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| what is the difference between the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system? |
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parasympathetic - slows the body down
sympathetic - arouses the body |
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| a process by which the body equalizes itself |
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| to cause stress what two things must happen? |
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| must believe that our actions can control the situation's outcome; must assume the situation is important and may be devastating |
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| what is type A stress personality? |
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| people who have lots of responsibilities, are leaders, handle stressful situations, "go" people; more prone to stress, strokes, and heart attack |
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| what is type B stress personality? |
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| people who are more relaxed, laid-back; take life one step at a time |
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| what are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome? |
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| alarm; resistance; exhaustion |
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| a physical way for someone to release emotion |
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| a situation in the environment or in our body that causes an imbalance |
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| imbalance between what a situation requires and what you are capable of doing |
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| true or false: Chlamydia is a bacteria. |
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| name three things you can do to avoid getting an STI. |
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| make careful sexual choices; don't share needles; go through sex ed |
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| what bodily cells does HIV/AIDS attack? |
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| CD4 T-cells, monocytes, and macrophages |
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| an injection through the lower back into the spine; numbs the nerves that are returning to the brain, but leaves the "commands" from the brain untouched |
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| a rating of a baby's immediate physical health that is taken one minute and five minutes post-birth |
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| what separates the first stage of labor from the second stage? |
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| the baby begins pushing into and through the birth canal |
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| what happens in the third stage of labor? |
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| the placenta is delivered |
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| any baby below __.__ pounds is considered a low-birth weight baby and has a 50x higher chance of dying in its first year |
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| what is the difference between pre-eclampsia and eclampsia? |
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| in pre-eclampsia the BP can decrease; in eclampsia the BP remains high (dangerous) |
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