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DSST Health

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________ of training refers to the number of times per week a person should exercise.






2. ________ is the process of adopting the admired behavior patterns of another person.






3. When users take a psychoactive drug - the patterns of ________ system function are altered.






4. Sigmund Freud's theories about the importance of the subconscious in ___________ development are the basis for the psychoanalytic approach to personality.






5. 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.






6. There are four cardiovascular risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle choices. Smoking is the major risk factor associated with sudden _______ death.






7. 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.






8. Insulin is a hormone which is required by the body for the effective metabolism of glucose (blood sugar). It's release from the ________ corresponds to the changing levels of glucose within the blood.






9. This type of diet provides the body with the essential _____________ and limits the high intake of fats seen in more conventional diets.






10. The testes are originally formed inside the body near the abdomen. However - just before birth - they descend into a pouch of loose skin called the _______.






11. Acid rain is rain that has a _____ pH than that normally associated with rain.






12. A lack of exercise is a significant ____ _______ for heart disease.






13. Lower - or more basic needs - must be met before higher needs can be __________.






14. By the end of young adulthood - most people are ready to accomplish the ______ developmental task of establishing independence.






15. ___ are health care delivery plans under which health care providers agree to meet the covered medical needs of subscribers for a prepaid amount of money.






16. When the organ experiencing the lack of oxygen is the brain - it's called _________ Anoxia.






17. An irrational - repetitive - forced ______ - usually associated with an obsession is called a compulsion.






18. The sixth link in the chain of infection is the ____ ____.






19. The durable power of attorney for health care is a legal document that designates who will make ________ decisions for an individual if they become incapacitated.






20. Although not MDs or Dos - doctors of podiatric medicine (____) treat a variety of conditions related to the feet - including corns - bunions - warts - bone spurs - hammertoes - fractures - diabetes-related conditions - athletic conditions - and struc






21. Chronic __________ is the persistent inflammation and infection of the smaller airways within the lung.






22. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.






23. The theory on which homeopathy is based - the Law of _________ - is that if large doses of a substance can cause a problem - tiny doses can trigger healing of that same problem.






24. The right and left sides of the heart are divided by a partition called the ______.






25. _______ disorder is a mood disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.






26. Scientists who study the effects of stress on health often refer to two primary personality types as type A and ______.






27. Alzheimer's disease is characterized by nerve cell degeneration and reduced levels of certain ___________________ (the chemicals that carry messages to and from the brain).






28. ________ is frequently a significant contributing factor in these rape situations.






29. About 75% of all car accidents occur within 25 miles of home and at speeds below ___ MPH.






30. Examinations done on the first people with CFS revealed antibodies to the Epstein-_____ virus.






31. _____________ is a viral infection characterized by weakness - fatigue - swollen glands - sore throat - and low-grade fever.






32. Nearly 60% of all motor vehicle crashes are caused by ________.






33. ___________ is the abnormal depletion of fluids from the body.






34. When arteries to the brain constrict as a result of stress - the supply of blood to parts of the brain may decrease and cause temporary vision problems or other symptoms. Then the arteries _______ (expand) again and pressure on the nerve endings in t






35. A number of physiological and structural characteristics help people accomplish their developmental tasks including their level of susceptibility to disease - body weight - visual ability - strength - ______________ - level of endurance - and powers






36. During congestive heart failure - the heart continues to work - but it cannot function well enough to maintain appropriate circulation. Venous blood flow starts to 'back up.' _________ occurs - especially in the legs and ankles.






37. Sexuality experts prefer to view intimate behavior as sharing deep feelings and experiences with a partner or sharing profound physical __________ with a partner.






38. This narrowing fosters the development of chronic ______________ of the airways - which is the most damaging aspect of asthma.






39. If stress lasts too long - a person may move into the third stage of General Adaptation Syndrome - known as the __________ stage.






40. Sperm cell development starts at about age 11 in boys and is influenced by the release of the hormone ____ from the pituitary gland.






41. According to General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - _________ stress - such as losing your job or being in a car accident is called distress.






42. The bones of people with osteoporosis tend to ______ easily - and vertebrae of the spine can collapse.






43. ______ 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.






44. Men ______ the most suicides.






45. Freud considered repression to be the _____ ___________ of the defense mechanisms.






46. Partner abuse refers to violence committed against a ________ partner.






47. Dying patients can feel as if they have been ________.






48. The least common form of asthma is _________ asthma.






49. Medically - narcotics are used to relieve _____ and induce sleep.






50. The uterus - or _____ - is the muscular organ in which a fetus develops.