Health PACE 4 self test

Three damaging chemicals in cigarette smoke are ________________________________, ________________________________, and ________________________________.

nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide

List the five classes of abused drugs.

narcotic analgesics, hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants, anabolic steroids

Complete the checklist of the seven warning signs of cancer. ( remember CAUTION )

change in bladder habits; a sore that does not heal; unusual bleeding or discharge; thickening or lump; indigestion or difficulty in swallowing; obvious change in a mole or wart; nagging cough or hoarseness

What is a drug?

any chemical substance that changes the body's normal processes

What is ecology?

the study of how living things relate to their surroundings

What is cancer?

abnormal cell growth

What is hypertension?

high blood pressure

What is AIDS?

the destruction of the body's immune system

____________________________ enters the blood stream, stimulates adrenaline, and changes the body's metabolism.

nicotine

____________________________are illegal drugs that increase muscle growth and body weight.

anabolic steroids

The class of drugs that causes sleep and relieves pain is __________________________________.

narcotic analgesics

A _________________________ is a substance that increases the central nervous system reaction.

stimulant

_________________________________ is the stimulant absorbed through the membranes in the nose.

Cocaine

The drug that temporarily relieves tension and worry is a _______________________________.

depressant

A ____________________________________ can cause a person to hallucinate.

hallucinogens

A _______________________________ is an image that occurs in the mind of a drug addict after he has stopped using a drug.

flashback

A hallucinogen that smells like burning rope when smoked is ___________________________.

marijuana

_______________________________ is the most widely used drug.

alcohol

If a person's blood pressure reading is 140/80, his ____________________________ pressure would be 80, and his ____________________________ pressure would be 140.

diastolic, systolic

_____________________________ wedding gift to a married couple is sex.

God's

Sexually transmitted diseases are spread by ______________________________ passing from a diseased person to another person through sexual contact.

germs

HIV is carried by body fluids, mainly __________________________ and semen.

blood

The greatest number of AIDS cases are among homosexual ____________________________ and intravenous drug users who share _____________________________.

men, needles

Carbon monoxide drives out the _____________________________ in the red blood cells and causes the heart to work harder.

oxygen

Drug __________________________ is the need for larger doses of a drug to achieve the same affect.

tolerance

In coronary artery disease, the _________________________ is damaged by a clot in the flow of blood.

heart

A harmless tumor is ________________________________.

benign

A ________________________________ tumor is cancerous.

malignant

________________________________ disease affects the heart or blood vessels.

cardiovascular

A ______________________________ happens when material blocks the blood flow to the heart.

heart attack

A _________________________________ happens when material blocks the blood flow to the brain.

stroke

____________________________ mellitus is a condition of high levels of blood sugar in the body.

Diabetes

_________________________ is the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV