Personal Health. Review. Exam 2

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Which of the following best illustrates codependence?

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- Applies to people who are close to an individual who is addicted to something
- Characteristics of codependents:
• Focused on protecting or coping with the addict
• Lose their sense of identity
• Experience stress, often resulting in chaotic behaviors, addictions, and physical illnesses

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A drug is any substance (other than food) that

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Is known to be harmful to living tissues.

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Drugs that change the user's feelings, perceptions or moods are called

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Psychoactive drug

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Which of the following best illustrates a drug tolerance reaction?

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- The continued use of depressants, including alcohol, and opiates can cause users to quickly develop a tolerance to the drug

- An acquired reaction to a drug; continued intake of the same dose has diminished effects

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Which of the following best illustrates drug misuse, as opposed to drug abuse?

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Drug Misuse: Inappropriate use of legal drugs intended to be medications
o Intentional or unintentional

Drug Abuse: Any way of a legal or illegal drug in a way that is detrimental to health or well being

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Cocaine, caffeine and amphetamines are all

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Stimulants

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The greatest danger in the use of inhalants is

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Damaging, sometimes fatal effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems

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John uses marijuana on a regular basis, but stopped a few days ago because he knows he will be tested for drugs as part of his job new. What can you tell John about his company's drug screening test and its ability to detect marijuana?

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 Marijuana can remain detectable up to 30 days after use. Drug tests will likely identify 90% of recent drug users.

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Binge drinking is defined as

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Five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 1 day in the last 2 week period

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As a class of drug, alcohol is considered a

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Depressant

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Corey has passed out on the couch after participating in a drinking contest. His friends cannot wake him. What should they do?

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- Call 911. Follow their directions. Position the unconscious person on his or her side to avoid choking in case of vomiting.

After heavy drinking in a short period of time.
- Unconsciousness, deep stupor

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The 1999 Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement between the states and the tobacco industry included payment of $246 billion over 25 years to the states for

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- Recover tobacco-related health care costs

- Implementation of restrictions on the tobacco industry regarding multiple aspects of their marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

- To recoup Medicaid money paid by the states in treating illness due to smoking

Front 13

When segments of a college community are studied, there is direct relationship between cigarette smoking and

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The level of alcohol consumption

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Sam, a nonsmoker, has decided it would be cool to smoke cigars. If he begins a lifetime habit of cigar smoking, which of the following best describes the risk to his health?

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- Cancer of the Mouth (p.218)
- Larynx
- Throat
- Esophagus

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The dependency-producing substance found in cigarettes is

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Nicotine

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Some children become smokers because they see their parents smoking. This is called

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Modeling

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Of all the gases released by tobacco smoke, the most harmful to smokers is

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Carbon Monoxide

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Carbon monoxide reduces the red blood cell's ability to transport oxygen by

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 When CO is inhaled, it quickly bonds with hemoglobin and forms a new compound, carboxyhemoglobin. In this form, hemoglobin is unable to transport oxygen to the tissues and cells where it is needed

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Lung cancer is usually fatal because

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 Of the advanced stage of the disease at the time symptoms first appear, only 16% of all people with lung cancer survive 5 years beyond diagnosis

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Which of the following best describes the role of capillaries? They

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- Are the smallest extensions of the vascular system
- Site of exchange of oxygen, food, and waste

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The six controllable risk factors for cardiovascular disease are smoking, physical activity, blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and

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Blood cholestorol

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Women over age 55 experience cardiovascular disease at a _________________ rate to men of the same age.

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Lower

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Of the following, which is a major risk factor in sudden cardiac death?

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Smoking cigarettes

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Ellen is thirty-five, inactive, overweight, a smoker and takes oral contraceptives. The best single thing she can do for her heart health is to

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Healthful behavior changes can help you protect and enhance your cardiovascular system.

- Quit smoking and exercise

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The most beneficial way to lower blood cholesterol is to

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Adopting three dietary changes:
o Lowing their intake of saturated fats
o Lowing their intake of dietary cholesterol
o And lowing their caloric intake to a level that does not exceed body requirements

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The buildup of fatty deposits in coronary arteries that leads to narrowed arteries and blockages is called

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Atherosclerosis.

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You and a friend are shopping with your teenagers at a mall. You return from a store to find your friend seated stating she is feeling chest pain and dizziness. Despite sitting, these symptoms are not going away. The best thing to do at this moment is to

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Call 911 or get to the car and go the hospital immediately

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High-density lipoproteins are called "good cholesterol" because they

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Are thought to transport cholesterol out of the bloodstream

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Which of the following is true regarding low-density lipoproteins? They

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Carry the greatest percentage of cholesterol in the bloodstream. LDL’s are more likely to deposit excess cholesterol into the artery walls. This contributes to plaque formation. LDL’s are called the “bad cholesterol”

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In a blood pressure reading, the systolic pressure measures pressure in the

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Blood pressure against blood vessel walls when the heart contracts

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Approximately how many people in the United States develop cancer each year?

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More than 1.2 million Americans develop cancer each year

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At its most basic, cancer is a(n)

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- An uncontrolled replication of abnormal cells.

- Cancer is a condition reflecting cell dysfunction in its most extreme form. In cancer, the normal behavior of cells ceases.

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When regulatory genes in cells fail to function properly and allow cancer to develop, they are called

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Oncogenes

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Metastasis is the term used to describe the cancer cell's ability to

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Spread to other sites in the body

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One of the dangerous properties of cancer cells is that they...

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- Live Forever.
Can produce an enzyme, telomerase, that blocks the cellular biological clock that informs normal cells that it is time to die.

- Accumulate

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You can reduce your risk of developing melanoma by

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Protecting yourself from excessive exposure to the sun

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Which of the following is the most lethal form of cancer for women

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Breast Cancer

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The most effective and currently available screening method for cervical cancer is

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The Pap test

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Which of the following is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among American men?

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Prostate Cancer

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Which of the following types of solid tumors are most common among young men?

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Testicular Cancer

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The second leading cause of cancer deaths in males is ___________ cancer.

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Colorectal cancer

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The most effective step toward preventing pancreatic cancer is to

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 Not smoking and abstaining from alcohol use are the most effective steps toward preventing this form of cancer

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The major cause of skin cancer is

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Chronic exposure to sunlight when young

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To protect your skin from unhealthy exposure to the sun's rays, you should use a sun block lotion with a skin protection factor (SPF) of at least ______.

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15 or greater

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To help you to identify malignant melanoma, the American Cancer Society recommends that you use the mnemonic ABCD, which stands for

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- A is for asymmetry
- B is for border irregularity
- C is for color (change)
- D is for diameter > 6 mm

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Sickle-cell disease is most prominent in

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African Americans

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Both major types of diabetes occur because of

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- Their metabolic syndrome, or metabolic disorder.

When both forms coexist, the child has what is called double diabetes or type 3 diabetes mellitus

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An autoimmune disease that is characterized by the immune system's attack on connective tissues is

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SLE or Lupus

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The damage caused by multiple sclerosis centers on the

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 Nervous system that produces myelin, the insulating material critical in the functioning of the brain and spinal cord

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A form of dementia caused by the gradual loss of brain function is referred to as

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Alzheimer’s disease