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chapter 12 key terms
Question | Answer |
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homeostasis | a state of equalibrium within the body maintained throguh the adaptation of ody systems to changes in either the internal or external enviornment |
vital signs | assesments if purse, respiration, blood pressure, and temperature, body function essential to life |
pulse | a vital sign: a quantitative measurement of the heart beat using the fingers to palpate n artery or a stethoscope to listen to the heart beat |
respiration | breathing, the process of bringing oxygen into the body and expellin carbon dioxide from the body |
blood pressure | the pressure exerted by the circulating blood against the walls of the arteries |
core temperature | the internsl body temperature |