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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. Clear physiological experience of apprehension or intense fear in the absence of a real danger.
Optimism
Tubal ligation
Fatty Liver
Panic Attack
2. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.
Panic Attack
Emergency contraception (EC)
Eating Disorders
Medical abortion
3. Birth weight of less that 5.5 pounds - often as a result of preterm delivery.
Illicit Drugs
Low birth weight
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Central nervous System Depressant
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.
Universal Precautions
Bulimia Nervosa
Neurotransmitters
Tubal ligation
5. The amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood - expressed as a percentage.
Spontaneous abortion
Preeclampsia
Tubal ligation
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
6. Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance.
Binge-Eating Disorder
Psychoactive Drug
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
7. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.
Teratogens
Purging
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Prenatal Care
8. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.
affirmations
Labor
Tar
Endorphins
9. Maintaining a positive outlook.
chronic stress
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Phobia
Optimism
10. Mental representation that a person has of his or her own body - including perceptions - attitudes - thoughts - and emotions.
Body Image
Blackout/ Hangover
Central nervous System Depressant
Female Athlete Triad
11. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
Female Athlete Triad
Fertility awareness-based methods
Endorphins
Mental Disorder
12. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Frontal Cortex
hostility
Emphysema
Major Depressive Disorder
13. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.
Calorie Restriction
Dysthymic Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
Drug Cocktails
14. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.
Emotional Intelligence
Tubal ligation
eustress
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
15. Technique for testing feal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing cells from the chorionic villus - part of the placenta in the uterus.
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Mental Disorder
Dysthymic Disorder
Calorie Restriction
16. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
Infertility
Emergency contraception (EC)
Fatty Liver
Alcoholic Hepatitis
17. 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
Drug
Spontaneous abortion
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
18. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Depression
Intoxication
Instrumental use
Cervical cap
19. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.
Amniocentesis
Body Image
addiction
Preeclampsia
20. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.
Positive psychology
Central nervous System Depressant
Panic Attack
homeostasis
21. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Anorexia Nervosa
Inhalants
22. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
hardiness
Resilience
Sterilization
Signs of addiction
23. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.
Blackout/ Hangover
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Contraceptive sponge
Psychoactive drug
24. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Cirrhosis
Prenatal Care
Major Depressive Disorder
25. Treatment for psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist.
acute stress
psychotherapy
Asthma
Fertility awareness-based methods
26. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.
Ultrasound
homeostasis
Endorphins
Barrier methods
27. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Inhalants
Amygdala
Stillbirth
28. Drugs that are legal.
Licit Drug
Endorphins
Fertility awareness-based methods
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
29. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Endorphins
Neonate
Bulimia Nervosa
30. Contraceptive method based on abstinence during the window of time around ovulation when a woman is most likely to conceive.
Panic Attack
affirmations
Fertility awareness-based methods
Disordered Eating Behaviors
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.
Intrauterine device (IUD)
corpus callosum
eustress
Prepregnancy counseling
32. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.
Hallucinogens
Labor
Frontal Cortex
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
33. Excessive or addictive exercising - undertaken to address psychological needs rather than to improve fitness.
Activity Disorder
Vasectomy
Mental Disorder
Bulimia Nervosa
34. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
Opioids
hostility
Fatty Liver
Elective abortion
35. An anxiety disorder marked by an excessive fear of an object or a situation.
Amniocentesis
Carbon Monoxide
Phobia
Frontal Cortex
36. Respiratory disorder characterized by mucus secretion - cough - and increasing difficulty in breathing.
Chronic Bronchitis
Fertility awareness-based methods
Purging
Cervical cap
37. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.
Psychoactive Drug
Sterilization
parasympathetic branch
Central nervous System Depressant
38. Abnormal condition of the lungs characterized by decreased respiratory function and increased shortness of breath.
Self-esteem
Surgical abortion
Emphysema
Drug Cocktails
39. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.
Placenta
Emphysema
Female Athlete Triad
Eclampsia
40. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.
Self-esteem
Opioids
Microbicide
Stimulants
41. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.
Preeclampsia
Binge-Eating Disorder
Tubal ligation
Calorie Restriction
42. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.
Cirrhosis
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Neurotransmitters
Frontal Cortex
43. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Nicotine
Opportunistic Infections
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
44. Birth defects.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Medical abortion
Bulimia Nervosa
Congenital abnormalities
45. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.
Signs of addiction
Vertical transmission
addiction
Barrier methods
46. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
Licit Drug
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Instrumental use
47. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.
Spontaneous abortion
Recreational use
Preeclampsia
Vertical transmission
48. Respiratory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of difficulty in breathing - wheezing - coughing - and thick mucus production.
Low birth weight
Inhalants
Drug
Asthma
49. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.
Prenatal Care
Amygdala
Tubal ligation
Neurotransmitters
50. 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
Latent Infection
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Tubal ligation