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1. Saturated fats - including those found in animal sources and in vegetable oils to which _________ has been added - becoming trans-fatty acids - need to be carefully limited in a modern healthy diet.
Rapid
Hydrogen
Urethra
Medicare
2. The process whereby gender __________ is transmitted to the child is usually more obvious than the practices observed during the gender identity period.
Defense
Preference
Circulatory
Sperm
3. In compulsion - ___________ is seen as rewarding oneself for aligning with a particular group or behavior pattern.
Marrow
Indulgence
Radical
Headaches
4. In human reproduction - the fertilized egg is implanted in the ______ and grows into a fetus.
Sexual response
Concentric
Uterus
Ground burial
5. Empowerment involves individuals or groups taking responsibility for their own _______ and well being.
Intoxicated
Health
Control
Sexually
6. A ________ caloric balance is when caloric intake is greater than caloric expenditure.
Stressors
Engineering
Positive
Intensity
7. For the vast majority of women in their late forties through their mid-fifties - a gradual decline in reproductive system function - called _________ - occurs.
Unity
Menopause
Physical
Hypercellular
8. Also known as the '____ cholesterol' - HDL transports cholesterol from the bloodstream to the liver - where it is eventually removed from the body.
Dyspareunia
DPM
Good
Connective
9. The sense of taste diminishes - causing some people to neglect __________.
Brain
Chlamydia
Nutrition
Stressors
10. ______ 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.
Indirect
75
Development
Vulnerability
11. Vitamins can be classified as water-soluble or _____________.
Septum
Fat-soluble
Force
Depressants
12. For proper _____ conduction to occur within portions of the brain and spinal cord - an insulating sheath of myelin must surround neurons. In the progressive disease multiple sclerosis - the cells that produce myelin are destroyed and myelin productio
Fats
Pollutant
Fetus
Nerve
13. When an illness is chronic - the effect of being ill may extend over long periods of time - perhaps even an entire ____.
Caffeine
Life
Alcohol
Nerve
14. ______________ is an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature when averaged across seasons and geographical regions.
Asprin
Different
Exit
Global warming
15. __________ is the use of minute doses of herbs or minerals to stimulate healing.
Fat
Crowd
Unwanted
Homeopathy
16. The current emphasis is on the successful prevention and treatment of STDs rather than on the...
Ethics of sexuality. :
Bisexuals
Anger
Recovery
17. In the fourth stage - or the decline stage - the first signs of ________ occur.
Homicide
Recovery
Blood
Perceptions
18. _____________ refers to an attraction between same-gender partners.
Immunity
Animal
Homosexuality
Family
19. The American Cancer Society recommends women begin routine __________ at age 40.
Same
Caffeine
Mammograms
Heavy
20. 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
Parasympathetic
Cancer
Depressants
New host
21. Homicide is the leading cause of death for _____ African-Americans ages 15 to 44.
Deaths
Indirect
Male
Unwanted
22. A chronic problem that affects women more than men is osteoporosis - a condition in which _____ become weak and brittle.
Types
Prodromal
Secretory
Bones
23. After paying a ________ to an insurance company - the policyholder is covered for specific benefits.
Premium
OTC
Exercise
Obesity
24. A person's growth and development can be associated with some _______________ - which may lead to feelings of rejection and failure that could reduce a person's overall productivity and satisfaction.
Vulnerability
Procedures
Post traumatic stress
Behavior
25. the combined use of ________ and tranquilizers produces a synergistic effect greater than the total effect of each of the two drugs taken separately. In this instance - a much-amplified - perhaps fatal sedation will occur.
Coagulating
Alcohol
Carcinogenic
Marijuana
26. After ovulation - the _________ phase of the menstrual cycle starts when the remnants of the graafian follicle restructure themselves into a corpus luteum.
Secretory
Perceptions
Fat-free
Drug
27. The average-sized adult has approximately 6 quarts of blood in his or her ___________ system.
Learned
Circulatory
Acute
Clot
28. Other age related changes affecting nutrition include physical changes to the teeth - _________ glands - taste buds and changes to the gastrointestinal tract.
Stalking
Clot
Salivary
Deaths
29. Humans react to stress with the fight or flight response. The heart and breathing rates speed up - sweating increases - the muscles become tense and __________ stops.
Saliva
Clitoris
Digestion
Fertility
30. Accepting the physical decline of aging is the first developmental task that must be confronted by elderly people. Physically - emotionally - socially - and occupationally - elderly people must accept at least some decline. For areas of decline in wh
Distress
Energy
Rehabilitation
Cirrhosis
31. A numerical expression of body weight based on height and weight is referred to as the ___.
Estrogen
Speeding
BMI
Gum
32. 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.
Wellness
Third
ANS
THC
33. Isometric exercises are muscular strength exercises in which the resistance is so great that the object cannot be _____.
Moved
Uterus
Medicare
Progressive
34. The word neonate is usually used to refer to a baby that is less than _____ weeks old.
Four
2006
Relapse
Breasts
35. High levels of LDL (_____________ lipoprotein) are a significant cause of atherosclerosis.
Recovery
Fetus
Sigmund Freud
Low-density
36. For example - in a bicep curl - as you curl up the dumbbell - your bicep is shortening--this is the ___________ contraction.
Concentric
Rectum
Marriage
Cup
37. During the __________ stage - patients fully realize that they are going to die.
Exhaustion
Portal of entry
Women
Acceptance
38. ____________ reflects the process of contributing to the collective good.
Eustress
Acupuncture
Generativity
Cardiac
39. Left untreated - the victim can die--usually as a result of ________________ failure.
Cardiovascular
Allergens
BMI
Heredity
40. Fiber refers to nondigestible carbohydrates provided by ______.
90
Vulnerability
Family
Plants
41. 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.
Mechanical
Intensity
Ammonia
Electronic
42. Like the particulate phase - the gaseous phase of tobacco smoke is composed of a variety of physiologically active compounds - including carbon monoxide - carbon dioxide - _______ - hydrogen cyanide - isoprene - acetaldehyde - and acetone.
Third
Ammonia
STDs
Exercise
43. Three cardiovascular risk factors that can't be changed are increasing age - _____ gender - and heredity.
Nasal
Spiritual
Highest
Male
44. The physiologically active - dependence-producing drug found in tobacco is known as ________.
Nicotine
Vein
Mutation
Breathing
45. 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.
Homosexuality
Paraphilia
90
Sexual response
46. 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.
Satisfied
Intrinsic
Different
Information
47. Men commit suicide _____ times more often than women do and 72% of all suicides are committed by white men.
Respiratory
Four
Time
Infarction
48. Abused drugs work by acting on the central nervous system - which includes the _____ and the spinal cord.
Brain
Feelings
Cancerous
Pectoris
49. A _______________ occlusion is a blockage of arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex of the brain.
90
Interaction
Cerebrovascular
Activated
50. Hepatitis is an inflammatory process in the _____ and can be caused by several viruses.
Parenting
Kubler-Ross
Orgasm
Liver
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