Chapter 1-22 TEST

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

Passing on of biological traits from parent to child

Question 2

Intoxication

Answer 2

A persons mental or physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance

Question 3

Blackout

Answer 3

A period of time that the drinker cannot recall

Question 4

Overdose

Answer 4

Taking an excessively amount of a drug that leads to a coma or death

Question 5

Enviroment

Answer 5

All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health.

Question 6

Addiction

Answer 6

The state of losing control over the use of a drug

Question 7

Abstinence

Answer 7

The act of refraining from, or not having, sex.

Question 8

Binge drinking

Answer 8

The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting.

Question 9

Cirrhosis

Answer 9

A disease of the liver in which it becomes filled with useless scar tissue

Question 10

Carcinogen

Answer 10

A substance that is known to cause cancer.

Question 11

Mainstream smoke

Answer 11

Smoke that is exhaled from a smoker’s lungs.

Question 12

Sidestream smoke

Answer 12

Smoke that goes directly into the air from a burning tobacco product.

Question 13

Drug abuse

Answer 13

The intentional improper or unsafe use of a drug

Question 14

Inhalant

Answer 14

A breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects.

Question 15

Hallucinogen

Answer 15

A drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood

Question 16

Testosterone

Answer 16

The sex hormone that affects the production of sperm and signals certain physical changes at puberty.

Question 17

Infertility

Answer 17

The condition of being unable to reproduce.

Question 18

Semen

Answer 18

The mixture of sperm and fluids produced by the glands of the male reproductive system.

Question 19

Sperm

Answer 19

The reproductive cells in males.

Question 20

Fertilization

Answer 20

The process of a sperm cell joining with an egg.

Question 21

Implantation

Answer 21

The process in which the blastocyst attaches itself to the wall of the uterus.

Question 22

Menopause

Answer 22

The time of life during which the ovaries slow down their hormone production and no longer release mature eggs

Question 23

Ovulation

Answer 23

The process during which one of the ovaries releases a ripened egg.

Question 24

Gene

Answer 24

A section of a chromosome that determines or affects a characteristic, or trait

Question 25

Testes

Answer 25

The male reproductive glands.

Question 26

C Section

Answer 26

A surgical method of birth.

Question 27

Placenta

Answer 27

The structure that holds the embryo to the wall of the uterus.

Question 28

Fetus

Answer 28

The stage of human development from the third month after fertilization until birth.