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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. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.
Depressants
Drug Cocktails
sympathetic branch
Opportunistic Infections
2. 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.
Amniocentesis
Vertical transmission
Amygdala
Binge-Eating Disorder
3. Newborn.
Tubal ligation
Bipolar Disorder
Neonate
Opioids
4. Clear physiological experience of apprehension or intense fear in the absence of a real danger.
stress response or fight or flight response
Panic Attack
Instrumental use
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
5. 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.
Depressants
Emotional Intelligence
cerebellum
Frontal Cortex
6. Long term - low level stress in which the stress response continues without resolution
Placenta
chronic stress
Addiction
Anxiety
7. Set of birth defects associated with use of alcohol during pregnancy.
Activity Disorder
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Self-esteem
Infertility
8. An extreme or rapid change in mood
Diaphragm
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Mood changes
Self-actualization
9. A pregnancy in which a fertilized egg implants or attaches itself outside of the uterus - usually in a fallopian tube.
Ectopic pregnancy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Amygdala
Sterilization
10. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Frontal cortex
Positive psychology
Carbon Monoxide
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
11. Taking a drug for a specific purpose other than getting high.
Psychoactive drug
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Drug Cocktails
Instrumental use
12. Surgical removal of the contents of the uterus to terminate a pregnancy.
Surgical abortion
Drug
Optimism
acute stress
13. Abnormal condition of the lungs characterized by decreased respiratory function and increased shortness of breath.
Self-efficacy
Emphysema
autonomic nervous system
Depressants
14. The amount of alcohol in grams in 100 milliliters of blood - expressed as a percentage.
stressors
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Amniotic sac
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
15. A feeling of apprehension and dread - with or without a known cause; accompanied by physical symptoms.
acute stress
Anxiety
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Frontal cortex
16. A pregnancy in which a fertilized egg implants or attaches itself outside of the uterus - usually in a fallopian tube.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
chronic stress
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Ectopic pregnancy
17. A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal
Universal Precautions
eustress
Binge Drinking
Bipolar Disorder
18. Events or agents in the environment that cause stress.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Drug Cocktails
stressors
Preeclampsia
19. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.
Self-efficacy
Anorexia Nervosa
Opportunistic Infections
acute stress
20. How a drug get in your body ex. injection - inhalation - absorption - etc.
Spermicide
Medical abortion
Route of administration
autonomic nervous system
21. 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.
stress
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Eating Disorders
Fertility awareness-based methods
22. Respiratory disorder characterized by mucus secretion - cough - and increasing difficulty in breathing.
Tar
Instrumental use
Female Athlete Triad
Chronic Bronchitis
23. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
stressors
Frontal cortex
Purging
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
24. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
Emotional Intelligence
Vertical transmission
Drug
Fatty Liver
25. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.
Stillbirth
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Muscle Dysmorphia
stress
26. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Contraceptive sponge
Vertical transmission
Acute Alcohol Intoxication
Surgical abortion
27. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.
Congenital abnormalities
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Activity Disorder
general adaptation syndrome
28. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.
Self-actualization
Phobia
stress response or fight or flight response
addiction
29. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.
Binge Drinking
Neurotransmitters
Intoxication
Diaphragm
30. Small polyurethane foam device presaturated with spermicide that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
Body Image
Contraceptive sponge
Cervical cap
Opioids
31. Surgical delivery of the infant through the abdominal wall.
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Universal Precautions
Schizophrenia
Self-actualization
32. Technique for testing fetal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac.
Amniocentesis
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Congenital abnormalities
Depression
33. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.
Muscle Dysmorphia
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Ultrasound
chronic stress
34. 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
Infertility
Carbon Monoxide
Frontal cortex
Major Depressive Disorder
35. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.
Medical abortion
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Stillbirth
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
36. Technique for testing fetal cells for chromosomal abnormalities by removing a sample of amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac.
chronic stress
Amniocentesis
acute stress
Female Athlete Triad
37. Birth defects.
Neurotransmitters
Mood changes
Self-actualization
Congenital abnormalities
38. Consumption of five or more drinks in a row by a man or four or more drinks in a row by a woman.
Chronic villus sampling (CVS)
Emphysema
Anxiety
Binge Drinking
39. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
Psychoactive Drug
Phobia
Stimulants
Teratogens
40. Combination of birth defects caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol - characterized by abnormal facial apperance - slow growth - mental retardation - and social - emotional - and behavioral problems.
Purging
Resilience
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
41. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.
Mental Disorder
Spontaneous abortion
Intrauterine device (IUD)
Tubal ligation
42. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Female Athlete Triad
Latent Infection
Placenta
Congenital abnormalities
43. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.
Ultrasound
Ectopic pregnancy
Schizophrenia
Illicit Drugs
44. 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)
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Vasectomy
Endorphins
45. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.
Cervical cap
stress
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Intrauterine device (IUD)
46. Controls planning - organizing - rational thinking - working memory - judgment - moood modulaiton. Undergoes rapid growth just before puberty - followed by pruning and consolidation during adolescence.
Universal Precautions
Frontal cortex
affirmations
corpus callosum
47. Perception of one's ability to perform certain tasks successfully.
Infertility
Optimism
Vasectomy
Self-efficacy
48. Thick - sticky residue formed when tobacco leaves burn - containing hundreds of chemical compounds and carcinogenic substances.
Hallucinogens
Tar
Eclampsia
homeostasis
49. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Depression
Route of administration
Microbicide
Drug
50. Altered state of consciousness as a result of drinking alcohol or ingesting other substances.
Intoxication
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Spermicide
Universal Precautions