People Who Have Gone Without Sleep for 10 Days in a Row

question 149

Multiple Choice

People who have gone without sleep for 10 days in a row

• A) have lost all muscle coordination.
• B) can still perform well-practiced skills for brief periods.
• C) feel equally sleepy at all times of the day.
• D) experience unpleasant aftereffects even weeks or months after returning to a normal schedule.

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Definitions:

Contractility

The ability of muscle tissue to contract forcefully when stimulated.

Stimulation

The action of encouraging something to move, grow, or develop further.

Dyspnea

Difficulty or labored breathing, often described as a feeling of being short of breath.

Orthopneic

Pertaining to a position assumed by patients to ease breathing, often sitting up straight or leaning forward.