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Health Science 1
Tempurature
Question | Answer |
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Temperature | blance between heat lost and heat purduced by the body |
Average Temperature: Oral | 98.6 F |
Average Temperature: Rectal | 99.6 F |
Average Temperature: Axillary or Groin | 97.6 F |
Normal Range of Temperature: Oral | 97.6-98.6 F |
Normal Range of Temperature: Rectal | 98.6-100.6 F |
Normal Range of Temperature: Axillary or Groin | 96.6-98.6 F |
Oral | temperatures taken in the mouth. |
Rectal | temperatures are taken in the rectum |
Axillary | temperatures are taken in the armpit. undre the upper arm. |
Aural | temperatures are taken with a special thermometer that is placed in the ear or auditory canal. |
Temporal | a special thermometer is passed in a straight line acrosse the forehead, midway between the eyebrows and upper hairline. |
Causes of Incresased body temperatures | illness, infection, exercise, excitment, and high temperatures in the enviroment |
Causes of decreased body temperatures | stravation or fasting, sleep, decreased |