KINE 205 – Flashcard
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What is a result form abnormal cell growth?
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Cancer.
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Carcinoma in situ
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Cancer that has not spread
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Cancer is the ___ leading death in the United States?
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Second. 2nd.
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Tobacco is responsible for an estimated __ percent of lung cancer? and accounts for ___ of all other cancer deaths.
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87%; 30%
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An estimated ____ of every ___ man and ___ of every ___ women will develop cancer.
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1 of every 2 men and 1 of ever 3 women.
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Drinking green tea has not been linked to lower what cancer?
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Lung/ stomache.
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What cancer is the #1 in mortality for women?
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Lung
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Cancer early detection recommendations include?
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Self Examinations once a month,
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The risk of Breast Cancer is lower in women who?
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dont drink, exercise, and do self examinations.
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What nervous system does the brain activate in response to stress?
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Sympathetic nervous system.
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What are common symptoms of stress?
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high blood pressure, headaches, fatigue, rapid heart rate.
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What is type C personality? Are they high risked for disease?
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A highly stressed personality, but not a high risk for disease.
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Endorphines?
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morphine like substances released from the brain during stress.
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Homeostasis?
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the natural state of equilibrium that the body attempts to maintain.
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Distress
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Is when stress reaches mental emotional, and psychological limits.
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What is the instrument in our text book uses to asses sources of stress in life called?
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The Stress Event Scale/Life expectancy survey
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Describe type B people.
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Laid back and easy going.
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Describe type C people
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Committed, confident, and in control.
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What's wrong with chronically angry people.
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They have a three fold increase risk for CHD and are 7x's more likely to suffer a fatal heart attack before the age 50.
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Whats wrong with type a people?
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Type A people have a higher risk for disease.
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Anger has not been found to increase?
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Stress.
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During progressive muscle relaxation?
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Muscles should be tightened about 70% maximally.
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Progressive muscle relaxation should be done in?
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A quite warm and well ventilated room.
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True or false? Stress can improve health, performance, and well being?
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True
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An individual can have too little stress?
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True
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Usually the reaction to a stressor makes a person ill, not the stressor itself.
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True
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Angry people have 10x's higher risk for coronary heart disease than "normal" people.
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False.
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The benefits of physical activity in reducing responses to stress are not well known.
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False
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People who lose control of their lives are more likely to have heart attack then hard driving people who love their job.
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True
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A cancer is thought to result form a DNA mutation.
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True
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Oncogenenes produce telomerase
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False
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Most adults have cancerous or pre-cancerous cells in their bodies.
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True
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Angiogenesis begins the process of metastasis?
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True
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As much as 80% of the risk for cancer is lifestyle or environmental.
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True
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Flexibility is usually more greater in those with more fat.
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False
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The most common cause of back pain is inactivity.
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True
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The intensity of a flexibility stretch should be only to the point of mild discomfort.
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True
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Faulty Nutrition has been associated with cancer.
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True
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On the average, a gram of carbohydrate supplies 4 calories.
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true
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Excess Sugar in the diet can be converted to adipose tissue?
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False
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Fiber consumption decreases the risk for cardiovascular disease.
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True.
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Calories is the measure of the energy value of food and energy expenditure of physical activity.
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Ture
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The nation Academy of sciences states that 45-65% of the calories should come from carbohydrates.
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True
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In order to loose a pound of body weight per a week, 3500 calories should be removed from a combination of diet and exercise.
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True
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Besides the water content of foods, every person needs between 4-6 glasses of fluids each day.
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True
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Endothelium
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The inner lining of cells.
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How many calories are in one gram of fat?
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9
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Human Papillomavirus
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Is one of the most common STD's
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Antibodies are?
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The only detection of an HIV infection
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Gonorrhea is associated with?
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Painful urination.
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Genital herpes is?
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Highly Contagious.
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How long after is the average time a person experiences the symptoms of STD's?
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10 years.
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What is an incurable sexually transmitted disease?
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Herpes
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What is syphilis known to cause?
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Dementia
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What is syphilis associated with?
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Coronary heart disease.
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According to CDC about how many people are associated with HIV?
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12 million.
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Short term memory is a affect of what drug?
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marijuana.
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what is the estimated percent of people that drink alcohol between the age of 12 and up?
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about 59.6 percent
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HIV is not thought to be transmitted through what of an infected person?
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Perspiration.
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what strategy is 100 percent protected from HIV infections?
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Abstinence from sexual contact.
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what percent of all americans with acquire at least one STI in their lives?
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50%
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What are treatments for genital warts?
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electrosurgery, chemicals, liquid nitrogen.
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smoking cigarette lower what?
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Low cholesterol
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what chemical compound forms when tabacco is burning?
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Tar
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What else is HDMA aslo known as?
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Ecstasy
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Side affect of methamphetamines
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Violent behavior
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Phytonutrients
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A fruit or vegetable compound that blocks the formation of cancerous tumors
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A substance damaged by metabolism that can lead to disease
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Amino acid, phenypyruvic acid
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The storage form of glucose in plants is
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Starch
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Minerals are not components of: vitamins. they are components of what?
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They are components of respiratory pigments, enzymes, and enzyme systems.
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Nuts are?
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high in calories, good for high protein foods, eat several times a week, lowers heart disease, unsaturated fat nutrients.
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Soy products are considered healthy because they contain
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isoflavons, genisteins, protects against cancers (breast, prostate, estrogen)
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Deactivates the process of cell division
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Suppressor cells
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Angiogenisis
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Formation of capillaries. begins process of metastasis.
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RNA
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Genetic material that guides the formation of cell proteins. RNA
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Oncogenes
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Initiate cell division.
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Telomeres
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A strand of molecules at both ends of a chromosome
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cancer can come from?
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tobacco, inactivity, overweight, eat red meat, burned food, too much salt, alcohol, sun, estrogen
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During progressive muscle relaxation, muscles should be tightened about
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70%
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The recommended daily amounts of fruit is ______ for a 19-30 year old women?
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2 cups
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The recommended daily amounts of grain is ____ for a 19-30 year old man?
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8 ounces
