Health for Living – Flashcards
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Friendship increases your sense of belonging, purpose, and _____.
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Self worth
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What term means speaking up for yourself without violating the rights of others?
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Assertiveness
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According to Tannen, men are more likely than women to use communication to______
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Compete
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In the US, who specifies the right and responsibilities of partners marriage?
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State government
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True or False: Androgynous individuals display characteristics or perform tasks traditionally associated with the other sex.
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True
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All of the following are parts of a woman's external genitalia except: Labia majora and Labia Minor, Mons pubis, Vagina, Clitoris
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vagina
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Which hormone is principally responsible for the sex drive in women?
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testosterone
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What is the order of Masters and Johnson's stages of sexual response model?
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Excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution
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In the US, what is the average age at which women experience menopause?
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50's
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True or False: Sexting- sending nude, sexually explicit messages or photos electronically by cell phone- is a generally safe expression of sexuality.
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False
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Mandy has been taking her temperature every morning with an accurate basal body thermometer. Mandy is most likely using which type of contraceptive?
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Fertility awareness method
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The potential complications of taking oral contraceptive include all of the following except: Seizures, blood clots, heart attack, stroke
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Seizures
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What is the most common method of abortion?
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Surgical Abortion
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How is mifeprisone taken?
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Prescription pill form
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How can infertility be caused?
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1/3 of the time it is caused by problems with the Fallopian tubes.
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True or False: in general, the longer an adult woman waits to become pregnant, the higher the risk that she will have difficulties getting pregnant.
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True
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How long does a typical pregnancy last?
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40 weeks
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True or False: Chromosomal abnormalities decrease as maternal age increases.
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False
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Women who choose to deliver their babies at home usually employ the services of a ______
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midwife
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True or False: A cesarean section is commonly performed when factors relating to the mother or fetus do not allow a vaginal birth
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True
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Megan suffers from candidiasis. Which type of microorganism has infected Megan?
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Fungus
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Tapeworms are in which category or organisms involved in human infection and disease?
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Helmirth
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The lymphocytes that monitor blood and tissue fluids are which type of cell?
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B cells
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After an infection or immunization, memory cells develop and can lead to a rapid response if the same organism is encountered by the body again. This person is said to have ______.
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Immunity
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True or false: A vaccine is currently available to prevent hepatitis C.
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False
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The most common infectious disease in the world is
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Tuberculosis
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True or False
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Malaria is commonly spread by poor sanitation
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The most common STD in the United states is
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Human papiloma virus
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Which of the following situations has not been shown to transmit HIV between individuals: Oral intercourse, vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, casual contact
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Casual contact
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True or False: diet, exercise, and sleeping habits can all affect the ability of your immune system to fight infections
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True
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There are ___ chambers in the human heart
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4
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True or False: The group of cells in the right atrium that generates the hearts electrical signal and coordinates pumping actions is called the atrial node
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False
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Optimal range for blood pressure level is
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systolic- less than 120 diastolic- less than 80
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Which of the following ethnic population groups has the highest rate of hypertension: Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian American, African American
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African American
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What is the most important noncontrollable risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
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Age
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Which of the following is not one of the known major controllable risk factors for cardiovascular disease: Tobacco use, hypertension, vitamin deficiency, high LDL cholesterol
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Vitamin deficiency
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High blood levels of the amino acid _____ have been linked to increased risks of coronary artery disease and stroke.
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homocysteine
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In which type of arrhythmia do the ventricles contract rapidly and erratically, causing the heart to quiver instead of beat rhythmically?
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Ventricular fibrillation
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True or False: Hypnosis may be useful in helping to control hypertension and other chronic health problems.
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True
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True or False: Regular small doses of aspirin are used to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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True
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Cells that are capable of unlimited division and retain the ability to become different cell types are called ____.
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Stem cells
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What determines the type of cancer a person is diagnosed with?
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The tissue or primary site where a cancer originates.
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A mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene is associated with an increased risk for what type of cancer?
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Breast
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Which of the following environments is not considered a risk factor for increase exposure to carcinogens: Farming states, industrial areas, dense forests, cities
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Dense forests
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk for all of the following conditions except: breast cancer, heart disease, endometiral cancer, colon cancer
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Colon cancer
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Colon cancer screening tests include all of the following except: flexible sigmoidoscopy, fecal occult blood test, colonoscopy, and colon-specific antigen test.
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Colon-specific antigen test
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All of the following are skin cancers, except: melanoma, basal cell, sarcoma, squamous cell
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sarcoma
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True or False: You should have a colonoscopy if any type of colon cancer screening produces a positive result.
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True
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True or False: Chemotherapy commonly results in harm to both cancer cells and normal cells
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True
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True or False: in the US, the survival rate for all types of cancer combined is over 60 percent
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True
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Next to motor vehicle accidents, the most common cause of death for children between the ages of 1 and 14 is ____.
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Drowning
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At present, the biggest safety problem for bicycle riders is _________.
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Lac of visibility to motorists
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Batteries should be replaced in battery-powered fire detectors every ________.
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6 to 12 months
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The most dangerous natural disasters that occur in the US include _________.
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hurricanes
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Among the most economically developed nations in the word, the US has the highest rate of _______.
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Murders with firearms
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The most widespread response of US schools increasing youth violence has been more __________.
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security and penalties for violence
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The practice known as hazing is commonly used to _________________.
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initiate new members into a group.
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What age rage is most likely to be victims of child abuse?
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9 to 11 year olds
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Which amendment to the US constitution applies most directly to the gun control debate?
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second
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True or False: Studies indicate that a handgun in the home is more likely to kill a family member than a stranger.
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True
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The approach that means that the whole can be broken down into smaller parts is called the _________ approach.
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Reductionist
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The CAM domain biologically-based practices includes all of the following except: herbal medicine, megavitamins, naturopathy, dietary supplements.
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naturopathy
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The predominant form of health care practiced in the US is __________.
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conventional medicine
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Therms used to describe conventional medicine in North America include all of the following except : western medicine, allopathic medicine, homeopathic medicine, biomedicine
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homeopathic
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Acupuncture originated within what health care system?
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Traditional Chinese medicine
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The burning of a tightly bound mound of herbal leaves to improve the flow of energy within the body is called _________.
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Moxibustion
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Which of the following health practices is an example of a mind-body practice: Dietary supplement, herbal remedy, acupuncture, homeopathic remedy, hypnosis
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Hypnosis
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In the US, herbal and dietary supplements are tested for safety by which organization?
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Herbal products do not require safety testing
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The therapy that involves a practitioner using a number of different hand positions over a patient's body to channel direct healing energy is called ________.
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Reiki
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Which country has the highest health care spending in the world?
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United States
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Most water stored in aquifers eventually flows back into ____________.
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Rivers and lakes.
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The 1974 US law that established safety standards for drinking water was the _________.
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Safe drinking water act.
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The upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere is called the _______________.
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Stratosphere
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Which 1990 US law established a national emission standards for more than 100 different air pollutants?
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Clean air act of 1990
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What flame retardant chemical used in plastic and foam products accumulates in human tissue and may cause chromosome abnormalities?
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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The garbage collected by municipalities from businesses and homes in the US accounts for about _____ percent of the solid waste created in this country.
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1
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Poor irrigation techniques and over-planting of crops that destroy the fertility of land result in ____________.
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Desertification
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True or False: Forests are considered renewable resources regardless of how quickly they are cleared.
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False
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Although the US contains 4.5 percent of the world's population, it uses ____ percent of the world's commercial energy.
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24
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True or False: the maximum population level that supports and optimum standard of living is called global carrying capacity.
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False
