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2009 CAC Module 1 Review Questions

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Process of constant regulation the body requires in order to remain in balance and stay alive   Homeostasis  
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Physiological reaction to a stressor   Stress Response  
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Stress that results in positive consequences.   Eustress  
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HIPAA   Health Insurance Portabilty Protection Act  
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Any Strategy or technique that helps direct attention and focus while thinking.   Heuristic  
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Document that makes patients wishes regarding medical treatment know in the event they are unable to speak for themselves.   Advance Directive  
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Physiologic reactions that require an oxygen enviorment   Aerobic Reactions  
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Nerve fibers that transmit impulses from peripheral to the CNS   Afferent Nerves  
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Degree to which the forces of attraction exist between a drug and a receptor site   Affinity  
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Abnormal condition in which plasma PH rises above 7.45   Alkalosis  
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Problem solving strategy that begins with the most likely cause as the anchor and then the signs and symptoms needed to confirm are the ones assessed first   Anchoring heuristic  
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Monitor that measures the amount of carbon dioxide in exhaled air and displayed as a waveform.   Capnography  
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Towards the head   Caudad  
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Turn to the back   Supination  
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Functional tissue of an organ   Parenchyma  
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Lining of the Utereus   Endometrium  
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Built in sensors in the medulla and the caratoid artery that monitor pH and CO2 levels   Chemoreceptors  
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Condition of excess Carbon Dioxide in the blood   Hypercarbia  
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Neglegent act related to damages   Causation  
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Brady   Slow  
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Tachy   Fast  
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Neo   New  
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Nulli   None  
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Peri   Around  
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Retro   Behind/Backward  
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Epi   On/Over  
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Mal   Bad  
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Pachy   Thick  
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Rect   Rectum  
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Mast   Pertaining to them Titttiesss  
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Hyster   Uterus  
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Slander   Verbal Defamation  
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Libel   Written Defamation  
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Glasgow Coma Scale...   Verbal,Eye Opening, Motor Response  
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Glasgow Coma Eye..   1. No Response.2. To Pain.3. To Speech.4. Spontaneous.  
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Glasgow Coma Verbal..   1. No Response. 2. Moans or unintelligible sounds.3. Speaking but nonsensical.4. Disoriented conversation. 5. Alert and Oriented.  
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Glasgow Coma Motor..   1. No Response.2. Decerebrate Extension.3. Decorticate Flexiion.4. Movement or withdrawl to pain.5. Localizes Pain.6. Follows Commands.  
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