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Health Unit 4 Vocab~
Unit 4 Health Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | the drug in wine, beer, and liquor that causes intoxication |
| Intoxication | the physical and mental chances produced by drinking alcohol |
| Blood and Alcohol Concentration (BAC) | the amount of alcohol in a persons’s blood, expressed as a percentage |
| Binge Drinking | the act of drinking five or more drinks in one sitting |
| Cirrhosis | a deadly disease that replaces healthy liver tissue with scar tissue; most often caused by long-term alcohol abuse. |
| Alcohol poisoning | eight or more drinks in an hour. This causes the areas of the rain that control breathing and heart rate to become dangerously depressed. |
| Anemia | decreased in red blood cells or hemoglobin. |
| Hepatitis | Inflammation of the liver |
| Dementia | decreased in brain function that includes personality changes and memory loss |
| Alcohol Abuse | drinking too much alcohol, drinking it too often, or drinking it at inappropriate times. |
| Alcoholism | a disease that causes a person to lose control of his/her drinking behavior. A physical and emotional addiction to alcohol |
| Enabling | helping an addict avoid the negative consequences of his/her behavior |
| Codependency | a condition in which a family member or friend sacrifices his/her own needs to meet the needs of an addict |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) | set of physical and mental defects that affect a fetus that has been exposed to alcohol because of the mother’s consumption of alcohol during pregnancy |
| Designated Driver | person who chooses not to drink alcohol in a social setting so that he/she can safely drive him/herself and others |
| Nicotine | highly addictive drug that is found in all tobacco products |
| Carcinogen | any chemical or agent that causes cancer |
| Tar | sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke that coats the inside of the airways and that contains many carcinogens |
| Carbon Monoxide | a gas that blocks oxygen from getting into the bloodstream |
| Emphysema | respiratory disease in which air cannot move in and out of alveoli because they break down and lose their elasticity |
| Side stream smoke | smoke that escapes from the tip of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe |
| Mainstream smoke | smoke that is inhaled through a cigarette and then exhaled by a cigarette smoker |
| Environmental tobacco smoke (second hand smoke) | a combination of exhaled mainstream smoke and side stream smoke |
| Alveoli | tiny air sacks in the lungs |
| Cilia | mucus constantly removed from the lungs by tiny hairs |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD | disorder that is a combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Causes chronic coughing, difficulty breathing, frequent infections, and eventually death due to respiratory failure. |
| Nicotine Replacement Therapy | form of medicine that delivers small amounts of nicotine to the body to help a person quit using tobacco. |
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