Vocab For Health Test

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Health

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The combination of physical, Mental, and social well being

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Combination of _________?

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Prostate gland

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a gland surrounding the neck of the bladder in male mammals and releasing prostatic fluid.

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Gland surrounding the neck of the bladder

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Vaccine

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A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens what are introduced into the body to stimulate and immune response

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Risk factors

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A risk factor is any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease or injury.

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Optimism

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hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.

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Nicotine

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a toxic colorless or yellowish oily liquid that is the chief active constituent of tobacco. It acts as a stimulant in small doses, but in larger amounts blocks the action of autonomic nerve and skeletal muscle cells. Nicotine is also used in insecticides.

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Foreskin

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the retractable roll of skin covering the end of the penis.

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Scrotum

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An external skin sac that extends outside the body and contains the testes

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Stress

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The reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands

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Vagina

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the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals.

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Physical Health

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Physical health can be defined as an essential part of overall health of an individual, which includes everything from physical fitness to overall wellbeing.

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Pessimism

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a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future.

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Cowper's gland

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Bulbourethral gland, also called Cowper's Gland, either of two pea-shaped glands in the male, located beneath the prostate gland at the beginning of the internal portion of the penis; they add fluids to semen during the process of ejaculation.

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Seminal Vesicle

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each of a pair of glands that open into the vas deferens near its junction with the urethra and secrete many of the components of semen.

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Resiliency

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Able to recover quickly from misfortune; able to return to original form after being bent, compressed, or stretched out of shape. A human ability to recover quickly from disruptive change, or misfortune without being overwhelmed or acting in dysfunctional or harmful ways.

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Vas deferens

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the duct that conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra.

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Protective Factors

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Protective factors are conditions or attributes in individuals, families, communities, or the larger society that, when present, mitigate or eliminate risk in families and communities that, when present, increase the health and well-being of children and families.

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Vegan

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a person who does not eat or use animal products.

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Risk

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a situation involving exposure to danger.

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Wellness

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An overall state of well being or total health

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Bullying

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use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants.

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Pubic Bone

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The pubic bone is one of the bones that make up the pelvis. In the picture at right, it is called a pubis. It is ventral and anterior. It is covered by a layer of fat, which is covered by the mons pubis. It can be separated into a body, a superior ramus and an inferior ramus.

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Testicle

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either of the two oval organs that produce sperm in men and other male mammals, enclosed in the scrotum behind the penis.

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Urinary Bladder

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The urinary bladder is the organ that collects urine excreted by the kidneys before disposal by urination.

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Organ

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Stressors

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Anything that causes stress

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Emphysema

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A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe.

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Obesity

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A disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of health problems.

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Health Literacy

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Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions and services needed to prevent or treat illness.

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Carcinogen

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a substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue.

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Cervix

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the narrow necklike passage forming the lower end of the uterus.technical

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Uterus

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the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.

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Social Health

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Social health involves your ability to form satisfying interpersonal relationships with others. It also relates to your ability to adapt comfortably to different social situations and act appropriately in a variety of settings.

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Fallopian Tube

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(in a female mammal) either of a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus.

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Life expectancy

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the average period that a person may expect to live.

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Health education

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Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes.

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Malignant

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very virulent or infectious

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Penis

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the male genital organ of higher vertebrates, carrying the duct for the transfer of sperm during copulation. In humans and most other mammals, it consists largely of erectile tissue and serves also for the elimination of urine.

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Prevention

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the action of stopping something from happening or arising.

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Ovary

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female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair

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Cumulative risk

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Cumulative risk is formally defined as the combination of risks posed by aggregate exposure to multiple agents or stressors in which aggregate exposure is exposure by all routes and pathways and from all sources of each given agent or stressor.