Pathophysiology Chapter 14

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What is the state of awareness of oneself and the environment?
Consciousness
What is an example of a structural alteration in arousal?
Infection
Name an example of a metabolic alteration in arousal?
Chemicals and or drugs
What is an example of a psychogenic alteration in arousal?
Mental Disturbance
Name the ways a coma can be produced.
-Bilateral hemisphere damage or suppression -Brain stem lesions or metabolic derangement that damages or suppresses the reticular activating system