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39 Cards in this Set
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Proteins help build what in are body?
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TISSUES
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Our bodies break carbs into what?
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GLUCOSE
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How many servings of bread and cereal do we need daily?
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6oz
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Into what are proteins broken down?
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AMINO ACIDS
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Fat-soluble vitamins?
Water-soluble vitamins? |
A,D,E,K
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Minerals help grow what?
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BONES AND TEETH
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What is the most important part of a diet?
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WATER
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Water makes up how much of our weight?
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70%
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What can happen if too large amounts of fat-soluble vitamins are stored?
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TOXICITY
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Why is a balanced diet critical for your health?
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BETTER CHANCE FOR BEING HEALTHY
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How the body gets rid of unused water-soluble vitamins?
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EXCRETION (KIDNEYS)
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Things that make up good health?
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EXCERCISE,EAT WELL,SUNSCREEN,REST,NO TOBACCO,LITTLE ALCOHOL
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Why is exercise important?
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BETTER CHANCE FOR BEING HEALTHY
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3 Main nutrients needed for good health?
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WATER,CARBS,PROTEIN
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To determine the priority for handeling patients with severe conditions or seizures?
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TRIAGE
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Death of tissue,as in myocardial infarcation or heart attack?
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INFARCATION
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Openings,especially naturally occuring body surface openings?
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ORIFICES
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Closure of the glottis and constriction of its associated masculature inresponse to stimulation of the posterier pharynx by an object?
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GAG REFLEX
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Any substance that triggers an allergic reaction
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ALLERGEN
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Convulsions
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SEIZURE
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Pertaining to the body as a whole?
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SYSTEMIC
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Piece of cartlidge that forms the lower most tip of the sternum
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XIPHOID PROCESS
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Refers to death of tissue,such as occurs with the venoms of pit vipers and the brown recluse spider
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NECROTIC
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Involuntary muscle contractions that may alternate between contraction and relaxation of muscles
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CONVULSIONS
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Drawn in or out by means of a vaccum
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ASPIRATED
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Volume of air inspired and expired during one normal respitatory cycle
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TODAL VOLUME
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Involving the entire body or system
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GENERALIZED
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Sudden loss of consciousness,which may be transient
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SYNCOPE
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Pertaining to an abnormally slow heart rate (<60bpm)
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BRADYCARDIC
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A weaking or out pouching in the wall of artery
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ANEURYSM
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Not related to the pleura,or membranes that lubricate outer surface of the lungs
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NON-PLEURITIC
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Process of bathing cells in healthy blood which is rich in nutrients especially oxygen and glucose
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PERFUSION
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Heart muscle,especially referring to the ventricles
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MYOCARDIAL
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Inspiration
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INHALATION
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Process of changing an unsaturated fat to a solid fat by adding hydrogen
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HYDROGENTION
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Food or any substance that supplies the body with elements necessary for metabolism
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NUTRIENT
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A systematic plan of activities
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REGIMEN
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A simple sugar that cannot be decomposed further,such as frutose or glucose
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MONOSACCHARIDE
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An abnormal amount of fat on the body of an individual who is 20% over the average weight for his or her age
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OBESITY
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