In Assessing the Potential Risk Factors a Patient May Have

question 3

Multiple Choice

In assessing the potential risk factors a patient may have for falling,the nurse should keep in mind that the two major factors that cause falls are:

• A) Mental and emotional factors
• B) Aging and physical factors
• C) Genetic and environmental factors
• D) Intrinsic and extrinsic factors

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Definitions:

Synaptic Vesicles

Small sacs within presynaptic nerve terminals that store neurotransmitters, which are released into the synaptic cleft during neurotransmission.

Action Potential

A brief change in electrical voltage that occurs between the inside and the outside of an axon when a neuron is stimulated; it serves to produce an electrical impulse.

Synaptic Cleft

The gap between two neurons where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers in the nervous system that transmit signals across synapses from one neuron to another.