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College Health Vocab

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1. Conditions characterized by severely disturbed eating behaviors and distorted body image; eating disorders jeopardize physical and psychological health.






2. 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.






3. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.






4. Set of birth defects associated with use of alcohol during pregnancy.






5. A life-threatening blood alcohol concentration.






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






7. Birth defects.






8. The amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood - expressed as a percentage.






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






10. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.






11. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.






12. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






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






14. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.






15. Eating disorder marked by binge-eating behavior without the vomiting or purging of bulimia.






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






17. Set of birth defects associated with use of alcohol during pregnancy.






18. Newborn.






19. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.






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






21. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent - intrusive thoughts - ect.; An anxiety disorder where you have to do something to satisfy your obsession.






22. Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.






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






24. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.






25. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.






26. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal






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






28. Events or agents in the environment that cause stress.






29. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.






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






31. Technique for testing feal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing cells from the chorionic villus - part of the placenta in the uterus.






32. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.






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






34. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.






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






36. Surgical removal of the contents of the uterus to terminate a pregnancy.






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






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






39. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.






40. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.






41. Series of physiological changes that calm body systems and return them to normal.






42. Drugs that are legal.






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






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






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






46. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal






47. Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness - producing a state resembling dunkenness.






48. Contraceptive method based on abstinence during the window of time around ovulation when a woman is most likely to conceive.






49. 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.






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