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| building blocks of the body |
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| all the body's systems are in balance and working together |
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| physical and chemical processes |
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| created by two or more tissues |
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| groups of cells that perform a particular task |
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| natural protective covering |
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| hard and rigid parts of skeletal system that allow body to move and protect organs |
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| shortens, becomes inflexible |
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| provide movement to body to maintain posture and produce heat |
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| Central Nervous Systems (CNS) |
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| Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
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| deals with outer part of body via nerves |
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| resting phase of heart movement when chambers fill with blood |
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| contracting phase of heart movement when ventricle pump blood |
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| taking in oxygen and removing Co2 |
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| mucous a person coughs up from lungs |
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| transfer of nutrients from intestines to cells |
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| process of preparing food so it can be absorbed into cells |
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| process of expelling wastes |
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| involuntary contractions that move food from esophagus to stomach |
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| inability to control bowel movements |
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| organs that produce and secrete hormones |
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| chemical substances created by body that control numerous body functions |
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| sex glands that hormones that regulate body's ability to reproduce |
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| creation of new human life |
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| clear yellowish fluid that carries disease-fighting cells called lymphocytes |
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| protects body from disease in general |
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| protects against particular diseases that is invading the body at a given time |
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| care that is managed by professionals to help restore a person to his of her highest possible level of functioning |
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| keep the resident at the level achieved by rehabilitative services |
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Active assisted range of motion
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| exercises done by resident with some assistance from NA |
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| exercises that put a particular joint through its full arc of motion |
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| Active Range of Motion (AROM) |
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| exercises that are performed by the resident himself, without help |
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| Passive Range of Motion (PROM) |
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| exercises used when residents are not able to move on their own |
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| moving body part away from midline of the body |
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| moving body part toward midline of the body |
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| straightening a body part |
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| touching the thumb to any other finger |
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