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College Health Vocab

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






2. A brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood - energy - activity levels - and the ability to carry out daily tasks.






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






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






5. Male sterilization procedure - involving tying off and severing the vas deferens to prevent sperm from reaching the semen.






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






7. Strong craving for a drug and compulsive use of the drug despite negative consequences






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






9. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.






10. Contraceptive methods based on physically separating sperm from the female repoductive tract.






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






12. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.






13. Protein produced by the infant and released into the amniotic fluid; AFP measurement is used to screen for some fetal abnormalities.






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






15. 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






16. Smoke from other people's tobacco products; also called secondhand smoke or passive smoking.






17. The sympathetic branch starts your stress response while the parasympathetic branch-ends your stress response






18. In Golemen's work the kind of intelligence that includes an understanding of emotional experience - self-awareness - and sensitivity to others.






19. Small T-shaped deivce that when inserted in the uterus prevents conception.






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






21. Positive thoughts that you can write down or say to yourself to balance negative thoughts.






22. 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.






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






24. Technique for testing fetal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac.






25. State of stability and balance in whic hbody functions are maintained within a normal range.






26. 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.






27. Voluntary termination of a pregnancy.






28. Ability to bounce back from adversity.






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






30. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.






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






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






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






34. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution






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






36. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.






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






38. 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






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






40. Surgical procedure that permanently prevents any future pregnancies.






41. Mental disorder characterized by recurrent - enexpected panic attacks along with concern about having another attack.






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






43. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.






44. 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.






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






46. Infections that occur when the immune system is weakened. These infections do not usually occur in a person with a healthy immune system.






47. 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.






48. A substance that causes changes in brain chemistry and alters consciousness.






49. Using a drug for fun or to get high.






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