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College Health Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Substances that can cause physical damage or defects in the fetus - especially if they are present during the first trimester - when rapid development of body organs is occuring.
Teratogens
Route of administration
Stillbirth
Tar
2. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.
Teratogens
Spontaneous abortion
Major Depressive Disorder
Diaphragm
3. Small T-shaped deivce that when inserted in the uterus prevents conception.
Neonate
Intrauterine device (IUD)
stressors
Sterilization
4. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
hardiness
Preeclampsia
Frontal cortex
Central nervous System Depressant
5. Chemical agent that killls sperm.
Tar
Spermicide
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Body Image
6. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Placenta
Calorie Restriction
Carbon Monoxide
Spermicide
7. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Muscle Dysmorphia
Nicotine
Emphysema
8. Clear physiological experience of apprehension or intense fear in the absence of a real danger.
Hallucinogens
Panic Attack
Dysthymic Disorder
Microbicide
9. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.
Eclampsia
Depressants
Neurotransmitters
Medical abortion
10. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.
stress response or fight or flight response
Latent Infection
Illicit Drugs
Mood changes
11. The sympathetic branch starts your stress response while the parasympathetic branch-ends your stress response
Self-esteem
Carbon Monoxide
Vertical transmission
autonomic nervous system
12. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apperance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavioral problems.
Infertility
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
chronic stress
stress
13. Clear physiological experience of apprehension or intense fear in the absence of a real danger.
Contraceptive sponge
Infertility
distress
Panic Attack
14. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.
Amygdala
Medical abortion
Teratogens
Frontal Cortex
15. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
Fatty Liver
sympathetic branch
Medical abortion
Blackout/ Hangover
16. A feeling of apprehension and dread - with or without a known cause; accompanied by physical symptoms.
Contraceptive sponge
Anxiety
Prepregnancy counseling
Preeclampsia
17. Surgical removal of the contents of the uterus to terminate a pregnancy.
distress
Cirrhosis
stressors
Surgical abortion
18. Thick - sticky residue formed when tobacco leaves burn - containing hundreds of chemical compounds and carcinogenic substances.
Mental Disorder
Psychoactive Drug
Spermicide
Tar
19. Respiratory disorder characterized by mucus secretion - cough - and increasing difficulty in breathing.
acute stress
Frontal cortex
Chronic Bronchitis
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
20. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.
affirmations
Positive psychology
Stillbirth
Universal Precautions
21. Birth defects.
Congenital abnormalities
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Activity Disorder
Panic disorder
22. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.
Microbicide
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Spontaneous abortion
Major Depressive Disorder
23. Relays information between the two hemispheres of the brain and is believed to play a role in creativity and problem solving. Grows and changes significantly during adolescense.
corpus callosum
stress response or fight or flight response
hardiness
Teratogens
24. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.
Medical abortion
Tubal ligation
Signs of addiction
parasympathetic branch
25. Long know to be invollved in moter activity and physical coordination; now understood to coordinate thinking processes - including decision mkakin and social skills .Undergoes dynamic growth and change during adolescence.
Drug Cocktails
Psychoactive drug
cerebellum
Positive psychology
26. Long know to be invollved in moter activity and physical coordination; now understood to coordinate thinking processes - including decision mkakin and social skills .Undergoes dynamic growth and change during adolescence.
Microbicide
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
cerebellum
corpus callosum
27. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.
Resilience
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Neurotransmitters
Preeclampsia
28. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Addiction
Instrumental use
Surgical abortion
Placenta
29. A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal
eustress
Calorie Restriction
Body Image
Schizophrenia
30. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Instrumental use
Calorie Restriction
31. Newborn.
Depressants
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Neonate
Chronic Bronchitis
32. Perception of one's ability to perform certain tasks successfully.
Withdrawal
Spermicide
Female Athlete Triad
Self-efficacy
33. Contraceptive method based on abstinence during the window of time around ovulation when a woman is most likely to conceive.
stressors
general adaptation syndrome
Psychoactive drug
Fertility awareness-based methods
34. In Maslow's work - the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potenial.
Self-actualization
eustress
Bulimia Nervosa
Teratogens
35. Newborn.
Teratogens
Neonate
Panic Attack
Binge-Eating Disorder
36. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.
Recreational use
Anorexia Nervosa
Preeclampsia
addiction
37. A pregnancy in which a fertilized egg implants or attaches itself outside of the uterus - usually in a fallopian tube.
Teratogens
Ectopic pregnancy
Signs of addiction
Resilience
38. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.
hardiness
Spontaneous abortion
Bipolar Disorder
Blackout/ Hangover
39. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.
Nicotine
Frontal Cortex
Vasectomy
sympathetic branch
40. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Vasectomy
corpus callosum
Self-esteem
hostility
41. Contraceptive method based on abstinence during the window of time around ovulation when a woman is most likely to conceive.
addiction
Fertility awareness-based methods
Eclampsia
Congenital abnormalities
42. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.
Barrier methods
Binge-Eating Disorder
Spontaneous abortion
Panic Attack
43. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.
Tar
Panic Attack
acute stress
Major Depressive Disorder
44. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution
Carbon Monoxide
chronic stress
autonomic nervous system
Frontal cortex
45. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Cirrhosis
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Route of administration
Vertical transmission
46. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apperance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavioral problems.
Depression
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Signs of addiction
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
47. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
Bulimia Nervosa
Psychoactive Drug
stress
Ultrasound
48. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
parasympathetic branch
Surgical abortion
Stimulants
Female Athlete Triad
49. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Purging
stress
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
50. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Purging
Frontal Cortex
cerebellum
hostility