Test 1 Flashcards
Heredity
All the traits that are passed from parent to child
Enviornment
All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health.
Blackout
A period of time that an intoxicated person cannot recall.
Addiction
The state of losing control over the use of a drug; it is accompanied by a strong craving for the drug.
Abstinence
The act of refraining from, or not having, sex.
Overdose
The consequence of taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death.
Binge drinking
The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting.
Intoxication
The state in which a person’s mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance.
Cirrosis
A disease of the liver in which it becomes filled with useless scar tissue; cirrhosis may lead to liver failure.
Carcinogen
A substance that is known to cause cancer.
Mainstream smoke
Smoke that is exhaled from a smoker’s lungs.
Side stream smoke
Smoke that goes directly into the air from a burning tobacco product.
Drug abuse
The intentional improper or unsafe use of a drug
Inhalant
A breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects.
Hallucinogen
A drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood.
Testosterone
The sex hormone that affects the production of sperm and signals certain physical changes at puberty.
Infertility
The condition of being unable to reproduce.
Semen
The mixture of sperm and fluids produced by the glands of the male reproductive system.
Sperm
The reproductive cells in males.
Fertilization
The process of a sperm cell joining with an egg.
Implantation
The process in which the blastocyst attaches itself to the wall of the uterus.
Menstruation (Menstrual cycle)
The process during which an ovary releases a mature egg that travels to the uterus; if the egg is not fertilized, the uterine lining is shed and a new cycle begins.
Menopause
The time of life during which the ovaries slow down their hormone production and no longer release mature eggs.
Ovulation
The process during which one of the ovaries releases a ripened egg.
Estrogen
The female sex hormone that signals certain physical changes at puberty and controls the maturation of eggs.
Gene
A section of a chromosome that determines or affects a characteristic, or trait.
Testes
The male reproductive glands.
C-section
A surgical method of birth.
Placenta
The structure that holds the embryo to the wall of the uterus.
Fetus
The stage of human development from the third month after fertilization until birth.
STI(sexually transmitted infection)
An infection caused by any pathogen that spreads from one person to another during sexual contact.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, an incurable sexually transmitted infection that can lead to AIDS.
AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an often fatal disease of the immune system caused by HIV infection.
