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39 Cards in this Set

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