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College Health Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.
Drug Cocktails
Tubal ligation
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Endorphins
2. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.
Optimism
Purging
Addiction
Cervical cap
3. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.
corpus callosum
stress response or fight or flight response
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
4. 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.
Panic disorder
Neurotransmitters
cerebellum
Self-actualization
5. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
Eating Disorders
Prenatal Care
Psychoactive drug
distress
6. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
Opioids
Carbon Monoxide
Panic Attack
Spontaneous abortion
7. Series of physiological changes that calm body systems and return them to normal.
relaxation response
Muscle Dysmorphia
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Binge Drinking
8. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Inhalants
Cervical cap
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Frontal Cortex
9. A set of precautions designed to prevent transmission of bloodborne infections. Blood and certain body fluids of all patients are considered potentially infectious for HIV and hepatitis B and C. Protective barriers - such as gloves - aprons - and pro
Universal Precautions
Fatty Liver
Amniotic sac
Ultrasound
10. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.
Activity Disorder
Stimulants
Purging
stress
11. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
Female Athlete Triad
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Psychoactive drug
Self-efficacy
12. 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.
Prepregnancy counseling
Mood changes
Schizophrenia
Intoxication
13. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution
Ultrasound
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Resilience
chronic stress
14. A substance that causes changes in brain chemistry and alters consciousness.
Psychoactive drug
Prenatal Care
Asthma
Binge Drinking
15. 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.
stress
Bulimia Nervosa
Spermicide
Binge-Eating Disorder
16. Scarring of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Activity Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
Cirrhosis
Emphysema
17. Surgical removal of the contents of the uterus to terminate a pregnancy.
Drug Cocktails
Surgical abortion
Amygdala
Major Depressive Disorder
18. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.
Vertical transmission
Bipolar Disorder
Psychoactive Drug
Muscle Dysmorphia
19. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
Frontal cortex
Calorie Restriction
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
20. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.
Ultrasound
Withdrawal
Dysthymic Disorder
sympathetic branch
21. A set of precautions designed to prevent transmission of bloodborne infections. Blood and certain body fluids of all patients are considered potentially infectious for HIV and hepatitis B and C. Protective barriers - such as gloves - aprons - and pro
Universal Precautions
Frontal Cortex
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Licit Drug
22. 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.
cerebellum
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Emergency contraception (EC)
psychotherapy
23. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
Emergency contraception (EC)
Opioids
Licit Drug
Illicit Drugs
24. Maintaining a positive outlook.
Optimism
Muscle Dysmorphia
Neurotransmitters
Ectopic pregnancy
25. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.
Latent Infection
Neonate
Neonate
Preeclampsia
26. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.
Elective abortion
Addiction
Ultrasound
Amygdala
27. Membrane that surrounds the fetus in the uterus and contains amniotic fluid.
Amniotic sac
addiction
Central nervous System Depressant
Muscle Dysmorphia
28. An extreme or rapid change in mood
Licit Drug
Self-esteem
Bipolar Disorder
Mood changes
29. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Psychoactive Drug
Carbon Monoxide
Intrauterine device (IUD)
hostility
30. Technique for testing feal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing cells from the chorionic villus - part of the placenta in the uterus.
chronic stress
Cervical cap
Elective abortion
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
31. Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.
Dysthymic Disorder
Asthma
cerebellum
Drug
32. Birth defects.
Neurotransmitters
Congenital abnormalities
stressors
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
33. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.
Emotional Intelligence
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Binge-Eating Disorder
Route of administration
34. A brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood - energy - activity levels - and the ability to carry out daily tasks.
Purging
Bipolar Disorder
addiction
homeostasis
35. A feeling of apprehension and dread - with or without a known cause; accompanied by physical symptoms.
affirmations
general adaptation syndrome
Anxiety
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
36. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .
Anxiety
Self-esteem
Chronic Bronchitis
Self-actualization
37. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.
Asthma
Calorie Restriction
Stimulants
Optimism
38. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.
Activity Disorder
Self-esteem
Infertility
Resilience
39. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.
Binge Drinking
Sterilization
psychotherapy
Stillbirth
40. Drugs that are legal.
Infertility
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Licit Drug
Cirrhosis
41. A mood disorder in which a person - for no apparent reason - experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods - feelings of worthlessness - and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities
Spermicide
affirmations
Major Depressive Disorder
Addiction
42. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.
distress
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Cervical cap
Preeclampsia
43. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.
Emergency contraception (EC)
sympathetic branch
Nicotine
Fertility awareness-based methods
44. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Positive psychology
Panic disorder
Depression
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
45. Membrane that surrounds the fetus in the uterus and contains amniotic fluid.
stress
Inhalants
Fertility awareness-based methods
Amniotic sac
46. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Placenta
Diaphragm
Major Depressive Disorder
Central nervous System Depressant
47. Strong craving for a drug and compulsive use of the drug despite negative consequences
Prepregnancy counseling
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Withdrawal
Signs of addiction
48. Treatment for psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist.
Emergency contraception (EC)
psychotherapy
parasympathetic branch
Anxiety
49. Excessive or addictive exercising - undertaken to address psychological needs rather than to improve fitness.
Stillbirth
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Activity Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
50. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.
Stillbirth
Labor
Self-esteem
Self-esteem