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College Health Vocab

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1. Clear physiological experience of apprehension or intense fear in the absence of a real danger.






2. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.






3. Birth weight of less that 5.5 pounds - often as a result of preterm delivery.






4. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and repeated episodes of binge eating usually followed by purging in the form of self-induced vomiting - misuse of diuretics or laxatives - excessive exercising - or fasting.






5. The amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood - expressed as a percentage.






6. Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance.






7. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.






8. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.






9. Maintaining a positive outlook.






10. Mental representation that a person has of his or her own body - including perceptions - attitudes - thoughts - and emotions.






11. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.






12. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






13. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.






14. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.






15. Technique for testing feal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing cells from the chorionic villus - part of the placenta in the uterus.






16. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.






17. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.






18. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.






19. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.






20. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.






21. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.






22. Ability to bounce back from adversity.






23. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.






24. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.






25. Treatment for psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist.






26. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.






27. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.






28. Drugs that are legal.






29. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.






30. Contraceptive method based on abstinence during the window of time around ovulation when a woman is most likely to conceive.






31. Counseling before conception that may include an evaluation of current health behaviors and health status - recommendations for improving health - and treatment of any existing conditions that might increase risk.






32. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.






33. Excessive or addictive exercising - undertaken to address psychological needs rather than to improve fitness.






34. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.






35. An anxiety disorder marked by an excessive fear of an object or a situation.






36. Respiratory disorder characterized by mucus secretion - cough - and increasing difficulty in breathing.






37. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.






38. Abnormal condition of the lungs characterized by decreased respiratory function and increased shortness of breath.






39. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.






40. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.






41. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.






42. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.






43. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.






44. Birth defects.






45. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.






46. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.






47. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.






48. Respiratory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of difficulty in breathing - wheezing - coughing - and thick mucus production.






49. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.






50. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.