PSYC 357 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Elastase, Dsm-5, Sputum
6 Oct 2016
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Health: state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, activities of daily living (adl) Tasks of bathing, dressing, transferring, using the toilet and eating: instrumental activities of daily living (iadl) Includes the ability to use the telephone, go shopping, prepare meals, complete housekeeping tasks, do the laundry, use private or public transportation, take medications, and handle finacnces. Accumulation of plaque forces the blood to be pushed through narrower and narrower arteries. Arteriosclerosis: general term for the thickening and hardening for arteries, everyone experiences some degree of this as part of normal aging. Myocardinal infarction: acute condition in which the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is severely reduced or blocked. Over time, these walls become weakened and inflamed. Congestive heart failure (heart failure: conditioned in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body"s other organs.
