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Health Care
7th Grade
06/09/2009

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health
Definition
the well being of your body, mind and your relationship with others
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physical health
Definition
how well your body fuctions
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mental health
Definition
refer to how good you feel about yourself and how well you cope with say to day demands of you life
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social health
Definition
refers to how well you get along with others
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self esteem
Definition
how much you like and feel good about yourself
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I- messages
Definition
a way of saying how you feel without blamming or puting someone down
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three forms of bullying
Definition
verbal physical and emotional
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the 2 main hormones that help female bodies to grow and change
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estrogen progeston
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the main male hormone is
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testorone
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menstruation
Definition
this is the discharge of blood formed in the uterus
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uterus
Definition
a pear shaped organ about the size of a fist
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prostate
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a gland about the size of a walnut which secretes a thin milky whit fluid that helps sperm swim
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depressant
Definition
a drug that slows down the activity of the central nervous system
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stimulant
Definition
a drug that speeds up he
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nicotine
Definition
addictive substance found in tobacco
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THC
Definition
active ingredient in marijuana
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overdose
Definition
reaction from too much of drugs or achol my result in coma or death
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liver
Definition
large organ that removes a harmful materials from the body and produces bile
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mindaltering
Definition
change how the brain work
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side effects
Definition
unwanted even dangerous physical and mental effects caused by a drug or medicine
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alveolia
Definition
in the lungs(think grapes)
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trachea
Definition
know as the widpipe
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larnx
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also know as the voice box
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epiglotis
Definition
small tissue that covers the windpipe
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peristalis
Definition
muscular contrations of the esophagus that move food downward
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villi
Definition
finger like
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bile
Definition
helps break up large fat particals into smaller ones in much the same way a detergent breaks up grease
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gailbladder
Definition
stores bile
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metabolism
Definition
chemical process which the body breaks don food for energy
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HIV stands for
Definition
human immunodeficiency virus
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aids stands for
Definition
acquired immune deficiency syndrom
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type 1 diabetes
Definition
pancreascant make insulin body can still get glucose from food but stays n blood stream
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type 2 diabets
Definition
person can make insulin but doesnt respod normally to the insulin the body makes so lflucole is less able to enrer the cells and do its job of supplying energy
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last questions on final!!
three common methods for treating cancer are
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surgery radiation and chemotherapy
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resporation
Definition
energy realising process that is fueled by oxygen
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