Unit 1
A positive, short-term stress response to challenges that motivates and enhances performance.
Eustress
Protein and carbohydrates contain this many calories per gram.
4 calories
This term refers to the emotional attraction, affection, and commitment between partners.
Intimacy (or relationship commitment)
What is the psychoactive drug component in cigarettes that is responsible for dependence?
Nicotine
What type of stroke is caused by a burst vessel that leaks blood into the brain?
Hemorrhagic Stroke
What are the stages of sleep?
N1, N2, N3, REM
This term refers to a proteins that contains all nine essential amino acids.
Complete Protein
What term refers to the biological traits traditionally associated with males or females.
Gender Role
Substances that cause cancer are called
Carcinogens
What is Atherosclerosis?
The thickening of the artery walls by plaque deposits.
What is Self-Efficacy?
The belief in your ability to succeed at specific tasks or goals.
This disease is linked to chronically low calcium intake.
Osteoporosis
What long-acting reversible contraceptive works by thickening cervical mucus and thinning the uterine lining,
Hormonal IUD
Tolerance
What stage of cancer begins when abnormal cells break away, travel via blood or lymph, and form new tumors in distant tissues.
Metastasis
What term is used to describe the body's attempt to maintain a stable internal environment?
Homeostasis
What accounts for the largest portion of a person's metabolism?
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
What condition involves sever sadness, withdrawal, and difficulty bonding after childbirth?
Postpartum depression
What term is used to describe a type of smoke produced directly from the burning end of a cigarette that contains higher concentrations of toxic chemicals.
Side stream smoke
What bacterial STI is identified in its primary stage by the presence of a painless chancre sore.
Syphilis
What are the 6 stages of change in the transtheoretical model?
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance, Termination.
The FITT principle of exercise states that in order to minimize plateaus and avoid injury, the stress placed on the body must increase gradually across what four key dimensions?
Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
What STI is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer?
HPV
What condition explain why long term heavy drinking can enlarge the liver and eventually cause cirrhosis due to inflammation, and scar tissue formation?
Fatty Liver Disease, or Hepatitis
HIV progression is monitored by counting what specific immune cell population?
CD4 T-helper cells