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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A rare - life-threatening bacterial infection in the vagina associated with the use of tampons and female barrier contraceptive methods.
Fertility awareness-based methods
Latent Infection
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Instrumental use
2. In Golemen's work the kind of intelligence that includes an understanding of emotional experience - self-awareness - and sensitivity to others.
distress
Elective abortion
Emotional Intelligence
Prenatal Care
3. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Bulimia Nervosa
Latent Infection
Placenta
Eclampsia
4. In Golemen's work the kind of intelligence that includes an understanding of emotional experience - self-awareness - and sensitivity to others.
Emotional Intelligence
Drug
stress
Fertility awareness-based methods
5. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Tar
Depression
Cirrhosis
6. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.
Anorexia Nervosa
Diaphragm
addiction
Chronic Bronchitis
7. 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
eustress
Barrier methods
Stillbirth
8. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.
Major Depressive Disorder
Activity Disorder
Purging
parasympathetic branch
9. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
hostility
Calorie Restriction
Fatty Liver
Depression
10. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Anxiety
parasympathetic branch
Depressants
Carbon Monoxide
11. Small polyurethane foam device presaturated with spermicide that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
Contraceptive sponge
Instrumental use
eustress
Psychoactive Drug
12. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.
Latent Infection
hostility
Amniocentesis
Purging
13. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.
Amygdala
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Addiction
Depressants
14. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.
Diaphragm
Infertility
Medical abortion
Drug
15. Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.
acute stress
stressors
Drug
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
16. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.
Infertility
Psychoactive Drug
Vertical transmission
Nicotine
17. Conditions characterized by severely disturbed eating behaviors and distorted body image; eating disorders jeopardize physical and psychological health.
Hallucinogens
Blackout/ Hangover
Eating Disorders
Intoxication
18. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.
Route of administration
Hallucinogens
Congenital abnormalities
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
19. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.
sympathetic branch
Addiction
stress
relaxation response
20. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .
Self-esteem
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Fertility awareness-based methods
Purging
21. Male sterilization procedure - involving tying off and severing the vas deferens to prevent sperm from reaching the semen.
Panic Attack
Spermicide
Vasectomy
Opioids
22. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Depression
Signs of addiction
distress
Optimism
23. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
Prenatal Care
eustress
Asthma
Opioids
24. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Placenta
Hallucinogens
stress
Positive psychology
25. Respiratory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of difficulty in breathing - wheezing - coughing - and thick mucus production.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Asthma
Frontal cortex
Elective abortion
26. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.
relaxation response
Body Image
Purging
Endorphins
27. Compound or chemical in the form of a cream - gel - or suppository that would kill microorganisms and that could be applied topically to the vagina or rectum before intercourse - reducing the risk of STD transmission.
Microbicide
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
eustress
stress response or fight or flight response
28. Surgical delivery of the infant through the abdominal wall.
Ectopic pregnancy
Teratogens
Mental Disorder
Cesarean Section (C-section)
29. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .
Asthma
Self-esteem
Optimism
Amygdala
30. According to the DSM-IV-TR - a pattern of behavior that is associated with distress (pain) aor disability (impairment in an important area of functioning - suchas school or work) or with significantly increased risk of suffering - death - pain - disa
Instrumental use
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Neurotransmitters
Mental Disorder
31. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.
Spontaneous abortion
Alcoholic Hepatitis
distress
Prenatal Care
32. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
parasympathetic branch
Binge-Eating Disorder
Carbon Monoxide
Universal Precautions
33. A person who has this may feel persistent symptoms of mild or moderate depression for an extended period of time.
Dysthymic Disorder
Endorphins
hostility
Fertility awareness-based methods
34. Controls emotional responses and instinctual - 'gut' reactions. Adolescents appear to rely more heavily on this part of the brain to interpret situations than adults do.
stressors
Placenta
Amygdala
Emotional Intelligence
35. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.
Nicotine
Licit Drug
sympathetic branch
Hallucinogens
36. Small polyurethane foam device presaturated with spermicide that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Microbicide
Contraceptive sponge
homeostasis
37. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.
stress response or fight or flight response
acute stress
Resilience
Tar
38. Newborn.
Endorphins
Mental Disorder
Anxiety
Neonate
39. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
eustress
Prepregnancy counseling
Asthma
Resilience
40. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Contraceptive sponge
Preeclampsia
Anorexia Nervosa
41. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.
Blackout/ Hangover
Mood changes
Neonate
Emergency contraception (EC)
42. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
stress response or fight or flight response
Nicotine
distress
Neurotransmitters
43. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.
affirmations
parasympathetic branch
Dysthymic Disorder
Emergency contraception (EC)
44. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.
addiction
Blackout/ Hangover
Binge Drinking
Stillbirth
45. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
Calorie Restriction
Asthma
Optimism
Resilience
46. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Female Athlete Triad
Stimulants
Eclampsia
47. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.
Depression
Binge-Eating Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
Vasectomy
48. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.
Drug
Inhalants
Labor
Fertility awareness-based methods
49. Technique for testing fetal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac.
Amniocentesis
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Drug
Spontaneous abortion
50. Mental representation that a person has of his or her own body - including perceptions - attitudes - thoughts - and emotions.
Body Image
Recreational use
Elective abortion
Frontal cortex