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College Health Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. The sympathetic branch starts your stress response while the parasympathetic branch-ends your stress response
autonomic nervous system
parasympathetic branch
Nicotine
Carbon Monoxide
2. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.
Inhalants
Nicotine
Illicit Drugs
Hallucinogens
3. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.
Stimulants
Bulimia Nervosa
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Spontaneous abortion
4. The amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood - expressed as a percentage.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Opioids
Bulimia Nervosa
Medical abortion
5. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.
parasympathetic branch
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Diaphragm
Muscle Dysmorphia
6. Set of birth defects associated with use of alcohol during pregnancy.
Carbon Monoxide
Anxiety
Phobia
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
7. Protein produced by the infant and released into the amniotic fluid; AFP measurement is used to screen for some fetal abnormalities.
Asthma
psychotherapy
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
8. Birth weight of less that 5.5 pounds - often as a result of preterm delivery.
Addiction
Mood changes
stress
Low birth weight
9. Contraceptive methods based on physically separating sperm from the female repoductive tract.
Infertility
Sterilization
Cirrhosis
Barrier methods
10. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.
Frontal cortex
Inhalants
parasympathetic branch
Latent Infection
11. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.
Prenatal Care
Mood changes
Preeclampsia
Intoxication
12. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Inhalants
Amniotic sac
Carbon Monoxide
Calorie Restriction
13. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Signs of addiction
Endorphins
Cervical cap
14. Drugs that are legal.
Binge Drinking
Vertical transmission
Licit Drug
hardiness
15. Perception of one's ability to perform certain tasks successfully.
Bipolar Disorder
Self-efficacy
Low birth weight
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
16. Birth defects.
Congenital abnormalities
Prenatal Care
Microbicide
Illicit Drugs
17. In Maslow's work - the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potenial.
Infertility
addiction
Self-actualization
Chronic Bronchitis
18. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Inhalants
hostility
Cirrhosis
Bipolar Disorder
19. In Maslow's work - the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potenial.
Blackout/ Hangover
Stillbirth
Hallucinogens
Self-actualization
20. The amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood - expressed as a percentage.
Female Athlete Triad
Anxiety
Ectopic pregnancy
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
21. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.
Fertility awareness-based methods
acute stress
Route of administration
stress
22. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.
Contraceptive sponge
Surgical abortion
Eclampsia
chronic stress
23. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.
Phobia
addiction
hardiness
Fatty Liver
24. 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.
Medical abortion
Panic Attack
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Teratogens
25. Voluntary termination of a pregnancy.
Diaphragm
Psychoactive drug
Self-esteem
Elective abortion
26. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
Low birth weight
Psychoactive Drug
homeostasis
addiction
27. A substance that causes changes in brain chemistry and alters consciousness.
parasympathetic branch
Asthma
Binge Drinking
Psychoactive drug
28. Small T-shaped deivce that when inserted in the uterus prevents conception.
Panic Attack
Low birth weight
parasympathetic branch
Intrauterine device (IUD)
29. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.
Preeclampsia
Congenital abnormalities
addiction
sympathetic branch
30. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.
Amniotic sac
Spontaneous abortion
addiction
Drug Cocktails
31. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Optimism
Vertical transmission
Contraceptive sponge
Medical abortion
32. Surgical procedure that permanently prevents any future pregnancies.
Ectopic pregnancy
Panic disorder
Sterilization
stressors
33. A life-threatening blood alcohol concentration.
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Microbicide
Amniocentesis
Eclampsia
34. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.
Vertical transmission
Eating Disorders
Vasectomy
Anorexia Nervosa
35. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.
stress response or fight or flight response
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Carbon Monoxide
Labor
36. A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal
eustress
Eating Disorders
Central nervous System Depressant
Amygdala
37. Small polyurethane foam device presaturated with spermicide that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
Contraceptive sponge
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
hardiness
Amygdala
38. Series of physiological changes that calm body systems and return them to normal.
relaxation response
Self-efficacy
Purging
Universal Precautions
39. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
Illicit Drugs
Emergency contraception (EC)
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
distress
40. An anxiety disorder marked by an excessive fear of an object or a situation.
Endorphins
eustress
Phobia
Neurotransmitters
41. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Microbicide
acute stress
Cervical cap
Prepregnancy counseling
42. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Signs of addiction
Self-esteem
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
43. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apparance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavior problems.
Anorexia Nervosa
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Amniotic sac
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
44. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Drug
Carbon Monoxide
Depression
Latent Infection
45. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
Opioids
Amniocentesis
Eclampsia
Major Depressive Disorder
46. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Amygdala
Diaphragm
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Eating Disorders
47. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.
general adaptation syndrome
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
affirmations
acute stress
48. Maintaining a positive outlook.
Dysthymic Disorder
Frontal cortex
Low birth weight
Optimism
49. Treatment for psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist.
Illicit Drugs
addiction
Self-actualization
psychotherapy
50. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Self-efficacy
Calorie Restriction
Opportunistic Infections
Diaphragm