Temperature Quizs

A sudden falling of an elevated body temperature to normal

• Crisis

• Fever

• Chill

• Shock

Pertaining to fever

• Febrile

• Hypothermic

• Chill

• Thermal

The transfer of energy, such as heat, in the form of waves

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

An agent used to destroy disease-producing microorganisms but not necessarily their spores (usually applied to inanimate objects)

• Antiseptic

• Disinfectant

• Sterilant

• Sanitizer

An extremely high fever

• Hyperpyrexia

• Hypothermia

• Febrile

• Pyrexia

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 32° and the boiling point of water is 212°

• Celsius scale

• Kelvin scale

• Fahrenheit scale

• Rankine scale

A body temperature that is below normal

• Hyperthermia

• Hypothermia

• Fever

• Normothermia

Malaise

• A feeling of intense happiness and joy

• A vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, and fatigue often marking the onset of a disease and continuing through the course of the illness

• A sudden sharp pain in the body

• A state of complete physical and mental well-being

The transfer of energy, such as heat, through air currents

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation

The midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth

• Frenulum linguae

• Lingual papillae

• Sublingual gland

• Palatine tonsil