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health final
health 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| health | the combo of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being |
| Health literacy | a persons capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and to use these resources to promote his or her health and wellness |
| health triangle | made up of three elements - mental/emotional, social, and physical |
| risk behaviors | actions that can potentially threaten your health or others |
| wellness | an overall state of well being or total health |
| character | distinctive qualities that describes how a person thinks feels, and behaves |
| decision | making skills-steps that enable you to make a healthful decision |
| goals | something you aim for that take planning and work |
| inactive | make no choices |
| reactive | allow others to make choices |
| proactive | reasonable decision |
| values | good feeling and ideas , beliefs , and attitudes about what is important and guide the way you live |
| emotions | signals that tell your mind and body how to react |
| maslow's hierarchy | helps us understand our needs, meeting these needs in healthy ways strengthens our mental/emotional health |
| self actualization | being the best you can |
| adrenaline | hormone released during the alarm stage |
| alarm stage | body is prepared for quick action (fight or flight) |
| anger cues | signals that anger level is rising. cues sometimes include physical sensations, thought, feelings, and behaviors |
| anxiety | FEELING UNEASY OR WORRIED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN |
| depression | prolonged feeling of sadness, helplessness,and hopelessness |
| fatigue stage | body stays in alarm/resistance stage for long periods of time |
| pyschosomatic response | physical symptoms brought on by stress |
| relaxation response | breathing, stretching, warm bath, massage (state of calm) |
| resiliency | bouncing back from difficult times successfully |
| resistance stage | body attempts to regain internal balance |
| stress | the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands |
| stressor | what causes the stress |
| alienation | the stage or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity in which one should belong or should be involved in |
| anxiety disorder | real or imagined fears are difficult to control |
| cluster suicides | series of suicides |
| mental disorders | illness of the mind |
| mourning | act of showing sorrow or grief |
| parasuicide | cry for help |
| phobia | a strong, irrational fear of something specific, such as heights or social situation |
| Post traumatic stress | a condition that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event |
| schizophrenia | LOSE CONTACT WITHH REALITY (1%) CAN'T TELL WHAT IS REAL OR IMAGINARY |
| suicide | intential taking of ones life |
| suppression | the action or forgetting something like an action or event |
| repression | the act of subduing someone or something by force |
| active listening | pay close attention to what someone is saying and communicating |
| communication | ways of sending and receiving messages |
| compromise | an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions |
| conflict | any disagreement, struggle, or fight |
| discrimination | treating groups of people differently |
| diversity | a variety of something such as race, gender, sexual orientation, activities, looks, etc |
| negotiate | use of communication to settle disagreements |
| passive | unable to express thoughts |
| aggressive | try to get way through intimidation |
| assertive | express views clearly |
| prejudice | unfair opinion or judgement of a particular group |
| sexual orientation | recognition of a gender preference with regard to sexual attraction |
| abstinence | refusing to participate in any kind of sexual activity |
| manipulation | indirect or dishonest way to control and influence others |
| peer pressure | influence people of your own age or status have on you |
| cervix | opening from uterus to vagina |
| cowpers gland | secrets fluid to cleanse the urethra |
| ejaculation | a series of muscular contractions occurring at the height of sexual arousal |
| epididymis | sperm mature and are stored |
| estrogen | female sex hormone and determines girl features |
| fallopian tubes | pair of tubes (fingerlike) projections that draw in the ovum |
| hernia | intestine pushes through the abdominal wall/ scrotum |
| menstrual cycle | consists of 28 days days 1-8 menstrual flow days 9-13 egg is maturing and lining thickens days 14- ovulation- mature egg is released days 15-28 egg uses fallopian tubes to get to uterus, fertilization may occur |
| ovaries | female sex glands |
| pms | caused my hormonal changes |
| scrotum | external skin sac |
| seminal vesicle | first stop, adds nourishing fluid |
| testes | 2 small glands, sperm producing testosterone |
| testosterone | male sex hormone and gives boys male features |
| TSS | bacterial infection, fever, sunburn like rash, caused by a low absorbency tampon |
| urethra | exit for semen and urine |
| uterus | egg implants in the uterine lining and the fetus grows |
| vas deferens | tubes that extend from each epididymis to the urethra |
| embryo | conception until end of 2 months |
| fetus | 3 months until birth |
| heredity | passing of characteristics from parents ( happens at conception) |
| XX | girl |
| XY | boy |
| zygote | single cell formed from union of sperms and egg |
| emphysema | tiny air sac in the lungs lose their ability to work |
| tobacco | an addictive drug |
| nicotine | addictive chemical in tobacco |
| BAL | blood alcohol level- percentage of alcohol in a persons bloodstream |
| alcohol | drug found in drinks that slow down the brain and central nervous system |
| depressant | drug that slows the central nervous system |
| marijuana | makes you high, effects- increase heart rates, paranoia, short term memory |
| stimulant | drug that speeds up the body |
| chlamydia | number one STD in America, bacteria female- burning in vagina male- pain urination |
| genital herpes | HSV- herpes simplex virus 1-mouth 2-genital PAIN |
| gonorrhea | bacteria that attacks mucus membranes male- burning in testicle female-burning during urination |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus- virus destroys bodys t cells |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| HIV tests | eia first test given screens for HIV antibodies in blood |
| Pubic lice | crab lice invade pubic hair |
| STI | infectious disease that spread from person to person through sexual contact |
| Syphilis | bacteria- rash- destroys organs, blindness, sometimes death |
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