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College Health Vocab

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1. Respiratory disorder characterized by mucus secretion - cough - and increasing difficulty in breathing.






2. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.






3. Birth defects.






4. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.






5. A brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood - energy - activity levels - and the ability to carry out daily tasks.






6. According to the DSM-IV-TR - a pattern of behavior that is associated with distress (pain) aor disability (impairment in an important area of functioning - suchas school or work) or with significantly increased risk of suffering - death - pain - disa






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






8. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.






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






10. Chemical agent that killls sperm.






11. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.






12. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.






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






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






15. Scarring of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.






16. Birth weight of less that 5.5 pounds - often as a result of preterm delivery.






17. The general state of the body - mind and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggerred the stress response.






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






19. A life-threatening blood alcohol concentration.






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






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






22. A psychotic disorder in which a person has disorganized and disordered thinking and perceptions - bizarre ideas - hallucinations - and impaired functioning.






23. Consumption of five or more drinks in a row by a man or four or more drinks in a row by a woman.






24. A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal






25. 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






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






27. Thick - sticky residue formed when tobacco leaves burn - containing hundreds of chemical compounds and carcinogenic substances.






28. Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance.






29. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.






30. Scarring of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.






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






32. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.






33. Membrane that surrounds the fetus in the uterus and contains amniotic fluid.






34. Newborn.






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






36. Voluntary termination of a pregnancy.






37. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.






38. An extreme or rapid change in mood






39. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.






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






41. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.






42. Dependence on a drug






43. A life-threatening blood alcohol concentration.






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






45. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood






46. A psychotic disorder in which a person has disorganized and disordered thinking and perceptions - bizarre ideas - hallucinations - and impaired functioning.






47. A reduction in calorie intake below daily needs.






48. 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.






49. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .






50. Perception of one's ability to perform certain tasks successfully.