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1. Noncancerous - or benign tumors do not ______.
22.5
Cooler
Spread
Life
2. This narrowing fosters the development of chronic ______________ of the airways - which is the most damaging aspect of asthma.
Opiates
Chinese
Circulatory
Inflammation
3. Nearly 60% of all motor vehicle crashes are caused by ________.
Ionizing
Anger
22.5
Speeding
4. HPV is the most common _________-transmitted infection in the United States
Drug
Parents
Sexually
T
5. Public health departments protect water supplies against __________ contamination by testing water for the presence of fecal coliform bacteria.
3
Chlamydia
Time
Biological
6. The second component of the body's protective defenses is the cellular system - or more commonly - the ______ system.
Immune
Five
Precancerous
Melanin
7. Each year Americans dispose of paper - newspaper - cardboard - clothing - yard waste - wood pallets - food waste - cafeteria waste - glass - metal - disposable tableware - and an endless variety of other types of MSW (municipal _______ ______).
Testes
Solid waste
Kidney
Recovery
8. Users of inhalants may also have some delusions and hallucinations. Some users may become quite ___________.
Aggressive
Smoke
Drug
Same
9. Saturated fats are fats that are _________ for the body to use.
Absorption
Anger
Difficult
Eighteenth
10. One of these medical directives is the ________ _____ - which confirms a dying person's desire to be allowed to die peacefully and with a measure of dignity if a time should arise when there is little hope for recovery from a terminal illness or seve
140
Living will
Vascular
Integrity
11. Most doctors still recommend that people restrict their dietary intake of cholesterol to ____ mg or less per day.
Healthy
Mononucleosis
300
Action
12. __________ agents in the form of bacteria - viruses - and protozoa enter the water supply through human and animal wastes.
Runners
Resistance
Barr
Pathogenic
13. Menarche is usually preceded by a growth spurt that includes the budding of ________ and the growth of pubic and underarm hair.
Depressant
Distress
Breasts
Saliva
14. The primary depressant effect of alcohol is seen in the brain and ________ _____.
Manipulation
Counseling
Spinal cord
Skin
15. Although people have attempted to sober up by drinking hot coffee - taking cold showers - or exercising - the oxidation rate of alcohol is unaffected. Passage of time remains the _____ effective remedy for diminishing alcohol's effects.
Malignant
Suicide
Only
Amino acids
16. 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.
Salivary
Employment
Controlling
Miscopy
17. Type B (HBV) is spread in various ways including sexual contact - intravenous drug use - tattooing - and though medical and dental practice. Chronic HBV infection has been associated with liver __________ and liver cancer.
Breast
75
Bones
Cirrhosis
18. The letters to help remember the symptoms are A for asymmetry - B for border irregularity - C is for color change - and D for _________ and E for elevation.
40
Binge drinking
Not available
Diameter
19. Older people adapt slowly to changes in temperature. Their cells respond more slowly to _______ - so healing takes longer than it once did.
Injury
Atherosclerosis
150 -000
Hair
20. This self-induced starvation is life-threatening in 5% to ___% of cases.
Immune
Plants
20
Negative
21. Dr. Hans _____ coined the word distress for harmful - unpleasant stress.
Energy
40
Four
Selye
22. In most infectious conditions - the portals of entry prove to be within the same systems as the portals of _____ were for the infected people.
Midlife
Exit
Lipoproteins
Deductible
23. Burning tobacco forms carbon monoxide gas - which is one of the most harmful components of tobacco _____.
Pancreatic
Smoke
Radiation
Suicide
24. BAC is the percentage of alcohol in a measured quantity of blood and can be determined directly through the analysis of a blood sample or indirectly through the analysis of exhaled ___.
Preference
Withhold
Air
10
25. Consumption of hallucinogens does not seem to produce physical dependence and only _____ levels of psychological dependence.
Mild
Drunklike
Hormones
Plants
26. Carbon monoxide is a colorless - odorless - tasteless gas that possesses a very strong physiological attraction for ___________ - the oxygen-carrying component of each red blood cell.
OTC
Hemoglobin
Nutritional
Rubella
27. Using a coping mechanism such as humor or _______ may help you to control certain symptoms of stress.
Nervous
Denial
Highest
More
28. Through experiences in achieving an adult identity - young people will eventually be capable of answering the central question of ______ ___________: 'Who am I?'
Young adulthood
Cerebrovascular
Mentally
Ground burial
29. __________ cancer is one of the most lethal forms of cancer - with a survival rate of only 4% at 5 years after diagnosis
Alcoholism
Embryo
Crypts
Pancreatic
30. As soon as a person feels fear - their adrenal glands release ___________ and the heart rate and breathing rate speed up.
Third
Clitoris
Adrenaline
Fat
31. By _______ ________ - the aging process has changed a person's physical appearance.
Primary
Type 1
Older adulthood
Self-concept
32. Passionate love - also described as romantic love or infatuation - is a state of extreme __________ in another.
Violent
Absorption
Unknown
Protective
33. Synonymous with __________ - celibacy can be defined as the self-imposed avoidance of sexual intimacy.
40
Domestic
Abstinence
Cervix
34. Nitrous oxides and materials containing chlorofluorocarbons (_____) can destroy this protective ozone layer within the stratosphere.
Genital warts
Obesity
CFC
Sweat
35. ________ ________ is a disorder of emotional origin in which appetite and hunger are suppressed and marked weight loss occurs.
Mind
Atherosclerosis
ANS
Anorexia nervosa
36. Smoking cessation therapies are available in a variety of forms - including nicotine ___ - trans dermal patches - nicotine inhalation devices - and oral medications that affect neurotransmitters.
Satisfied
Harm
Gum
Alcohol
37. Diseases associated with _________ tobacco include oral cancer - periodontal disease and cancer of the digestive and urinary systems.
Early
Emphysema
Fat
Smokeless
38. The Psychoanalytic Approach - developed by ______ _______ - focuses on a person's development during childhood and how this relates to their subconscious motivations.
Coordination
Drug Induced
Sigmund Freud
Highest
39. A process of self-adjustment has been observed in people who have a terminal illness. The stages in this process have helped form the basis for the modern movement of death education. Perhaps the most widely recognized name in the area is ___________
Isotonic
Kubler-Ross
Feelings
Pumping
40. Some research suggests that as much as 50 to ___% of a person's risk of becoming an alcoholic are determined by genetic factors.
Military
Thought
60
Suicide
41. Anaerobic energy production is the body's means of energy production when the necessary amount of oxygen is _____________.
Final
Grows
Headaches
Not available
42. The __________ effect is the warming of the Earth's surface that is produced when solar heat becomes trapped by layers of carbon dioxide and other gases.
Four
Greenhouse
Smoking
Stronger
43. Sexuality experts prefer to view intimate behavior as sharing deep feelings and experiences with a partner or sharing profound physical __________ with a partner.
Cholesterol
Pleasures
Diameter
Testes
44. The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is now referred to as Medicare ______.
Blood
Chronic
Extremities
Part D
45. The process of how a disease spreads is broken down into a 'chain of infection' consisting of six links. The _____ link in the chain of infection is the disease-causing agent.
Dying
First
Third
Winter
46. Pulmonary _________ is an irreversible disease process in which the alveoli are destroyed.
Unwanted
Rice
Defense
Emphysema
47. The death rate from ________ cancer has dropped greatly since 1950 - largely because of the use of the Pap test.
Protective
Hair
Four
Uterine
48. A __________ is required in 15% of the cases of colon and rectal cancer.
SLE
Highest
Blending
Colostomy
49. As a result - patients feel _____ quickly after eating a small meal.
Isotonic
Erectile dysfunction
Denial
Full
50. A related term is _________ - which refers to widespread (worldwide) epidemics which affect a large segment of the population.
Girth
Orgasm
Pandemic
Spinal cord
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