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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. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Universal Precautions
Vertical transmission
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Asthma
2. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.
Spontaneous abortion
hostility
Surgical abortion
stress
3. A rare - life-threatening bacterial infection in the vagina associated with the use of tampons and female barrier contraceptive methods.
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Activity Disorder
Cirrhosis
Amygdala
4. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.
acute stress
affirmations
stress
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
5. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.
psychotherapy
Depressants
Dysthymic Disorder
Instrumental use
6. 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
Withdrawal
Fatty Liver
Major Depressive Disorder
general adaptation syndrome
7. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.
Drug
Prenatal Care
chronic stress
Ultrasound
8. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.
Muscle Dysmorphia
Labor
Ultrasound
Latent Infection
9. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
Resilience
Body Image
Neurotransmitters
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
10. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
Ultrasound
Emotional Intelligence
Fatty Liver
Emergency contraception (EC)
11. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.
sympathetic branch
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Spermicide
Disordered Eating Behaviors
12. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Opioids
Diaphragm
Illicit Drugs
Purging
13. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Elective abortion
Prenatal Care
hostility
Purging
14. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
Female Athlete Triad
Anxiety
Frontal cortex
Major Depressive Disorder
15. Drugs that are legal.
Frontal cortex
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Licit Drug
corpus callosum
16. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.
autonomic nervous system
parasympathetic branch
Eclampsia
Eating Disorders
17. Altered state of consciousness as a result of drinking alcohol or ingesting other substances.
Bulimia Nervosa
Intoxication
Nicotine
Carbon Monoxide
18. A psychotic disorder in which a person has disorganized and disordered thinking and perceptions - bizarre ideas - hallucinations - and impaired functioning.
Schizophrenia
Drug Cocktails
Bulimia Nervosa
Prepregnancy counseling
19. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.
Emotional Intelligence
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Frontal Cortex
20. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Psychoactive Drug
Blackout/ Hangover
general adaptation syndrome
21. 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.
Binge-Eating Disorder
Endorphins
Emotional Intelligence
Amygdala
22. Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.
Emotional Intelligence
Drug
Purging
Panic Attack
23. 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.
Prepregnancy counseling
Panic Attack
Withdrawal
Microbicide
24. Dependence on a drug
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
hostility
Labor
Addiction
25. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
Binge-Eating Disorder
Chronic Bronchitis
Female Athlete Triad
Preeclampsia
26. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Placenta
Medical abortion
Drug Cocktails
Microbicide
27. Membrane that surrounds the fetus in the uterus and contains amniotic fluid.
Drug
Recreational use
Amniotic sac
Prenatal Care
28. Maintaining a positive outlook.
Optimism
Licit Drug
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Opportunistic Infections
29. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
Psychoactive Drug
eustress
Emergency contraception (EC)
Infertility
30. Abnormal eating patterns (for example - vomiting - use of laxatives - extreme dieting) that may not fit the rigid diagnostic rules for anorexia or bulimia but affect quality of life.
sympathetic branch
Opioids
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Purging
31. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
addiction
Instrumental use
Infertility
Spontaneous abortion
32. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.
Emotional Intelligence
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Alcoholic Hepatitis
acute stress
33. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.
Positive psychology
Calorie Restriction
Muscle Dysmorphia
Mood changes
34. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
Instrumental use
Blackout/ Hangover
Major Depressive Disorder
Neurotransmitters
35. Male sterilization procedure - involving tying off and severing the vas deferens to prevent sperm from reaching the semen.
Psychoactive drug
Positive psychology
Amniocentesis
Vasectomy
36. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.
Inhalants
Medical abortion
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Illicit Drugs
37. Surgical procedure that permanently prevents any future pregnancies.
Opportunistic Infections
Resilience
Sterilization
Binge-Eating Disorder
38. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.
Vertical transmission
Labor
psychotherapy
Schizophrenia
39. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent - intrusive thoughts - ect.; An anxiety disorder where you have to do something to satisfy your obsession.
Contraceptive sponge
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Ectopic pregnancy
Nicotine
40. A rare - life-threatening bacterial infection in the vagina associated with the use of tampons and female barrier contraceptive methods.
Chronic Bronchitis
Signs of addiction
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Mental Disorder
41. In Golemen's work the kind of intelligence that includes an understanding of emotional experience - self-awareness - and sensitivity to others.
Emotional Intelligence
Spermicide
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Muscle Dysmorphia
42. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.
addiction
Muscle Dysmorphia
sympathetic branch
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
43. A life-threatening blood alcohol concentration.
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Body Image
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
addiction
44. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
acute stress
Prenatal Care
Low birth weight
Fatty Liver
45. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apparance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavior problems.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Depressants
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
46. 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.
hostility
Schizophrenia
cerebellum
Fertility awareness-based methods
47. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.
Emergency contraception (EC)
hardiness
Licit Drug
Neurotransmitters
48. Inflammation of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Amniocentesis
Self-actualization
Emotional Intelligence
Alcoholic Hepatitis
49. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.
Ultrasound
Binge-Eating Disorder
Recreational use
Withdrawal
50. Events or agents in the environment that cause stress.
Congenital abnormalities
Prepregnancy counseling
Labor
stressors