DSST Health
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25 Questions

1. Passionate love - also described as romantic love or infatuation - is a state of extreme __________ in another.

2. The principal cause for the development of coronary heart disease is _______________ - which is a buildup of plaque on the inner walls of arteries

3. An aneurysm is a ballooning or outpouching on a weakened area of an ______.

4. The more lean muscle mass you have - the higher your ___________ will be.

5. These new forms of immunotherapy are the use of interferon - monoclonal antibodies - interleukin-2 - tumor necrosis factor (TNF) - and certain bone marrow growth regulators. These products are being manufactured using genetic _____________ techniques

6. Dr. Hans _____ coined the word distress for harmful - unpleasant stress.

7. In her classic book ______________ - Kubler-Ross summarized the psychological stages that dying people often experience.

8. There are many kinds of psychosomatic illnesses such as sleep disorders - _____ disorders - and digestive problems.

9. For people who have smoked a pack or less of cigarettes per day - within __ years after quitting smoking - their heart disease risk is virtually the same as those who never smoked.

10. Created in 1965 by amendments to the Social Security Act - ________ represents a governmental form of health insurance.

11. ________________ is a financial agreement between an insurance company and an individual or group for the payment of health costs.

12. Tolerance is an acquired reaction to a drug in which continued intake of the same dose has ___________ effects.

13. According to the Food Pyramid - the second greatest proportion of your diet should come from the Vegetable group with a recommended _______ servings per day.

14. Bipolar extreme mood swings alternate between feeling euphoric and energetic to feeling __________ - powerless and listless.

15. Mental health is a state of well-being of the ____.

16. The weight range deemed appropriate for people of a specific ______ - age - and frame size is referred to as desirable weight.

17. During this stage - the pathogenic agent continues to multiply. Now the host is capable of transferring __________ to a new host.

18. Genetic mutations develop when dividing cells _______ genetic information.

19. How you feel about yourself is known as your ___________.

20. In an isotonic exercise - there are two contractions. The concentric contraction is when your muscle shortens in length and develops tension. The _________ contraction is when your muscle lengthens and develops tension.

21. Testicular cancer has a tendency to run in families and is more common in men whose testicles were _____________ during childhood.

22. The autonomic nervous system (____) is also called the involuntary nervous system because it controls involuntary actions such as your heart beat or the narrowing and widening of your blood vessels.

23. ____________ refers to a consistently elevated blood pressure.

24. Lower - or more basic needs - must be met before higher needs can be __________.

25. The oldest approach to cancer therapy is the removal of tissue suspected to contain _________ cells.