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Health Final
Question | Answer |
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Fat soluble | dissolve in fat and can be stored by the body. |
Water soluble | dissolve in water and cannot be stored by the body. |
Anorexia | rapid, constant weight loss through starvation and/or excessive exercise. |
Bulimia | overeating and then purging (ridding the body of food) by vomiting or laxatives. |
Calories | unit of heat energy. Adults: 2,000-2,500/day, girls: 2,500/day, and boys: 3,000/day. |
6 basic nutrients | Carbs, Fat, Protein, Vitamins, Minerals, Water. |
Mental Health | The ability to express emotions and deal with the demands of daily life. |
Where do values and morals come from? | Family, friends, media, religion, school/teachers. |
Personality | How you think, feel, and behave through life. (Can change throughout life) |
Warning Signs for Suicidal Intentions | Suicidal attempts, talking about suicide, giving away possessions, isolation, severe depression. |
Peer groups | People within the same age relate to others on their problems. |
Organic disorders | Mental illnesses with known, physical causes. |
Dementia | Severe and irreversible loss of mental ability/brain degeneration. |
Functional Disorders | Mental disorders caused by environmental rather than physical reasons (not due to simple structural abnormalities in their brain). |
Anxiety Disorders | Fear that lasts a long time and interferes with pleasure and daily life. |
Somatoform Disorder | There are no physical symptoms with no physical cause (making themselves sick). |
Personality Disorder | Difficulty interacting with others. |
Anti-Social | No respect for the rights of others, feel bitter and cheated, feel they deserve whatever they can get. |
Dissociative Disorder | Dissociation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspects of waking consciousness. |
Schizophrenia | Severe mental disorder that develops between the ages of 15-25. |
Stimulants | Speeds up all body processes. |
Depressants | Slows down all body processes. |
Hallucinogens | Distort users perception of truth, touch, hearing, and sight. |
Narcotics | Painkillers, derived from opium. |
Steroids | Muscle rebuilds (anabolic steroids). |
Designer Drugs | Stimulant/hallucinogens. |
DWI | Drinking While Intoxicated, BAC: .08+ |
How alcohol oxidizes | The liver can process one drink per hour or 1.5oz of hard liquor. |
ABC’s of alcohol poisoning | A: Airway, B: Breathing, C: Consciousness, ‘s: Skin Tone. |
Proof of alcohol | Double the % of alcohol. Ex. 45% alcohol=90 proof. |
Types of pathogens | Bacteria, Virus, Fungus, and Parasites. |
Benign | harmless, encapsulated in a ball, can’t cause cancer grows slowly. |
Malignant | Harmful, grows quickly and moves throughout the body, can cause cancer. |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus. |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
Where does virus survive in? | Semen, Vaginal secretions, Blood, Breast Milk. |
How can it be passed? | Unprotected Sex, Mother to Child, Needles, Blood to Blood. |
Protection/Prevention? | ABTINANCE!! |
Incubation | The period of time between exposure to a disease and the onset symptoms. |
Family | Basic unit of society. |
Different types of families | Nuclear, Single-parent, Extended, Blended, Couple. |
Three C’s of healthy relationship | communication, cooperation, compromise. |
Chromosomes | Male: XY, Female: XX. The male’s chromosomes determine the sex of the baby. |
Menopause | the time in a woman’s life when her ovaries reduce the production of estrogen and menstruation stops. (45-55 yrs old). |