Temperature Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Temperature | The balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body |
Homeostasis | Ideal health state in the human body |
Oral temperatures | Taken in the mouth; most common method of taking a temperature |
How long should you wait after eating or drinking to take oral temperature? | At least 15 minutes |
Average oral temperature | 98.6*F |
Normal range of oral temperature | 97.6-99.6*F |
Average rectal temperature | 99.6*F |
Normal range of rectal temperature | 98.6-100.6*F |
Average axillary or groin temperature | 97.6*F |
Normal range of axillary or groin temperature | 96.6-98.6*F |
Rectal temperatures | Taken in the rectum; most accurate method of taking a temperature |
Axillary temperatures | Taken in the armpit; less accurate |
Groin temperatures | Taken between two folds of skin formed by inner part of the thigh and the lower abdomen; less accurate |
Aural temperatures | Taken with special thermometer in the ear |
Temporal temperatures | Taken with scanning thermometer across forehead |
Causes of INCREASED body temperature | Illness, infection, exercise, excitement, & high temperatures in the environment |
Causes of DECREASED body temperature | Starvation or fasting, sleep, decreased muscle activity, mouth breathing, exposure to cold temperatures in the environment, & certain diseases |
Hypothermia | Low body temperature, under 95*F |
Fever | An elevated body temperature, above 101*F |
Pyrexia | Another term for fever |
Febrile | Fever is present |
Afebrile | No fever is present; temperature is in normal range |
Hyperthermia | Condition that occurs when body temperature exceeds 104*F |
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