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College Health Vocab
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health-and-fitness
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1. Dangerous condtion that can occur during pregnancy - chatacterized by high blood pressure - fluid retention possible kidney and liver damage - and potential fetal death.
Preeclampsia
stressors
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Body Image
2. Transmission of an infection or disease from mother to child during pregnancy and delivery.
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
Vertical transmission
psychotherapy
Panic Attack
3. Newborn.
acute stress
Prepregnancy counseling
Hallucinogens
Neonate
4. An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs.
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Depressants
Carbon Monoxide
Optimism
5. Altered state of consciousness as a result of drinking alcohol or ingesting other substances.
acute stress
Amygdala
Intoxication
hostility
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
Self-actualization
Eating Disorders
Ectopic pregnancy
Mental Disorder
7. State of stability and balance in whic hbody functions are maintained within a normal range.
Addiction
Mood changes
affirmations
homeostasis
8. Brain chemicals thta conduct signals from one brain cell to the next.
Illicit Drugs
Neurotransmitters
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
9. Events or agents in the environment that cause stress.
Self-esteem
Surgical abortion
Female Athlete Triad
stressors
10. Drugs that are legal.
Licit Drug
acute stress
Eating Disorders
Endorphins
11. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.
stressors
Route of administration
Drug Cocktails
Latent Infection
12. Thick - sticky residue formed when tobacco leaves burn - containing hundreds of chemical compounds and carcinogenic substances.
Mood changes
Binge Drinking
Tar
Amniotic sac
13. Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
Nicotine
Opioids
Barrier methods
hardiness
14. A feeling of apprehension and dread - with or without a known cause; accompanied by physical symptoms.
Anxiety
Amniocentesis
distress
general adaptation syndrome
15. A negative stress that can make a person sick or can keep a person from reaching a goal
Contraceptive sponge
Drug
distress
Fatty Liver
16. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
Depressants
Female Athlete Triad
Teratogens
Universal Precautions
17. Condition in which the liver swells with fat globules as a result of alcohol consumption.
Fatty Liver
Elective abortion
Ultrasound
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
18. Physiological process by which the mothers bady expels the baby during birth.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
corpus callosum
Medical abortion
Labor
19. Interrelated conditions of disordered eating - amenorrhea - and osteoporosis.
Anxiety
Female Athlete Triad
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Contraceptive sponge
20. Drugs that slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.
Depressants
Mood changes
Self-esteem
Body Image
21. Technique for producing a visual image of the fetus using high-frequency sound waves.
Psychoactive drug
Panic disorder
Schizophrenia
Ultrasound
22. Chemical agent that killls sperm.
Cirrhosis
Anorexia Nervosa
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Spermicide
23. Branch of the nervous system that is responsible for turning off the stress response and returning the body to normal.
Diaphragm
parasympathetic branch
Calorie Restriction
Chronic Bronchitis
24. Infections that occur when the immune system is weakened. These infections do not usually occur in a person with a healthy immune system.
homeostasis
acute stress
Surgical abortion
Opportunistic Infections
25. Contraceptive methods based on physically separating sperm from the female repoductive tract.
Frontal Cortex
Amniotic sac
Contraceptive sponge
Barrier methods
26. A contraceptive method in which the man removes his penis from the vagina before ejaculating.
Withdrawal
Instrumental use
psychotherapy
Psychoactive Drug
27. Complicated drug combinations used to overcome drug resistance in different strains of HIV.
Drug Cocktails
Drug
Panic Attack
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
28. Using self-induced vomiting - laxatives - or diuretics to get rid of excess calories that have been consumed.
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Tubal ligation
Resilience
Purging
29. Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and the sympathetic nervous system.
Stimulants
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
hardiness
Stillbirth
30. Altered state of consciousness as a result of drinking alcohol or ingesting other substances.
Optimism
Intoxication
Barrier methods
Opioids
31. Inflammation of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Frontal cortex
Teratogens
Elective abortion
32. 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
Vasectomy
affirmations
Major Depressive Disorder
Female Athlete Triad
33. In Maslow's work - the state attained when a person has reached his or her full potenial.
Instrumental use
Self-actualization
Ultrasound
Hallucinogens
34. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
Medical abortion
Psychoactive Drug
addiction
Barrier methods
35. Inability to become pregnant after not using any form of contraception during sexual intercourse for 12 months.
Contraceptive sponge
Anorexia Nervosa
Infertility
parasympathetic branch
36. Mental state characterized by a depressed mood - loss of interest or pleasure in activities and several orther related symptoms.
hardiness
affirmations
Depression
Medical abortion
37. Chemical substance that slows down the activity of the bain and spinal cord.
Central nervous System Depressant
Mental Disorder
Eating Disorders
hostility
38. Structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Placenta
Carbon Monoxide
Elective abortion
Prepregnancy counseling
39. Use of a pharmaceutical agent to terminate a pregnancy.
Calorie Restriction
Medical abortion
Schizophrenia
Eating Disorders
40. An extreme or rapid change in mood
Anorexia Nervosa
Hallucinogens
Central nervous System Depressant
Mood changes
41. Ongoing accumulation of irritation and anger.
Microbicide
Bulimia Nervosa
Eating Disorders
hostility
42. 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.
autonomic nervous system
Cesarean Section (C-section)
Placenta
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
43. Infection that is not currently active but could reactivate at a later time.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Spermicide
Emergency contraception (EC)
Latent Infection
44. 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)
Cervical cap
Stimulants
Resilience
45. Female sterilization procedure involving severing and tying off or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent ova from reaching the uterus.
eustress
Vasectomy
Tubal ligation
Preeclampsia
46. Ability to bounce back from adversity.
Elective abortion
Resilience
hardiness
distress
47. Infant death before or at the time of expected birth.
Stillbirth
Surgical abortion
Hallucinogens
Amniotic sac
48. Inflammation of the liver as a result of alcohol consumption.
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Vertical transmission
Inhalants
Cirrhosis
49. Series of physiological changes that calm body systems and return them to normal.
chronic stress
Elective abortion
relaxation response
Low birth weight
50. Membrane that surrounds the fetus in the uterus and contains amniotic fluid.
Teratogens
Amniotic sac
Depression
Tar