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College Health Vocab

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1. The sympathetic branch starts your stress response while the parasympathetic branch-ends your stress response






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






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






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






5. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.






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






7. Protein produced by the infant and released into the amniotic fluid; AFP measurement is used to screen for some fetal abnormalities.






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






9. Contraceptive methods based on physically separating sperm from the female repoductive tract.






10. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.






11. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.






12. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.






13. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.






14. Drugs that are legal.






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






16. Birth defects.






17. In Maslow's work - the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potenial.






18. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






19. In Maslow's work - the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potenial.






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






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






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






23. Dependence on a substance or a behavior.






24. 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.






25. Voluntary termination of a pregnancy.






26. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood






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






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






29. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for initiating the stress response.






30. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.






31. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.






32. Surgical procedure that permanently prevents any future pregnancies.






33. A life-threatening blood alcohol concentration.






34. Eating disorder marked by distortion of body image and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.






35. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.






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






37. Small polyurethane foam device presaturated with spermicide that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent pregnancy.






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






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






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






41. Small - cuplike rubber device that covers only the cervix and is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.






42. Sense of positive regaurd and valuation for myself .






43. 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.






44. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.






45. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.






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






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






48. Maintaining a positive outlook.






49. Treatment for psychological problems usually based on the development of a positive interpersonal relationship between a client and a therapist.






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