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