Finals Flashcards
The legal drinking age in all states is
21
Blood alcohol concentration is measured to determine whether someone is
drinking recently or is drunk
Teens often choose to drink because they think it
can relieve stress, relax you, and make them feel good
Which has a higher alcohol content: wine, liquor, beer?
Liquor
What is Carbon Monoxide?
Chemical compound; causes rapid breathing, confusion, increased cardiac output, and elevated blood pressure in humans when exposed to high levels
——– is thickened, white, leathery looking spots on the throat that can
develop into oral cancer.
Leukoplakia
Cancer cells typically form a mass of tissue called a
tumor
In Spike ball you are allowed up to ——- hits before the opposing team hits.
3
A —– is a drug that slows brain and body reactions.
depressant
Death usually occurs when BAC is at
^0.40%
A driver over the legal age caught driving with a BAC of —— or over is charged with DWI.
0.08
What effects does Alcohol have on the liver?
Liver cells die, prolonged drinking can reduce ability to regenerate cells
A group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child is
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD’s)
What factors affect BAC?
Number of drinks, how fast you drink, gender, weight, food in stomach, etc
The consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time is called
Acute alcohol intoxication
A stimulant drug that increases activity in the nervous system is
caffeine, cocaine, rack, nicotine, and ecstasy
Eighty percent of infectious diseases are spread by what?
Hands
What kind of contact would it be when a person coughs/sneezes and the pathogens in the air are then inhaled?
respiratory droplet transmission
Most infectious diseases are spread by some form of contact. What kind of contact would be shaking hands?
touch
What is arrhythmia
abnormal heartbeat
Badminton games are played to what score?
21 pts