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1. ____________ treatment is manipulation of the vertebral column to relieve pressure and cure illness.
Binge drinking
Self-concept
Natural
Chiropractic
2. After the baby is born - the muscles of the uterus continue to contract - causing the ______ to separate from the lining of the uterus.
Placenta
Dehydration
Rectum
Advantage
3. Freud considered repression to be the _____ ___________ of the defense mechanisms.
Menstrual
Most important
Alcohol
Euthanasia
4. ________________ is a financial agreement between an insurance company and an individual or group for the payment of health costs.
Amino acids
Health insurance
First
Greenhouse
5. The withdrawal method is said to be ineffective as the clear __________ fluid can contain viable sperm - which may get deposited near the cervical opening before withdrawal of the penis.
Depressant
Unity
Preejaculate
Blindness
6. The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is now referred to as Medicare ______.
Most important
Part D
DPM
Alcohol
7. People are labeled '___________' if their weight is between 1% and 19% above their desirable weight.
Synergistic
Accept
Overweight
Estrogen
8. Today's food manufacturers add chemical compounds to the food supply for several reasons such as: (1) to maintain the _____________ value of the food; (2) to maintain the food's freshness by preventing changes in its color - flavor - and texture; (3)
Pesticide
Emphysema
Bipolar
Nutritional
9. Studies have shown that in addition to food - shelter - and consistent care - infants need ____ and affection.
Love
Nasal
Mentally
Cheated
10. ___________ injuries are injuries that are committed on purpose.
60
Intentional
Recovery
Half
11. Radon gas is a naturally occurring ___________ gas produced by the decay of uranium.
Intensity
Gluocose
Melanin
Radioactive
12. ________ ________ is a disorder of emotional origin in which appetite and hunger are suppressed and marked weight loss occurs.
Dilate
Anorexia nervosa
Colostomy
Immune
13. The body is protected by two types or components of defenses. __________ defenses are first-line defenses - since they physically separate the internal body from the external environment.
Carcinogenic
More
Mechanical
Needs
14. A __________ is required in 15% of the cases of colon and rectal cancer.
Mental
Stomach
Diameter
Colostomy
15. This narrowing fosters the development of chronic ______________ of the airways - which is the most damaging aspect of asthma.
Responsible
Blood
Artery
Inflammation
16. After paying a ________ to an insurance company - the policyholder is covered for specific benefits.
Digestion
Herpes
Removed
Premium
17. An obsession is a recurrent - irrational - ________ thought or impulse.
Healthy
Blood vessel
Resistance
Unwanted
18. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that healthy adults exercise at an intensity level of between 60% and __% of their maximum heart rate. This level of intensity is called the target heart rate.
Post traumatic stress
90
Respect
Self-concept
19. The sixth dimension of health is the occupational dimension - which reflects the fact that __________ satisfaction is directly related to many aspects of a person's health.
Employment
Judgmental
Contraception
Blood
20. Recent studies indicate that __________ media such as ATM machines - video games - voice mail - faxes and email may be causing shyness rates in the US to rise.
Stalking
Intrinsic
Electronic
Girth
21. _________ is most frequently found in the skin - nose - mouth - throat - stomach - intestinal tract - glands - nerves - breasts - urinary and genital structures - lungs - kidneys - and liver.
Diet
Plaque
Distress
Carcinoma
22. Babies who are not held and comforted are likely to have difficulty _________ others.
Mild
Urinating
Trusting
Parenting
23. ___ is a temporary immunity achieved by providing antibodies to a person exposed to a particular pathogen.
Time
PAI
Perceptions
Good
24. Fear can make a person break into a _____ - it can cause their hands and feet to go cold - and it can speed up their heart beat.
Sweat
Stronger
Resistance
Child abuse
25. _____ is a strong feeling of displeasure that can range from annoyance to complete fury.
Mentally
Anger
1.5
Similars
26. The Psychoanalytic Approach - developed by ______ _______ - focuses on a person's development during childhood and how this relates to their subconscious motivations.
Sigmund Freud
Parents
Abortion
40
27. __________ tobacco smoke can increase the risk of acute asthma attacks that require hospital emergency care.
Secondhand
Pneumonia
Nerves
Fourth
28. Abortion should never be considered a first-line - preferred form of _________ control.
Droplet
Fertility
Breathing
Unwanted
29. The _____ developmental task of the elderly is to establish a sense of integrity - or a sense of wholeness - concerning the journey that may be nearly complete.
Third
Coagulating
Rehabilitation
Stomach
30. Coping skills - flexibility - or the knack of saying the right thing at the right time may not serve a person as well as does the ability to use _____________ or understand a new idea.
Information
Self-concept
Stomach
Bias
31. The least common form of asthma is _________ asthma.
Septum
Control
Intrinsic
Depression
32. Inhalants are a class of drugs that includes a variety of volatile compounds that generally produce unpredictable - _________ effects in users.
Eighteenth
Third
Drunklike
Heart rate
33. The _____________ nervous system has an arousal effect; it's associated with the 'fight or flight' response - and stimulation of sympathetic nerves result in effects such as increased heart beat or blood pressure.
Immunizations
BMI
Runners
Sympathetic
34. Alcohol is _______ from the bloodstream principally through the process of oxidation.
Heart rate
Amniotic fluid
Removed
Maintain
35. The first tube that the sperm cells enter is the ___ _______ - which connects the testes to the prostate gland.
Vas deferens
STDs
Bargaining
Indulgence
36. PCBs are a group of ____________ causing a great deal of concern because of their presence in the water supply.
Immunity
HMOs
Primary
Hydrocarbons
37. ________ radiation is a form of radiation capable of releasing electrons from atoms.
Ionizing
Self-esteem
Natural
Chinese
38. Denial is the refusal to recognize _______.
Reality
Forced
3 - 5
Emotions
39. For pathogenic agents to cause diseases and illnesses in others - it is necessary that they leave their reservoirs. The _____ link in the chain of infection is the portal of exit - or the point at which agents leave their reservoirs.
Third
Indian
75
Nervous
40. During early childhood - children learn that boys and girls are _________. This process is called gender identification.
Netherlands
Different
Immune
Four
41. Working under the supervision of physicians - nurse practitioners perform many of the diagnostic and __________ procedures performed by physicians.
Treatment
Love
Blending
Cirrhosis
42. The three stages of General Adaptation Syndrome are ______ - resistance - and exhaustion.
Trusting
Alarm
Silent
Sober
43. Medically - narcotics are used to relieve _____ and induce sleep.
Sleep
Pain
Ovary
Ninth
44. Men ______ the most suicides.
Commit
300
Different
Transferred
45. The idea behind this theory is that people's bodies age because the body 'wears out' as damage accumulates from __________ - toxins - and many other sources.
Exhaustion
Stimulants
Indirect
Radiation
46. About 80% of men with chlamydia show signs and symptoms - including painful urination and a whitish pus discharge from the penis. Most _______ report no overt signs or symptoms.
Women
Unwanted
Flexibility
Headaches
47. The ideas - ___________ and feelings one has about oneself is called self-concept.
Perceptions
Lower
Dehydration
Vascular
48. __________ agents in the form of bacteria - viruses - and protozoa enter the water supply through human and animal wastes.
Ethics of sexuality. :
Stressors
Pathogenic
Third
49. ___ is the most familiar of a class of chronic conditions known as autoimmune disorders
SLE
Absorption
Basal metabolic
Negative
50. Whether through an individually designed program or through the aid of a skilled professional - the elderly can bring back some function to a previously high level. For example - the regular use of ______ _________ can improve an older person's abili
20
Eyes
Light weights
Strength
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