Pilar Is Using Non-Medical Techniques for Pain Management During Labor;

question 145

Multiple Choice

Pilar is using non-medical techniques for pain management during labor; she has someone insert fine needles into specific locations of her body.She is most likely using:

• A)acupressure.
• B)acupuncture.
• C)aromatherapy.
• D)allostasis.

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Definitions:

Arterial Blood Pressure

The pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, specifically within arteries, crucial for maintaining blood flow through the body.

Smooth Muscle

Type of muscle found in the walls of internal organs such as the stomach, intestines, and blood vessels, functioning involuntarily.

Arteries

Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to various parts of the body.

Superior Mesenteric Vein

A large vein that drains blood from the small intestine, cecum, and part of the colon and pancreas into the hepatic portal vein.