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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. Newborn.
Prenatal Care
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Neonate
Licit Drug
2. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Licit Drug
Frontal cortex
Depression
Emergency contraception (EC)
3. Using a drug for fun or to get high.
Recreational use
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Inhalants
hardiness
4. 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
Stillbirth
psychotherapy
Asthma
Major Depressive Disorder
5. Drugs that alter perceptions and thinking - intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also called psychedelics.
sympathetic branch
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
autonomic nervous system
Hallucinogens
6. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Contraceptive sponge
Contraceptive sponge
distress
7. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
Barrier methods
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Instrumental use
Calorie Restriction
8. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.
Frontal Cortex
Cervical cap
eustress
psychotherapy
9. Drugs that are legal.
Panic Attack
Licit Drug
Prenatal Care
stress
10. Maintaining a positive outlook.
acute stress
Optimism
Activity Disorder
Vasectomy
11. An extreme or rapid change in mood
Self-actualization
Central nervous System Depressant
addiction
Mood changes
12. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.
parasympathetic branch
Prenatal Care
Latent Infection
Mental Disorder
13. Period of time during which a drinker is conscious but has partial or complete amnesia for events.
Chronic Bronchitis
Amygdala
Blackout/ Hangover
Panic disorder
14. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.
Prenatal Care
Frontal cortex
Neonate
Tubal ligation
15. State of stability and balance in whic hbody functions are maintained within a normal range.
Calorie Restriction
Neonate
homeostasis
Dysthymic Disorder
16. Mental disorder characterized by recurrent - enexpected panic attacks along with concern about having another attack.
Hallucinogens
Medical abortion
Panic disorder
Psychoactive Drug
17. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.
Cirrhosis
stress
Purging
Addiction
18. Strong craving for a drug and compulsive use of the drug despite negative consequences
Low birth weight
affirmations
Preeclampsia
Signs of addiction
19. Inflammation of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Tar
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Stillbirth
Phobia
20. Mental representation that a person has of his or her own body - including perceptions - attitudes - thoughts - and emotions.
Microbicide
Placenta
Body Image
Purging
21. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Vertical transmission
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
psychotherapy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
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.
Contraceptive sponge
Amygdala
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge Drinking
23. Smoke from other people's tobacco products; also called secondhand smoke or passive smoking.
Inhalants
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Calorie Restriction
24. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
Addiction
Frontal cortex
Body Image
Teratogens
25. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.
Illicit Drugs
Muscle Dysmorphia
psychotherapy
general adaptation syndrome
26. Surgical delivery of the infant through the abdominal wall.
Vertical transmission
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Licit Drug
27. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
Endorphins
Congenital abnormalities
Instrumental use
general adaptation syndrome
28. In Golemen's work the kind of intelligence that includes an understanding of emotional experience - self-awareness - and sensitivity to others.
Optimism
Purging
Mental Disorder
Emotional Intelligence
29. Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.
Emergency contraception (EC)
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Vasectomy
Drug
30. Relays information between the two hemispheres of the brain and is believed to play a role in creativity and problem solving. Grows and changes significantly during adolescense.
Ectopic pregnancy
corpus callosum
homeostasis
parasympathetic branch
31. Male sterilization procedure - involving tying off and severing the vas deferens to prevent sperm from reaching the semen.
Emphysema
Panic Attack
Vasectomy
Ectopic pregnancy
32. Altered state of consciousness as a result of drinking alcohol or ingesting other substances.
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Frontal Cortex
Intoxication
sympathetic branch
33. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Bulimia Nervosa
Chronic Bronchitis
Labor
Carbon Monoxide
34. 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.
Ectopic pregnancy
Teratogens
acute stress
cerebellum
35. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.
Ultrasound
Optimism
Self-efficacy
Emergency contraception (EC)
36. Inflammation of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Signs of addiction
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Tar
Alcoholic Hepatitis
37. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.
Diaphragm
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Nicotine
Cervical cap
38. Technique for testing feal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing cells from the chorionic villus - part of the placenta in the uterus.
Preeclampsia
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Drug
Vertical transmission
39. Membrane that surrounds the fetus in the uterus and contains amniotic fluid.
Blackout/ Hangover
Amniotic sac
Neurotransmitters
Amygdala
40. 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.
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Addiction
Drug
Schizophrenia
41. Dependence on a drug
Vasectomy
Prenatal Care
Contraceptive sponge
Addiction
42. Chemical agent that killls sperm.
Low birth weight
Spermicide
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Medical abortion
43. Strong craving for a drug and compulsive use of the drug despite negative consequences
Licit Drug
Signs of addiction
Low birth weight
Major Depressive Disorder
44. 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.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Depressants
Prepregnancy counseling
Spermicide
45. The sympathetic branch starts your stress response while the parasympathetic branch-ends your stress response
autonomic nervous system
Diaphragm
Opportunistic Infections
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
46. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Signs of addiction
Mental Disorder
Carbon Monoxide
Drug
47. Positive thoughts that you can write down or say to yourself to balance negative thoughts.
Teratogens
affirmations
Dysthymic Disorder
Neonate
48. Natural chemicals in the brain that block pain during stressful or painful experiences.
Ectopic pregnancy
Endorphins
Panic disorder
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
49. Birth defects.
addiction
Withdrawal
Congenital abnormalities
Mood changes
50. Set of birth defects associated with use of alcohol during pregnancy.
Microbicide
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Illicit Drugs
Contraceptive sponge