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| vital components of all cells, needed to maintain and repair tissues |
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| Study of nutrients and how they are handled by the body |
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| Loss or lack of appetite for food |
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| Organic compounds, sugars and starches, composed of C, H, and O |
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| A measure of heat or energy. Amount of heat needed to raise one kilogram of water one degree celcius |
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| Amount of energy needed to carry out involuntary activities of the body at rest |
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| The breakdown of a body substance |
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| Ratio of height to weight |
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| Measurement of the body and body parts |
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| The sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in the body |
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| The building blocks of proteins |
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| a waxlike substance needed for the formation of cell membranes, vitamin D, estrogen, and testosterone |
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carbohydrates
proteins
fats (lipids) |
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| makes up about half of total body weight |
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| a diet consisting of any transparent liquid that can be poured at room temperature |
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| In light-skinned clients: extreme paleness; skin appears white; loss of pink or yellow tones. In dark-skinned clients: a loss of red tones |
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| A blue-gray coloration of the skin, often described as ashen |
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| A yellow-orange cast to the skin |
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| A widespread, diffuse area of redness |
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| Bruised (blue-green-yellow) area |
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| Tiny, pinpoint red or reddish-purple spots |
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| a red-blue collection of blood under the skin, which forms as a result of bleeding that cannot escape to the surface. |
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| softening of the skin from prolonged moisture ( e. g., urinary incontinence). It makes the epidermis more susceptible to injury. |
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| a loss of the superficial layers of the skin caused, for example, by scratching and by the digestive enzymes in feces. |
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| A scrape of the superficial layers of the skin; a rubbing away of the epidermal layer of the skin. |
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| itchy, red, dry, scaly, cracked, or fissured skin |
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| disruption in the normal integrity of the skin. |
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| A localized collection of pus due to invasion from a pyogenic bacterium or other pathogen; must be opened and drained to heal |
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| A closed wound caused by blunt trauma. May be referred to as a bruise or ecchymotic area. |
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| A wound caused by force leading to compression or disruption of tissues. Often associated with fracture. Usually there is minimal or no break in the skin. |
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| An open, intentional wound caused by a sharp instrument |
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| The skin or mucous membranes are torn open, resulting in a wound with jagged margins. |
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| An open wound in which the agent causing the wound lodges in body tissue. |
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| An open wound caused by a sharp object. Often there is collapse of tissue around the entry point, making this wound prone to infection. |
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| A wound with an entrance and exit site |
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| involuntary loss of urine or feces |
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| abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitial fluid |
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| Pink to red moist tissue; made of new blood vessels, connective tissue, and fibroblasts; surface is pebble- like. |
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| causing to become pale, as a nailbed may become by using digital pressure. |
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| an excess of blood in part of the body, caused by increased blood flow, as in the inflammatory response, local relaxation of arterioles, or obstruction of the outflow of blood from an area. Skin overlying area usually becomes reddened and warm. |
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| insufficient supply of blood to an organ |
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| Soft, moist, devitalized (necrotic) tissue; may be white, yellow, tan; may be stringy, loose, or adherent to bed. |
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| Necrotic tissue; dry, thick, leathery; may be black, brown, or gray depending on moisture level. |
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| damages the outer protective epidermal layer, decreasing the amount of pressure needed to develop skin lesions |
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| occurs when the epidermal layer slides over the dermis, causing damage to the vascular bed. |
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| If you palpate the surrounding skin and feel a crackling sensation, this is gas trapped under the skin. |
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| course or pathway that can extend in any direction from the wound, results in dead space |
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| tissue destruction underlying intact skin along wound margins |
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| a drainage pathway from a deep focus of acute infection through tissue and/or bone to an opening on the surface |
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| thin, bright red, bleeding exudate description |
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| thin, watery, pale red to pink exudate description |
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| thin, watery, clear exudate description |
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| thick or thin, opaque tan to yellow exudate description |
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| thick opaque yellow to green with offensive odor exudate description |
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