Question | Answer |
Your body meets the challenges of its stressors by: | reacting with heightened levels of awareness, focus and physical reactivity |
Ongoing or chronic stress may result in: | long-term illness, injury, or hospitalization |
the first step in the greiving process is: | denial |
A prolonged sense of sadness and hopelessness is known as: | depression |
The belief that you are a valuable and unique human being who has something positive to offer the world is called: | self-esteem |
The control of communicable diseases is one objective of the: | CDC |
In regards to health organizations, WHO is: | primary health agency of the UNited Nations |
What is Hospice? | an organization that helps people in their final days of life |
UNICEF: | a worldwide resource concerned with the care of children |
The March of Dimes was first organized in order to help find a cure and treat which disease? | Polio |
An organization that works to prevent birth defects is: | The March of Dimes |
Extended health services and physical therapy are provided by? | clinics |
The Patient's Bill of Rights: | informs patients of their rights when seeking healthcare |
a health insurance that provides all health care needs is called a: | Primary Care Plan |
Federally funded health insurance for people below the poverty level is called: | Medicaid |
Federally funded health insurance for a person over the age of 65 is called: | Medicare |
What food group is a good sources of protein, calcium, and riboflavin? | Dairy |
Which nutrient supplies the ost calories per gram? | Fat/Oil |
Toast with butter and jelly would be classified in which food groups? | Grains, Fruits and Dairy |
The main food source for energy comes from: | carbohydrates |
Substances that are essential for body growth and repair are: | protiens |
A deficiency of calcium can lead to: | osteoporosis |
Physical benefits of exercise include: | stronger bones |
Single-celled organisms: | Protozoan |
Organism that is the cause of ringworm: | fungus |
A biological agent that cannot reproduce on its own is a | virus |
The common cold's pathogen | virus |
TB is a: | respiratory disease |
A disease that is characteristic of a particular local region is called: | endimic |
Athlete's foot is caused by: | Fungus |
Polio is caused by a virus. | True |
What does pathogenic mean? | disease producing |
Flu is caused by: | virus |
Drug used to control diabetes | Insulin |
When a thrombus (clot) blocks a cerebral atery, this may occur: | stroke |
The spread of cancer: | metastasis |
A blood clot that occurs in the coronary arteries is a | heart attack |
Carcinogen is: | a substance that causes cancer |
Abdominal thrusts (aka the Heimlich maneuver) are a method of aiding a: | choking victim |
If vomiting occurs during the resuscitation effort, the best procedure is to: | turn the victim to the side, sweep out the mouth, and resume CPR |
CPR is a combination of: | chest compression and rescue breaths |
If you are alone with an infant who has stopped breathing, you should: | begin CPR for 2 minutes and then call 911. |
Testes are located in the: | scrotum |
These control the body's sexual functions: | hormones |
The ovum might also be called the: | egg |
The vas deferns carry urine and sperm out of the male body. | False |
The opening to the uterus is called the cervix | True |
The uterus is also known as the: | womb |
Circumcision operations are done for reasons of: | religion and cleanliness |
The organ of reproduction for the male is the | penis |
Estrogen is the female hormone responsible for producing secondary sex characteristics | True |
The shedding of the lining of the uterus every month is knonw as menstruation | True |
Spermicide should be used with diaphragms and cervical caps | True |
The possible problem with the pill's effectiveness includes: | not taking it at the same time of day each day. |
Using a diaphragm can protect a person from STDs | False |
You must cahnge the IUD (Intrauterine Device) daily | False |
Tubal ligation is: | irreversible |
Both ends of the vas deferens are seald closed in a: | vasectomy |
An injectino given every 12 weeks | Depo-Provera |
The symptoms for _____ may not appear until years after the initial infection. | AIDS |
_____ is an STD that manifests itself with sores on the mouth or genetals. | Herpes |
_____ sexual diseases are sometimes treatable but have no cure. | Viral |
The moment a sperm unites with an egg: | fertilization |
The bbrain begins to form and the heart begins to beat during: | the first trimester |
The final stage of pregnancy | labor |
During the _____ trimester, the fetus can use all five senses. | Third |
A zygote is a | fertilized egg |
The amniotic sac | surrounds and protects the developing embryo |
The majority of alcohol in the blood stream is detoxified in the: | liver |
Drinking alcohol is especially dangerous when combined with | amphetamines |
Alcohol is a dangerous drug because it: | affects teh nerves that control repiration and gag reflexes |
Long-term alcohol abuse can lead to irreversible damage to the liver | false |
FAS can occur with moderate to light drinking | true |
marijuana seems to adversely affect: | short-term memory |
Can excite the central nervous system: | stimulants |
Cocaine is calssified as a | stimulant |
People who use hallucinogens often experience: | impairment of judgment and reasoning |
TCH is associated with what | marijuana |
Which disease has marijuana been effective in treating the symptoms? | Glaucoma |
Steroids can cause: | lifelong physical and psychological damage |
The immediate effect of depressants is to: | slow down teh functioning of the central nervous system |
marijuana : | slows physical reaction time |
Tobacco is | both a stimulant and a depressant |
Smokeless tobacco has the same risks as cigarettes except: | lung disease |
The addictive substance in tobacco | nicotine |
Smoking during pregnancy can: | increase teh incidence of SIDS in newborns |