An Inuit Visiting Nevada from Anchorage Has Come to the Clinic

question 11

Multiple Choice

An Inuit visiting Nevada from Anchorage has come to the clinic in July during the hottest part of the day.It so happens that the clinic's air conditioning is broken and the temperature is very hot.The nurse knows that which of the following is true about the Inuit sweating tendencies?

• A)They will sweat profusely all over their bodies because they are not used to the hot temperatures.
• B)They don't sweat because their diet is so high in roughage that their apocrine glands are less efficient in hot climates.
• C)They will sweat more on their faces because this is an adaptation that has been made over time for survival in their environment.
• D)They have an overabundance of eccrine sweat glands and so the nurse might expect them to have body odor because of the bacterial flora reacting with the apocrine sweat.

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Definitions:

Conjunctivitis

An inflammation or infection of the outer membrane of the eyeball and the inner eyelid, commonly known as pink eye.

Mucous Membrane

A layer of epithelial tissue that produces mucus, lining various cavities in the body.

-dynia

A suffix used in medical terminology to denote pain in a specific part of the body.

Intra-

A prefix meaning "within" or "inside," used to denote something occurring internally.