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Health Test 3
Sleep, sex, reproduction, sti's.
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Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011

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What are Circadian rhythms and how do they affect sleep rhythms for most young adults?

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an internal dialy cycle of walking and sleeping that tells them to fall asleep laten in the evening and to wake up later in the morning than older adults
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affects of sleep deprivation:
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heightened irritability, lowered anger threshold, frustration, nervousness, and difficulty handling stress.
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What hormone is secreted that promotes sleep
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metalonin
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The human brain cycles in 2 main states of sleep what are they:
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1. Non-rapid eye movement (NREM)

2. Rapid Eye Movement (REM)

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Stages of NREM
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1. transitional, light sleep(10 sec-10 min)

2. brain activity slows, movement stops (10-20 min)

3&4. DEEP sleep (20-40 min)

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Most people experience ____ sleep cycles each night.
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4-5
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What stage of NREM sleep represents the beginning of actual sleep
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Stage 2
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Molly often awakes snorting and gasping for air in the middle of the night. Molly most likely has what sleep disorder? 

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sleep apnea
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Insomnia
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difficulty falling or staying asleep
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Sleep Apnea
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period of nonbreathing during sleep
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Narcolepsy
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"sleep attacks" where individuals fall alseep unintentionally in inappropriate situations
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Restless leg syndrome
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disagreeable sensations in the limbs, usually the legs.
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Other Dyssomnias
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hypersomnia: sxcessive daytime sleepiness despite an adequate amount os sleep at night.

 

circadian rhythm sleep disorder: the persons internal sleep/wake cycle is out of sync with the sleep/wake demands of the environment.

 

Sleep paralysis: awareness of being awake accompanied by head to toe immobility, including an inability to utter a sound or word.

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Friendships
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Are stable and sometimes longer lasting than romantic relationships
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Gender role
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set of behaviors and activites a person engages in to conform to societys expecations of his or her sex
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Sexual orientation
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a persons emotional , romantic, and sexual attraction to a member of the same sex, the other sex, or both.
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Vagina
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a hollow, muscular tube extending from the external vaginal opening to the cervix.
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Clitoris
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highly sensitive, cylindrical body about 3 centimeters in length that fills with blood during sexual excitement.
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Mons Pubis
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mound or layer of fatty tissue that pads and protecs the pubic bone.
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labia majora

 

labia minora

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folds of tissue that wrap around the entrance to the vagina
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area between Vagina/Penis and anus
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Perineum
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Sperm are manufactured in the
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 testes
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When sperm leaves the epidymis what is the name of the tubing that connects to the urethra?
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vas defrens
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vasocongestion
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the inflow of blood to tissues in erogenous areas.
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myotonia
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a voluntary or involuntary muscle tension occuring in response to sexual stimuli.
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4 stages of sexual response cycle
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excitement

plateau

orgasm

resolution

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What are the barrier methods of contraception?
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physically separate the sperm from the female reproductive tract.

 

condoms, diaphram,cervical cap, sponge

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What STI is associated with painful sores at the site of contact
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Herpes
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Gohnorrhea
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symptoms: 2-5 days

 

Women: not develop symptoms

Men: discharge

 

teated with anti-biotics

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Chlamydia
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Symptoms: most have no symptoms

 if there are symptoms they are :

Women: burning with urination and increase in vaginal discharge

Men: watery penile discharge, burning sensation with pee or pain and swelling in the scrotum

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Syphilis
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stages... teatable or goes away on its own
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HIV
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immune dificiency
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