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Vital organs

Whole skin:

To protect

Brain:

To control the voluntary activities of the body such as in cerebrum

Brain stem:

To control over the involuntary activities such as breathing, swallowing, heart rate, and blood pressure

Both lungs:

Assist in respiration with the help of the diaphragm.

Heart:

Pump the blood in the body.

Liver:

Detoxify chemicals and secrete bile

Pancreas:

Performs an endocrine function

Stomach:

Helps in food digestion

Small intestine:

Absorption of nutrients from food

Large intestine:

Reabsorption of water and electrolytes and storage of feces

Both kidneys

Clean blood and osmoregulate

Exceptions today:

Stomach, pancreas, and kidneys

Non- vital organs:

Eyes, uterus, ovaries, and appendix• Is it possible to live without a vital organ? Why? Example?

Yes, people can live without a vital organ such as kidney failure.• If one of the vital organs starts to fail, does this mean the patient’s prognosis could be end stage? Explain.

No, if one of the vital organs starts to fail, the patient can still live without that such as the spleen. Unconscious state:

A state in which an awareness of self and environment is lost. For example, you may lack a response to a painful stimulus.

Clinical definitions of different states of unconsciousness:

Coma

A person who is unconscious for more than half an hour is declared in a coma.

Glasgow Scale:

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) explain the level of consciousness in a person after an acute brain injury.

Induced coma:

It is a temporary coma due to medication.

Persistent vegetative state (PVS):

Patients have severe brain damage including the brain stem that causes him to be in a state of partial arousal.

Traumatic head injury:

It is a complex injury due to some external cause. It has a broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities.

Brain hypoxia:

A condition when the brain does not receive adequate oxygen

Epileptic seizure:

A condition due to excessive neuronal activity in the brain

Syncope:

It is a partial or complete loss of consciousness

Other unconscious states (ex. Locked- in syndrome)

It is complete paralysis of voluntary muscles except for eye movement

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