Chapter 4 Flashcards
What nutrient group is sugar and starch?
Carbohydrate
__________________ are the building blocks of proteins.
Amino Acids
What type of fat is solid at room temperature and typically comes from animal products?
Saturated fats
What unit is used to measure food energy?
Calorie
What is the lowest rate of metabolism?
Basal metabolic rate
The sickness caused from a poor diet?
Malnutrition
What sports do not require a consistently raised heart rate?
Anaerobic
What is the enlargement of muscles called?
Hypertrophy
What is the minimum amount of sleep a teen needs?
8 hours
The white or black mounds caused by blocked sebaceous glands are called?
Pimples
The dead skin at the base of the nails?
Cuticles
The most common disease in man?
Dental carries
What is the thin, sticky substance that causes tooth decay?
Plaque
What is a disease-causing organism called?
Pathogen
What type of diseases come from something that is within the body
Non infectious
A surface that transfers germs such as a door handle?
fomite
What is a substance that simulates a pathogen to increase immunity
Vaccine
What is the name of the condition when a HIV+ person’s immune system begins to fail?
AIDS
What is the most common disease affecting the immune system?
Allergies
What is the term for an abnormally beating heart?
Arrhythmias
What term is used when cancer spreads to additional areas of the body?
Metastasis
What drugs can be purchased without a prescription?
OTC
Define drug abuse
intentionally using a medicine for a non medical purpose
What is the term for when the body becomes accustomed to a drug
tolerance
What drugs are derived from the poppy plant?
Opioids
What hallucinogen is the most common illegal drug in the US?
Marijuana
What is the most powerful natural stimulant?
Cocaine
What is a commonly abused stimulant?
Nicotine
The most commonly abused depressant?
Alcohol
What drugs are breathed in through the mouth as a vapor?
Inhalants
What’s a great way to prevent accidental poisoning?
Lock it up
What’s one of the first things you should do in an emergency?
Call 911
Strains are…
Overstretched
Sprains are…
torn around a joint
What should you do if you hurt your ankle in a game?
RICE
Where does a simple fracture stay?
within the skin
What should you do if someone is bleeding?
Apply pressure
First degree burns only affect the?
Epidermis
What is a strong feeling that is expressed in a physical way?
Emotion
If you want to know God more personally you should?
Read the Bible and pray
