Test your basic knowledge |

College Health Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Events or agents in the environment that cause stress.






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






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






4. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.






5. Dependence on a drug






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






7. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.






8. Using a drug for fun or to get high.






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






10. The part of the brain where the executive functions of planning - organizing - and rational thnking are controlled.






11. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.






12. Birth defects.






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






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






15. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.






16. A feeling of apprehension and dread - with or without a known cause; accompanied by physical symptoms.






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






18. Abnormal condition of the lungs characterized by decreased respiratory function and increased shortness of breath.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A set of precautions designed to prevent transmission of bloodborne infections. Blood and certain body fluids of all patients are considered potentially infectious for HIV and hepatitis B and C. Protective barriers - such as gloves - aprons - and pro






26. A person who has this may feel persistent symptoms of mild or moderate depression for an extended period of time.






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






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






29. Drugs that are legal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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.






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






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






43. A pregnancy in which a fertilized egg implants or attaches itself outside of the uterus - usually in a fallopian tube.






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






45. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood






46. An extreme or rapid change in mood






47. Compound or chemical in the form of a cream - gel - or suppository that would kill microorganisms and that could be applied topically to the vagina or rectum before intercourse - reducing the risk of STD transmission.






48. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.






49. Newborn.






50. A contraceptive method in which the man removes his penis from the vagina before ejaculating.