The Health Triangle
There are 3 components that make up the health triangle
What is Physical, Mental/Emotional, Social?
Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others. Examples include: tobacco use, inadequate physical activity, sexual behavior etc
What is risk behaviors?
This is a type of bacteria found in your teeth that if left untreated can lead to cavities
What is Plaque?
This body system is most important for protecting internal organs, and movement
What is the Skeletal System?
Exhaling, going to the bathroom, and sweating are grouped together in this body system
What it the Excretory System?
An aspect of mental / emotional health that develops a deep-seated sense of meaning and purpose in life
What is spiritual health?
I don't want the risk of getting in a motorcycle accident so I choose not to get one in the first place
What is abstinence?
Out of the ears, teeth, hair, skin, eyes, nails eating a healthy diet, getting good sleep, and exercise is most important for this tissue/organ
What is all of them?
This involuntary muscle fiber in the Muscular System acts on the lining of your body's passageways and hollow internal organs
What is smooth muscle fiber?
The liver and kidneys are apart of this body system
What is the excretory system?
An overall state of well being or total health that is represented by a balance of the health triangle
What is wellness?
Everyday I smoke cigarettes my risk of getting lung cancer increases
what is cumulative risk?
Trimming your nails is most important for one specific type of health concern
What is keeping dirt out of your skin?
The somatic nervious sytem is apart of this body system
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
This body system is characterized by breaking down foods, absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste
What is the Digestive System?
Generally you start on the right side of this but overtime as we age and don't develop healthy habits we move over to the left side
What is the health continuum?
The CDC provides us with daily guidelines of how much excercise we need per week. These are based on studies of chronic diseases and used for informative purposes
What is health education?
Out of the ears, skin, eye, teeth, nails, and hair the sun is most harmful for these two organs
What is the skin and eyes?
The Skeletal System is made up of bones, connective tissue, and this very important type of tissue
What are joints?
This important blood vessel in the Circulatory system carries oxygenated blood away from the heart and to the rest of the body via the capillaries
What are the arteries?
There are 5 factors that have an overall effect on your health
What is hereditary, environment, attitude, behavior, media/technology?
53% of Americans ages 16 - 74 will struggle reading and understanding their health information
What is health literacy?
Your ears not only collect sounds for the brain but can also help with this type of movement
What is balance?
This chronic disease affects the Skeletal System by weakening and breaking down your bones
What is Osteoporosis?
As the diaphragm in the Respiratory System goes down, your lungs will do this?