A Class Project Required a Student Nurse to Make Hourly

question 69

Multiple Choice

A class project required a student nurse to make hourly records of her own blood pressure and body temperature over a 30-day period.When the data were graphed,it became clear that these readings changed in a predictable way on a daily basis.The reason for this regularity is that many physiological processes are

• A) determined by subconscious expectations.
• B) governed by circadian rhythms.
• C) controlled by daily lunar cycles.
• D) correlated with lunar rotation.

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Definitions:

Broca's Area

An area situated in the dominant hemisphere's frontal lobe, associated with the production of speech.

Wernicke's Area

A region of the brain associated with the comprehension of language, located in the posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant hemisphere.

Language Comprehension

The ability to understand spoken, written, or signed language.

Speech Production

The process by which humans produce sounds that combine to form language, involving respiratory, phonatory, articulatory, and neural mechanisms.