Chapter 9

Question 1

Myocardial infarction

Answer 1

Heart attack

Question 2

Angina Pectoris.

Answer 2

Insufficient blood supply to the heart.

Question 3

Cardiomyopathy

Answer 3

Heart muscle is less efficient

Question 4

Pheropherally

Answer 4

 dilation of blood vessels, so it seems like you’re warmer, but he is really leaving the core of your body where you need it.

Question 5

Motor effects target what in the brain

Answer 5

Are known to be caused by effects in the cerebellum and basal ganglia. 

Question 6

Hypothalamic effects

Answer 6

Decrease in feeding and sexual functioning, an increase in thirst or water intake.

Question 7

Limbic system effects

Answer 7

Blackouts loss of memory, Korsakoff’s disease 

Question 8

Confabulation

Answer 8

When alcoholics have holes in their memory, and they think they’re telling the truth, but they’re not .

Question 9

Korsakoff’s disease

Answer 9

Caused by damage to the hippocampus, 30 to 40 years of drinking and there’s holes in memory storage .

Question 10

What are the types of alcohol? 

Answer 10

1) Ethyl Alcohol – Consumed
2) METHYL Alcohol (Wood alcohol)
3) Isopropyl Alcohol
4) Octano

Question 11

How quickly can someone metabolize alcohol

Answer 11

.2-.3 oz per hour

Question 12

What are the synergies of alcohol?

Answer 12

Alcohol and barbiturates alcohol, and smoking and alcohol and food preservative.