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1. Inhalants are a class of drugs that includes a variety of volatile compounds that generally produce unpredictable - _________ effects in users.
Asprin
Amino acids
Enabling
Drunklike
2. The _______ stage is the second stage in the sexual response pattern of males and females.
Negative
Synergistic
Recovery
Plateau
3. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)are produced by fossil fuel combustion in vehicles and home furnaces and from second hand ________ _______.
Genetic
Tobacco smoke
Elastic
Moved
4. At the capillary level - exchanges of oxygen - food - and waste occur between cells and the blood. Blood pressure is highest in _________ and lowest in veins.
Arteries
Stressor
Scrotum
Blood
5. The Epstein-Barr virus is believed to cause _______ ________ syndrome (CFS) - mononucleosis - and multiple sclerosis (MS).
Majority
Basal metabolic
Tobacco smoke
Chronic fatigue
6. According to the FBI - there are ______ hate crime incidents in the United States per year.
Cirrhosis
Low-density
7 -500
Fat
7. Power plants that use water from lakes and rivers to cool their stream turbines cause _______ pollution.
Thermal
Hereditary
Women
Vascular
8. ______ transmission occurs between infected and uninfected people when infectious agents travel by means of nonhuman materials such as water - food items - soil - towels - clothing - and eating utensils.
Spiritual
Financial
Indirect
Septum
9. Usually - _______ is felt when the patient becomes stressed or exercises too strenuously.
40
Same
Angina
Nicotine
10. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of all of the ____ in the body that are not in the brain or spinal cord.
Eustress
Nerves
Unwanted
Genital warts
11. The more lean muscle mass you have - the higher your ___________ will be.
Cirrhosis
3
Exhaustion
Metabolism
12. Men commit suicide _____ times more often than women do and 72% of all suicides are committed by white men.
Bronchitis
Four
Pain
Glucose
13. The word neonate is usually used to refer to a baby that is less than _____ weeks old.
Four
Defense
Salivary
Deaths
14. Amniocentesis is also referred to as an _________ _______ test because it involves using a needle to extract some of the fluid from the amniotic sac.
Homosexuality
Self-esteem
Amniotic fluid
Joints
15. People who are codependent often find themselves denying the addiction and _________ the alcohol dependent person.
Arteries
Dilate
Radiation
Enabling
16. People with chronic illness must eventually find a balance between day-to-day function and the continuous presence of their condition. _______ is usually an illness that is chronic in nature
Sperm
Cancer
Aggressive
Bisexuals
17. 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.
Obesity
Domestic
Only
Counseling
18. Chronic __________ is the persistent inflammation and infection of the smaller airways within the lung.
Immune
Fourth
Bronchitis
Postural
19. Created in 1965 by amendments to the Social Security Act - ________ represents a governmental form of health insurance.
Hereditary
Hemoglobin
Medicare
3
20. The health effects of radiation exposure depend on many factors including the duration - ____ - dose of exposure - and individual sensitivity.
Natural
Heart rate
Type
Isotonic
21. In urban areas located in ______ climates - sulfur oxides and particulate matter combine with moisture to form a grayish haze known as smog.
Smoke
Prodromal
Cooler
Obesity
22. The first tube that the sperm cells enter is the ___ _______ - which connects the testes to the prostate gland.
Stress
Smoke
Vas deferens
Ephedrine
23. The word subconscious refers to a part of the brain that is not accessible to ________.
Thought
Rectum
Enabling
Occlusions
24. The alcohol content in distilled beverages such as whiskey - gin - rum - and vodka - is expressed using the term _____.
Emphysema
Biological
300
Proof
25. Since the decay of vegetation requires ________ bacterial action - the biochemical oxygen demand will be high.
Aerobic
B
Minimum
Diabetes
26. There are three stages to General Adaptation Syndrome. The second stage is called __________.
Resistance
Absorption
Absorption
Unintentional
27. Examples of stimulant drugs include _________ - amphetamines - and cocaine.
Hypercellular
Exit
Treatment
Caffeine
28. Although cohabitation may seem to imply a vision of _______ intimacy between male and female roommates - several forms of shared living arrangements can be viewed as cohabitation.
Hemoglobin
Sexual
Feelings
Military
29. A ________ caloric balance is when caloric intake is greater than caloric expenditure.
Low-density
Positive
Older adulthood
20
30. Secondhand tobacco smoke is an indoor air __________ widely recognized as a major health risk - especially for children.
Marrow
Pollutant
Extremities
THC
31. One possible explanation for the conversion of protooncogenes into oncogenes involves the presence of environmental agents known as ___________.
Child abuse
Menarche
Majority
Carcinogens
32. During the third trimester - when the fetus is judged capable of surviving if born - any state may regulate or even prohibit abortion except where abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the _______.
Congestive
Protective
Types
Mother
33. Body ___________ is the makeup of the body in terms of muscle - bone - fat - and other elements.
Blending
Rubella
Negative
Composition
34. In 2006 - the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of ________ - the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer.
Strength
Gardasil
Medicare
Composition
35. Perhaps the single greatest influence on alcohol research has been the finding that part of the _____________ to alcoholism is genetic.
Vulnerability
Suicide
Condom
Preoperational
36. In addition to increasing the risk of developing kidney disease - __________ - and nerve damage - diabetes increases the likelihood of developing heart and blood vessel disease.
Stronger
Progressive
Blindness
Peripheral
37. Three cardiovascular risk factors that can't be changed are increasing age - _____ gender - and heredity.
Depressed
Alcoholism
Male
Sigmund Freud
38. Examples of sexual harassment include unwanted physical contact - excessive pressure for dates - sexually explicit humor - sexual innuendos or remarks - offers of job advancement based on sexual favors - and overt sexual ________.
Undescended
Fermentation
Drug
Assault
39. In terms of infectious diseases that involve human reservoirs - the principal portals of exit are the digestive system - urinary system - respiratory system - ______________ system - and the blood.
Resistance
Stronger
Reproductive
Similars
40. Consumption of hallucinogens does not seem to produce physical dependence and only _____ levels of psychological dependence.
Incubation
Acute
Depression
Mild
41. Being average to slightly below average weight relates positively with ______ levels of premature death.
More
Carcinogenic
Stimulants
Lower
42. A ______________ risk factor is an attribute that a person has or is exposed to that increases the likelihood that he or she will develop some form of heart disease.
Cardiovascular
Ionizing
Vulnerability
75
43. Having established this sense of __________ - the elderly believe that their lives have had meaning and fullness and that they have helped society.
Pathogens
Assault
Integrity
Depressants
44. With about 50 -000 practitioners in the US - chiropractic health care is the ______-largest health profession and is used by 15 to 20 million people.
Third
Inflammation
Digested
Frequency
45. The right and left sides of the heart are divided by a partition called the ______.
60
22.5
Mind
Septum
46. There are four cardiovascular risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle choices. Smoking is the major risk factor associated with sudden _______ death.
Accept
Tobacco smoke
Ground burial
Cardiac
47. The occurrence of more than the expected number of cases of a disease in a particular community or region is called an ________.
Epidemic
Damage
Synergistic
Sexual response
48. Thus when we catch an infectious disease - we fight the infection and in the process become _______ from developing that illness again should reinfection occur.
Eustress
Blood
Immune
Postural
49. Lung cancer is one of the most lethal forms of cancer that is frequently _________.
Diagnosed
Pancreatic
Menstrual
Stressors
50. Bodies are disposed of in one of four ways. _____________ is the most common method.
Ground burial
Physician
Stress
Different
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