Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 66

Essay

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Horace

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Definitions:

Penlight

A small, lightweight flashlight used in medical examinations to check patients' pupil response or throat.

Mechanoreceptors

Sensory receptors in the body that respond to mechanical pressures or distortions, such as touch, pressure, stretch, and vibration.

Chemoreceptors

Sensory receptors that respond to chemical stimuli, found in various locations in the body and involved in processes like taste, smell, and respiratory control.

Dementia

A chronic or progressive syndrome marked by the deterioration of cognitive function, affecting memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgment.