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A Child Who Was Struck by a Car and Suffered

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A child who was struck by a car and suffered a closed head injury was unconscious for 24 hours before waking.The nurse recognizes this as a _______ brain injury.


Definitions:

Appetite Hormones

Biochemical substances produced in the body that regulate hunger, satiety, and food intake.

Hypothalamic Activity

Functions and regulatory processes carried out by the hypothalamus, a region of the brain controlling body temperature, hunger, and thirst.

James-Lange Theory

The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to an emotion-arousing stimulus.

Walter Cannon

Walter Cannon was a physiologist who coined the term "fight or flight response" and made significant contributions to the understanding of the physiological response to stress.

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