Effects of alchohal

Question 1

What are the factors that can influence the effects of alcohol in your body?

Answer 1

Amount consumed, persons medical history, tolerance to alcohol, as well as other drugs mixed with alcohol.

Question 2

what is the alcohol content in beer and wine

Answer 2

The alcohol content in beer is 5% and the alcohol content in wine is 8 - 10%

Question 3

What is the most drastic result of consuming alcohol while pregnant

Answer 3

fetal alcohol syndrome

Question 4

Where does alcohol pass down in your body when it is consumed?

Answer 4

it passes down the esophogus through the stomach and into the small intestine

Question 5

where is alcohol absorbed through?

Answer 5

mouth, throat, stomach, small intestine

Question 6

how much alcohol enters the blood stream into the walls of the small intestine?

Answer 6

75 - 80%

Question 7

how many ounces of pure alcohol does a health body eliminate per hour?

Answer 7

1/2 ounce

Question 8

how much alcohol is eliminated by the liver?

Answer 8

90%

Question 9

how does the metabolism remove alcohol from your blood stream?

Answer 9

the 6 enzymes in your metabolism all work together to convert the alcohol into a intermediate form of alcohol

Question 10

What factors influence the rate of metabolism?

Answer 10

types and amounts of food, types of alcohol and body temperature.

Question 11

what else does blood alcohol content depend on?

Answer 11

how quicky the alcohol is consumed, how much water is in a persons body, how much blood is in a person’s body.