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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. Circular rubber dome that is inserted in the vagina before intercourse to prevent conception.
Spermicide
Psychoactive drug
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Diaphragm
2. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
Female Athlete Triad
stressors
Psychoactive Drug
Optimism
3. Clear physiological experience of apprehension or intense fear in the absence of a real danger.
Addiction
hardiness
Panic Attack
Withdrawal
4. Consumption of five or more drinks in a row by a man or four or more drinks in a row by a woman.
Ultrasound
Drug Cocktails
Binge Drinking
Opioids
5. Positive thoughts that you can write down or say to yourself to balance negative thoughts.
Medical abortion
Neurotransmitters
Inhalants
affirmations
6. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.
Panic Attack
Dysthymic Disorder
Infertility
Psychoactive Drug
7. A substance that causes changes in brain chemistry and alters consciousness.
Vertical transmission
Hallucinogens
Psychoactive drug
Teratogens
8. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.
Depressants
Inhalants
Ultrasound
Emergency contraception (EC)
9. 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.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
eustress
Calorie Restriction
Eclampsia
10. Regular medical care during pregnancy - desinged to promote the health of the mother and the fetus.
homeostasis
Prenatal Care
Emphysema
affirmations
11. Protein produced by the infant and released into the amniotic fluid; AFP measurement is used to screen for some fetal abnormalities.
Microbicide
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Bulimia Nervosa
Inhalants
12. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
Labor
Female Athlete Triad
Depression
acute stress
13. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
Anorexia Nervosa
addiction
Teratogens
Resilience
14. 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.
Bipolar Disorder
cerebellum
Recreational use
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
15. Series of physiological changes that activate body systems - providing a burst of energy to deal with a percived threat or danger.
Amniotic sac
corpus callosum
stress response or fight or flight response
Eating Disorders
16. Respiratory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of difficulty in breathing - wheezing - coughing - and thick mucus production.
Licit Drug
Asthma
Muscle Dysmorphia
homeostasis
17. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.
Bipolar Disorder
Calorie Restriction
Drug Cocktails
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
18. 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.
Infertility
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Microbicide
19. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.
Inhalants
Amygdala
Eating Disorders
parasympathetic branch
20. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.
general adaptation syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Spontaneous abortion
Body Image
21. 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.
Emergency contraception (EC)
Surgical abortion
Amygdala
Muscle Dysmorphia
22. 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
Medical abortion
Prenatal Care
Major Depressive Disorder
23. Birth defects.
Congenital abnormalities
psychotherapy
Teratogens
Elective abortion
24. Disorder in which a person peceives his body to be underdeveloped no matter how highly developed his muscles really are.
homeostasis
Muscle Dysmorphia
Ultrasound
Body Image
25. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
Opioids
Drug Cocktails
Fatty Liver
Endorphins
26. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
psychotherapy
Instrumental use
distress
Hallucinogens
27. Area of interest within the field of psychology that focuses on positive emotions - character strengths - and conditions that create happiness.
Drug
Diaphragm
Anxiety
Positive psychology
28. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.
Central nervous System Depressant
Female Athlete Triad
Body Image
addiction
29. Thick - sticky residue formed when tobacco leaves burn - containing hundreds of chemical compounds and carcinogenic substances.
corpus callosum
Tar
Ectopic pregnancy
Female Athlete Triad
30. Birth defects.
Universal Precautions
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Congenital abnormalities
Spontaneous abortion
31. Maintaining a positive outlook.
Amniotic sac
Mood changes
Opportunistic Infections
Optimism
32. Potentially life-threatening disease that can develop during pregnancy - marked by seizures and coma.
Optimism
Mood changes
Eclampsia
Low birth weight
33. An anxiety disorder marked by an excessive fear of an object or a situation.
Resilience
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Phobia
Depressants
34. A contraceptive method used after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
Nicotine
Microbicide
Emergency contraception (EC)
Infertility
35. 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
Depressants
Universal Precautions
Depressants
Intoxication
36. 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
Tubal ligation
Anorexia Nervosa
Labor
Universal Precautions
37. Short term stress - produced by the stress response.
general adaptation syndrome
acute stress
Panic disorder
Diaphragm
38. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.
Preeclampsia
Contraceptive sponge
Neurotransmitters
Bipolar Disorder
39. Selyes classic model used to describe the physiological changes associated with the stress response. The three phases are alarm - resistance - and exhaustion.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Instrumental use
general adaptation syndrome
Latent Infection
40. Chemical agent that killls sperm.
Nicotine
Withdrawal
Spermicide
Stillbirth
41. Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance.
Congenital abnormalities
Activity Disorder
Purging
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
42. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Opioids
Neurotransmitters
Spermicide
Vertical transmission
43. Primary addictive ingredient in tobacco; a poison and a psychoactive drug.
Phobia
Emotional Intelligence
Nicotine
relaxation response
44. Protein produced by the infant and released into the amniotic fluid; AFP measurement is used to screen for some fetal abnormalities.
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Activity Disorder
Vasectomy
relaxation response
45. Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Signs of addiction
Vertical transmission
Spermicide
46. Involuntary termination of a pregnancy - or miscarriage.
Ultrasound
hostility
Spontaneous abortion
Intoxication
47. Perception of one's ability to perform certain tasks successfully.
Female Athlete Triad
Prepregnancy counseling
Activity Disorder
Self-efficacy
48. Conditions characterized by severely disturbed eating behaviors and distorted body image; eating disorders jeopardize physical and psychological health.
Neonate
Withdrawal
Emphysema
Eating Disorders
49. Scarring of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Intoxication
Recreational use
Binge Drinking
Cirrhosis
50. Series of physiological changes that calm body systems and return them to normal.
Blackout/ Hangover
affirmations
Tubal ligation
relaxation response