HARTMAN'S NURSING ASSISTANT
CARE THE BASICS: CHAPTER 4 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The largest organ and system in the ______ -answer-skin
Skin prevents _____ to internal organs -answer-bacteria
Skin also prevents the loss of too much ______ which is essential to life -answer-
water
The skin is also a ________ organ that feels heat, cold, pain, touch, and pressure -
answer-sense
Blood vessels _______ or widen, when the outside temperature is too high -answer-
dilate
Blood vessels _______ or narrow, when the outside temperature is too cold -answer-
constrict
Normal or sign/symptom: thinning skin -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: bruises -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: wounds -answer-sign/symptoms
Normal or sign/symptom: wrinkles -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: brown spots -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: thinning of fatty tissue -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: flaking skin -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: thinning hair -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: less elastic skin -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: reddened skin -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: swelling -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: gray hair -answer-normal
True or false: the body is shaped by muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and
cartilage -answer-true
, True or false: the human body has 215 bones -answer-false
True or false: bones protect the body's organs -answer-true
True or false: two bones meet at a joint -answer-true
True or false: muscles allow movement of body parts -answer-true
True or false: rage of motion exercises help prevent problems related to immobility -
answer-true
True or false: atrophy occurs when a muscle weakens, decreases in size, and
wastes away -answer-true
True or false: one way to prevent falls is to keep walkers or canes within reach -
answer-true
Normal or sign/symptom: bruising -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: weakening of muscles -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: loss of muscle tone -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: change in the ability to do routine movements -answer-
sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: loss of bone density -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: increased brittleness of bones -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: aches and pains -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: loss of hight -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: pain during movement -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: increased swelling of joints -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: white, shiny, or warm area over a joint
-answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: slowing of body movement -answer-normal
Arthritis is a general term referring to ________ of the joints -answer-immobility
What happens to the body when a person suffers from an autoimmune illness -
answer-the immune system attacks normal tissue in the body
Osteoarthritis is common in -answer-the elderly
CARE THE BASICS: CHAPTER 4 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The largest organ and system in the ______ -answer-skin
Skin prevents _____ to internal organs -answer-bacteria
Skin also prevents the loss of too much ______ which is essential to life -answer-
water
The skin is also a ________ organ that feels heat, cold, pain, touch, and pressure -
answer-sense
Blood vessels _______ or widen, when the outside temperature is too high -answer-
dilate
Blood vessels _______ or narrow, when the outside temperature is too cold -answer-
constrict
Normal or sign/symptom: thinning skin -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: bruises -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: wounds -answer-sign/symptoms
Normal or sign/symptom: wrinkles -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: brown spots -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: thinning of fatty tissue -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: flaking skin -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: thinning hair -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: less elastic skin -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: reddened skin -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: swelling -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: gray hair -answer-normal
True or false: the body is shaped by muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and
cartilage -answer-true
, True or false: the human body has 215 bones -answer-false
True or false: bones protect the body's organs -answer-true
True or false: two bones meet at a joint -answer-true
True or false: muscles allow movement of body parts -answer-true
True or false: rage of motion exercises help prevent problems related to immobility -
answer-true
True or false: atrophy occurs when a muscle weakens, decreases in size, and
wastes away -answer-true
True or false: one way to prevent falls is to keep walkers or canes within reach -
answer-true
Normal or sign/symptom: bruising -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: weakening of muscles -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: loss of muscle tone -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: change in the ability to do routine movements -answer-
sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: loss of bone density -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: increased brittleness of bones -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: aches and pains -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: loss of hight -answer-normal
Normal or sign/symptom: pain during movement -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: increased swelling of joints -answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: white, shiny, or warm area over a joint
-answer-sign/symptom
Normal or sign/symptom: slowing of body movement -answer-normal
Arthritis is a general term referring to ________ of the joints -answer-immobility
What happens to the body when a person suffers from an autoimmune illness -
answer-the immune system attacks normal tissue in the body
Osteoarthritis is common in -answer-the elderly
