The Healthy Human Body Chapter & Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

Question 1

The condition in which all of the body’s systems are balanced and working together to maintain internal stability.

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Homeostasis

Question 2

Physical and chemical processes in which substances are broken down or transformed into energy or products for use by the body

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Metabolism

Question 3

Structural units in the human body that perform specific functions

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Organs

Question 4

Groups of cells that perform similar tasks

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Tissues

Question 5

Basic structural units of the body that divide, develop and die, renewing tissues and organs

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Cells

Question 6

A natural protective covering

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Integument

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To widen

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Dilate

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To narrow

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Constrict

Question 9

Rigged connective tissues that make up the skeleton, protect organs and allow the body to move

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Bones

Question 10

The place at which two bones meet

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Joint

Question 11

Groups of tissues that provide movement of body parts, protection of organs and creation of body heat

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Muscles

Question 12

The wasting away, decreasing in size and weakening of muscles from lack of use

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Atrophy

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The permanent and often painful shortening of a muscle or tendon, usually due too a lack of activity

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Contracture

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The part of the nevous syetm that is composed of the brain and spinel cord

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Central Nervous Systems (CNS)

Question 15

Part of the nevous system made up of the neves that extend throughout the body

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

Question 16

Inability to control the bowels, leading to an involuntary passage of stool

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Fecal Incontinence

Question 17

Exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are performed by a caregiver, without the affected persons help

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Passive Range of Motion (PROM)

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Organs that produce and secrete chemicals called hormones

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Glands

Question 19

Moving a body part away from the mid line of the body

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Abduction

Question 20

The phase where the heart is at work, contracting and pushing blood out of the left ventricle

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Systole

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Chemical substances created by the body that control numerous body functions

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Hormones

Question 22

Moving a body part toward the mid line of the body

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Adduction

Question 23

Phase when the heart relaxes or rests

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Diastole

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Sex glands

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Gonads

Question 25

Straightening of a body part

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Extension

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The process of inhaling air into the lungs and exhaling air out of the lungs

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Respiration

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To create new human life

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Reproduction

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The process of exhaling air out of the lungs

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Expiration

Question 29

Type of immunity that protects the body against a particulate disease that is invading the body at given time

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Specific Immunity

Question 30

The process of inhaling air into your lungs

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Inspiration

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Bending of the body

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Flexion

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Bending backward

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Dorsiflexion

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A type of immunity that protects the body from disease in gneral

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Nonspecific Immunity

Question 34

Turning of a joint

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Rotation

Question 35

Care given by specialist to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury

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Rehabilitation

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Care give after rehab to maintain a persons function, to improve quality of life and increase independence

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Restorative Care

Question 37

Exercises that put a particular joint through its full arc of motion

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Range of Motion (ROM)

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Thick mucus cough up from the lungs

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Sputum

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Exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are performed by a person with some help from the affected person

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Active assisted range of motion (AAROM)

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Exercises to put a joint through its full arc of motion that are performed by the affected person alone, without help

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Active Range of Motion (AROM)

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The transfer of nutrients from the intestines to the cells

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Absorption

Question 42

The process of preparing food physically and chemically so that it can be absorbed into the cells

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Digestion

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The process of expelling waste

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Elimination

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Natural sugar

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Glucose

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A clear yellowish fluid that carries disease- fighting cells called lymphocytes

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Lymph

Question 46

Touching the thumb to any other finger during ROM

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Opposition

Question 47

Turning downwards during ROM

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Pronation

Question 48

Involuntary contractions that move food through the GI system

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Peristalsis

Question 49

Turning upward

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Supination