What is the condition called when a bone slips from its normal position at a joint?
Dislocation
When quitting smoking, list 3 stress-management techniques that can be used.
1. Get Support
2. Replace tobacco with healthier alternatives
3. Change daily behavior
List the main features of the mature male reproductive system
The production and storage of sperm, and the transfer of sperm to the female's body during sexual intercourse
What is external respiration?
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body cells
What non-communicable disease is responsible for more than 40% of all deaths in the United States each year?
Heart Attack
The thyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands are all part of which body system?
Endocrine system
List 3 precautions that people with a family history of hypertension need to take.
1. Proper medical screening
2. Practice preventative strategies
3. Maintain healthful weight
Describe saturated fatty acids
Holds the hydrogen atoms it can. Usually solid at room temperature. High intake of saturated fats can increase risk of heart disease.
The symptoms of disorientation and loss of motor control can result from which temperature-related condition?
Hypothermia
The structure of the lungs can be compared to the structure of a branching tree. Which part would correspond to the trunk of the tree?
The trachea
Which category of food do fats belong?
Lipids
Describe the importance of the nine essential amino acids. Where are they found?
9 amino acides are called essential acids. They are important because the body guides new cells and tissues from the amino acids. It replaces damaged or warn-out cells by making new ones. They are found in food.
What is a compound fracture?
The broken end of the bone protrudes through the skin
Are hallucinogens even used in a medical capacity?
Hallucinogens are not used in a medicinal capacity
Name 3 factors that influence the onset and severity of the short-term effects of drinking?
1. Peer pressure
2. Family
3. Media messages
List 3 factors that can help prevent high blood pressure
1. Medication
2. Weight management
3. Proper Nutrition
List 3 possible consequences of smoking while pregnant
1. Impaired fetal growth
2. miscarriage
3. low birth weight
What type/classification of bone is the shoulder blade?
Flat bone
Name 3 functions of bones in the human body?
1. Living structure for the body
2. Provides strong framework for the muscles to work
3. Protects tissues and organs from trauma
What structures communicate with and are found between other neurons?
Messages are transmitted to and from the spinal cord and brain.
List the dangers for people who use smokless tobacco
1. 2 to 3 times more nicotine & carcinogens than cigarettes
Addictive
3. Irritates mouth tissues
4. Cancer of throat, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas
What can cause the EIA to give inaccurate results?
Having medical conditions or testing too soon after acquiring HIV
Which nuturient makes up the greatest percentage of the human body?
Water
What is the greatest factor that puts a female at risk for sterility?
Being sexually active. Catching STD
Describe the function of the pituitary gland
Controls metabolism, sexual development, and emotional responses
List the food groups as found on the food pyramid
1. Fats, oils, and sweets
2. milk, yogurt, and cheese
3. meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts
4. Vegetables
5. Fruits
6. Bread, cereal, rice, and pasta
List 3 consequences that teens who smoke will experience
1. Legal
2. Social
3. Financial
List 3 short-term effects of alcohol use
1. Brain less able to control body
2. Judgement altered
3. Increase urine output: dehydration
List 3 dangers that can occur as a consequence of anabolic steroid use
1. Increase risk of cancer and heart disease
2. sterility
3. skin problems and hair loss
Why do you always need to start your exercise program with a warm up?
it prepares your body for a work out. Warming allows your pulse rate to increase gradually.
What term describes drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks at a sitting?
Binge drinking
List the ways that HIV can be transmitted from person to person
1. Sexual intercourse
2. sharing needles
3. mother to baby
Why is tar contained in tobacco somke harmful to the lungs?
Tar damages the alveoli and destroys lung tissue
What term is given to the condition in which liver tissue is replaced with useless scar tissue?
Cirrhosis
Describe the term syngergistic effect
Interaction of 2 or more medicines that result in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken alone. One medicine increases strength of the other. One medicine may boost the rate of digestion enabling a second medicine to be absorbed faster.
Which term refers to a partial tearing of a muscle?
Strain
List 3 consequences of nicotine use and addiction
1. Raises blood pressure
2. increases heart rate
3. contributes ot heart disease and stroke
What is the main function of red blood cells?
Transport oxygen to the cells and tissues in the body
Nicotine gum is an over-the-counter product that is used as a nicotine__________________
Substitute
List the health consequence of HPV
STD related to an increased incidence of cervical cancer. It can also cause cancer to the penis and anus
List the symptoms of emphysema
1. difficulty breathing
2. chronic cough
3. eventually lungs cease to function
What is the consequence of the swelling of the psinal cord fomr a head and spinal injury?
Can result in temporary loss of nerve function. If not treated, can lead to permanent nerve damage.
Describe the function and interactions that are essential to allow breathing to occur
When you inhale, your lungs expand and the pressure inside them becomes lower than the pressure outside your body. Air naturally flows into your lungs to equalize the pressure. When you exhale, the muscles relax and the volume of your chest cavity decreas
Which gland increases heartbeat and respiration during periods of high emotion?
Adrenal glands
List the components of the lymphatic system
Tonsils, thymus gland, lymphatic duct, lymphatic vessel, spleen, lymphatic node.
True or False Lifestyle choices can reduce your risk of cancer.
True.....lifestyle choices can reduce your risk of cancer
What occurs in the body of an individual who has diabetes?
Pancreas produces little or no insulin. This is how glucose enters the body. If glucose can't convert into energy, it builds up in the blood and cells don't get what htey need to function
List 3 long-term effects of alcohol use
Changes to the brain
Cardiovascular changes
Liver problems
What term describes a cancer that affects the blood-forming organs?
Leukemia
List the symptoms of alcohol poisoning
Mental confusion
slow respiration
irregular heartbeat
severe dehydration