easy reach
Normal or Sign:Bruising on Skin ✔ Ans - Sign
Normal or Sign: Weakening of Muscles ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign: loss of muscle tone ✔ Ans - Normal
Normal or Sign: Change in ability to do routine movements or ROM exercises ✔ Ans - Sign
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