Nursing 1010 EXAM 2 Questions with
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What is the process of creating and maintaining body temperature? - Answer
Thermoregulation
Where is thermoregulation controlled? - Answer Hypothalamus
Vasodilation occurs when the body temp is too _____. - Answer hot
Vasoconstriction occurs when the body temp is too _____. - Answer cold
What hormone is often elevated with stress and causes an increase in metabolism? - Answer
epinephrine
What is metabolism? - Answer sum of all chemical and physical processes in the body
Hyperthyroidism causes the body temp to get too _____. - Answer hot
Hypothyroidism causes the body temp to get too _____. - Answer cold
What three ways is heat produced? - Answer metabolism, skeletal muscle movement, non-
shivering thermogenesis
How does skeletal muscle movement generate heat and energy? - Answer by the breakdown
of fats and carbohydrates
Used only by infants, how does non-shivering thermogenesis produce heat? - Answer by the
metabolism of brown fat
What are the 4 ways temperature is transferred? - Answer Radiation, convection,
conduction, evaporation
What is radiataion? (give example) - Answer loss of heat through electro-magnetic waves.
More people in a room, warmer the room gets.
, What is convection? (give example) - Answer transfer of heat through currents of air or
water. Emerge in a warm bath, heating blanket.
What is evaporation? (give example) - Answer water is converted to vapor and lost from skin.
Low humidity, sweat evaporates faster
What is conduction? (give example) - Answer direct contact. Patient lays directly on cold
table and body temp drops.
What is pulse? (what makes it happen) - Answer rhythmic expansion of an artery when
oxygenated blood is forced into it by a contraction of the heart.
What is perfusion? - Answer continuous supply of oxygenated blood through the blood
vessels (arteries) to all body cells
Resting phase of the heart is called? - Answer Diastole
The peak of the wave, the contraction of the heart is called? - Answer Systole
What is a respiration? - Answer Exchange of oxygen and CO2 in the body
What two types of processes are involved in respirations? (briefly describe each) - Answer
Mechanical (active movement of breathing) and Chemical (exchange of gasses in lungs,
throughout body, and tissue cells)
What is the primary stimulus for breathing? - Answer level of CO2 tension in the blood
What is blood pressure? - Answer The pressure of the blood as it is forced against arterial
walls during cardiac contraction
How is blood pressure measured? - Answer mm Hg (millimeters of mercury)
In BP, what is the peak pressure stage called? (1st sound) - Answer Systolic
In BP, what is the minimum pressure stage called? (5th sound) - Answer Diastolic
The term for the difference between Systolic and Diastolic is called the _____? - Answer
pulse pressure
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
What is the process of creating and maintaining body temperature? - Answer
Thermoregulation
Where is thermoregulation controlled? - Answer Hypothalamus
Vasodilation occurs when the body temp is too _____. - Answer hot
Vasoconstriction occurs when the body temp is too _____. - Answer cold
What hormone is often elevated with stress and causes an increase in metabolism? - Answer
epinephrine
What is metabolism? - Answer sum of all chemical and physical processes in the body
Hyperthyroidism causes the body temp to get too _____. - Answer hot
Hypothyroidism causes the body temp to get too _____. - Answer cold
What three ways is heat produced? - Answer metabolism, skeletal muscle movement, non-
shivering thermogenesis
How does skeletal muscle movement generate heat and energy? - Answer by the breakdown
of fats and carbohydrates
Used only by infants, how does non-shivering thermogenesis produce heat? - Answer by the
metabolism of brown fat
What are the 4 ways temperature is transferred? - Answer Radiation, convection,
conduction, evaporation
What is radiataion? (give example) - Answer loss of heat through electro-magnetic waves.
More people in a room, warmer the room gets.
, What is convection? (give example) - Answer transfer of heat through currents of air or
water. Emerge in a warm bath, heating blanket.
What is evaporation? (give example) - Answer water is converted to vapor and lost from skin.
Low humidity, sweat evaporates faster
What is conduction? (give example) - Answer direct contact. Patient lays directly on cold
table and body temp drops.
What is pulse? (what makes it happen) - Answer rhythmic expansion of an artery when
oxygenated blood is forced into it by a contraction of the heart.
What is perfusion? - Answer continuous supply of oxygenated blood through the blood
vessels (arteries) to all body cells
Resting phase of the heart is called? - Answer Diastole
The peak of the wave, the contraction of the heart is called? - Answer Systole
What is a respiration? - Answer Exchange of oxygen and CO2 in the body
What two types of processes are involved in respirations? (briefly describe each) - Answer
Mechanical (active movement of breathing) and Chemical (exchange of gasses in lungs,
throughout body, and tissue cells)
What is the primary stimulus for breathing? - Answer level of CO2 tension in the blood
What is blood pressure? - Answer The pressure of the blood as it is forced against arterial
walls during cardiac contraction
How is blood pressure measured? - Answer mm Hg (millimeters of mercury)
In BP, what is the peak pressure stage called? (1st sound) - Answer Systolic
In BP, what is the minimum pressure stage called? (5th sound) - Answer Diastolic
The term for the difference between Systolic and Diastolic is called the _____? - Answer
pulse pressure
