While Taking a Diet History,the Nurse Might Be Told That

question 17

Multiple Choice

While taking a diet history,the nurse might be told that the expectant mother has cravings for ice chips,cornstarch,and baking soda.What is the term for this behaviour?

• A) Pre-eclampsia
• B) Pyrosis
• C) Pica
• D) Purging

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Definitions:

Node of Ranvier

Gaps in the myelin sheath along a nerve fiber, where action potentials are regenerated for rapid signal transmission.

One Meter Long

A unit of measurement equal to 100 centimeters or approximately 39.37 inches, often used to specify the length of objects.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Dendrite

Short branched extensions of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.