Exam 10: Sudden Death in Adults

Hypothermia is defined as a core body temperature below 95°F or 35°C.

Heart attacks are called ______________ in medical terminology.

In all states, acute alcohol intoxication is defined as .08 gram of alcohol/100 ml of blood or higher.

___________is an infection within the lungs and can be acquired by breathing in the infectious organism, spread to the lungs during a septic event from another primary source, or by inhaling food or saliva.

What is the term for the hardening of the arteries?

A stroke results from blockage of blood flow to an area of the brain by a clot and results in necrosis.

________________ is a pathology term describing both emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

The _____ is an important organ to detoxify chemicals and medications, assist with converting fats, sugars, and proteins to basic building blocks, and aid digestion via bile secretions.

Every medication is a potential poison in a large enough quantity.

The more _____, the greater the ability for oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange because of the increased surface area for the gases to come into contact with the blood supply.

______________ is a group of diseases of the heart muscle cells causing the heart to assume an enlarged or dilated chamber size, resulting in decreased pumping efficiency and heart failure.

Common complications of fractures are pneumonia, urinary tract infections, decubitus ulcers, or sepsis.

Paradoxical undressing is when someone undresses themselves when they should be putting more clothing on, based on the temperature.

A Cherry aneurysm is a sacular area of one of the arteries at the base of the brain caused by a weakness of the arterial muscular wall.

The ____________ is the site of absorption of food nutrients as well as drugs taken orally.

The pituitary gland, in conjunction with the hypothalamus in the brain, controls the thyroid, adrenal, and growth hormones, as well as the production of eggs or sperm.