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Health Final Review
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Medicine/Drugs
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Health Care
9th Grade
05/21/2011

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What is the addictive drug in tobacco?
Definition
nicotene
Term
what does tar do to the body?
Definition
destroys cilia and damages lungs
Term
what does carbon monoxide do to the body?
Definition
replaces oxygen in red blood cells depriving the body of air
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What cancers are prominent in those who use smokeless tabacco?
Definition
throat, larynx, esophagus, stomach, and pancreas
Term
What are some short term effects of tobacco?
Definition
increased heart rate, dulled taste buds, bad breath, smelly clothes
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What are 3 long term effects of tobacco use?
Definition
Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, heart disease
Term
What's chronic bronchitis?
Definition
long term lung disease in which cilia are destroyed from a build up of tar
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What's Emphysema?
Definition
a kind of lung cancer
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What's heart disease? stroke?
Definition
failure of the body to deliver oxygen to the heart and brain
Term
What are 2 ways tobacco use damages society?
Definition
tax payers and medical costs = $97 billion a year, and secondhand smoke (sidestream)
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What are 3 things that have led to a decline in teen smoking?
Definition
ad campaigns, costs, and family support
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What are 3 benefits to living tabacco free?
Definition
lower risk of lung cancer, less stress, friends will want to be around you
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What percentage of adult smokers started when they were teens?
Definition
90%
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How does environmental tobacco smoke harm nonsmokers?
Definition
it isn't filtered when breathed in
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What's the harm of smoking on infants?
Definition
can cause miscarriage and increases the likelihood for physical and mental disabilities
Term
What's ethanol?
Definition
the type of alcohol used in alcoholic beverages
Term
what's peer pressure?
Definition
the influence peers have on your actions
Term
What are three things that can lead a teen's choice to drink?
Definition
family, media, and peer pressure
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What are 3 negative things that can result from teen drinking?
Definition
sexual activity, violence, and alcoholism
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What three things can influence the severity of alcohol's effect on you?
Definition
body size/gender, food, and amount/rate of intake
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Why do females become intoxicated more quickly?
Definition
moves through the bloodstream quicker
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What's metabolism?
Definition
process by which the body breaks down sunstances
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What's a blood alcohol concentration (BAC)?
Definition
amount of alcohol in a person's blood (as a %)
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What's binge drinking?
Definition
consuming 5 or more drinks in one sitting
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What is the multiplier effect?
Definition
medication has a greater or different effect on the body when taken while drinking alcohol than if it was taken alone
Term
What's the term used to describe driving while intoxicated?
Definition
DUI (driving under the influence) or DWI (drving while intoxicated)
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What level in most states of BAC is illegal when driving
Definition
.1 or greater, but in Georgia it's .08
Term
What are four consequences that occur when a teen is caught DUI?
Definition
harm to driver and others, loss of parents' trust and respect, lawsuits, and license revoked
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What's alcohol poisoning?
Definition
sever and potentially fatal physical reaction to alcohol overdose that can lead to coma
Term
What are 5 symptoms of alcohol poisoning?
Definition
mental confusion, irregular heartbeat, slowed respiration, hypothermia, vomiting
Term
What's a problem drinker?
Definition
one who drinks to escape from issues with personal life
Term
What are 3 changes to the brain caused by long-term alcohol use?
Definition
addiction, loss of functions, damage
Term
Why shouldn't pregnant women drink?
Definition
the alcohol passes into the bloodstream of the fetus
Term
What are five symptoms of alcoholics?
Definition
craving, loss of control, loss of physical dependence, developed tolerance,and legal issues
Term
What are the three stages of alcoholism?
Definition
abuse, dependency, addiction
Term
What's recovery?
Definition
process of learning to live an alcohol free life
Term
What is detoxification?
Definition
process in which the body adjusts to functioning without alcohol
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What are the four categories of medicines?
Definition
disease preventors, infection fighters, pain relieverrs, and health restorers
Term
What's additive interaction?
Definition
2 medicines work together when taken at the same time
Term
What's synergistic effect?
Definition
2 medicines increase the other's effect when taken at the same time
Term
What's Antagonistic interaction?
Definition
one medicine decreases the effect of the other when the two are taken at the same time
Term
What's Antagonistic interaction?
Definition
one medicine decreases the effect of the other when the two are taken at the same time
Term
What's a prescription medication?
Definition
in order to buy it you need the approval, order, and permission of a doctor
Term
What's an over the counter medication (OTC)?
Definition
you don't need a doctor's prescription
Term
What's substance abuse?
Definition
any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for nonmedical reasons
Term
What are three physical consequences of medicine abuse?
Definition
harm to organs, risk of overdose, and risk of contracting diseases
Term
What are 3 mental consequences of medicine abuse?
Definition
loss of morality, ambition/motivation, and self control
Term
What are the consequences of medicine/drug abuse on society?
Definition
legal consequences: leads to many crimes, suicides, and injuries
Term
How does marijuana affect the body?
Definition
causes addiction, brain damage (short term memory loss), chest damage (Lung irritation and heart problems), increased appetite and reproductive system defects
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How do inhalants affect the body?
Definition
can cause sudden death from an increased heart rate and impaired nervous system
Term
What risks do teens face from using steroids?
Definition
Ligaments remain the same size so too much stress on the muscles can result in a career ending injury
Term
What are psychoactive drugs?
Definition
chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter brain activity
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What's a stimulant?
Definition
a drug that speeds up the nervous system (cocaine and nicotene)
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What's a depressant?
Definition
drug that tend to slow down the nervous system (alcohol and tranquilizers)
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What are designer drugs?
Definition
synthetic substances meant to imitate the effects of hallucinogens and other dangerous drugs
Term
How do designers drugs affect the body?
Definition
lead to depression, paranoia, and brain damage (ecstacy)
Term
What are drug-free school zones?
Definition
areas (within 1000 feet of a school) where drugs can't be sold, purchased, or used
Term
What is the main focus of drug treatment centers?
Definition
to assist in medical attention of drug abusers (getting them clean)
Term
Why are support groups a popular treatment for addiction?
Definition
provide long term moral support
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