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Purpose of Dopamine Inhibition of prolactin production Sleep Learning Attention Pleasure and reward Movement Memory Mood What term best describes the reelationship between an individual's health and a number of other variables, including the amoutn of healthcare consumed? Health production function- math expression that shows the relationship between an individual's health and a number of other variables. How much time should you allow for Celexa to provide its initial therapeut...

Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and apathetic. Although several months have passed since his wife's death he has not progressed at all through his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the following? disenfranchised grief panic disorder complicated grief physiologic grief Correct Answer: complicated grief A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical, psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the de...

mesocortical pathway executive function: attention, focus, depression nigrostriatal pathway from substantia nigra (brainstem) to striatum (muscles): Parkinson's mesolimbic pathway projects to nucleus accumbens (part of limbic system). Pleasure, reward, positive symptoms of schizophrenia: Addiction, gambling Tuberoinfundibular pathway regulation of prolactin (acts on pituitary). Hypersexuality in mania Dopamine produced in substania nigra and VTA. D2 & D4 receptors most important. Elevat...

FH, family tree, pedigree, genogram Tools used in determining likelihood of genetic disorder in family, inheritance patterns, and risk of recurrence in family members U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative Recommended that families know their family history Autosomal dominant conditions may be present in more than one generation and In up to 50% of offspring when one parent is affected (such as Marfan syndrome) Recessive conditions Appear only in one generation Affects indiv...

Mood Disorders Most common psych illnesses Primary characteristic is persistent disturbance in mood Major Depressive Disorder Often occurs without precipitating event MDD Object loss theory Fairbairn, Winnicott & guntrip Aggression turned inward theory of MDD Freud Cognitive Theory Beck Learned Helplessness-Hopelessness Theory Seligman Genetic predisposition Strong genetic load for depression for child of depressed parent -having 3 fold increase in lifetime risk of MDD & 40% chance of d...

Clinical picture of 14 y.o. with inflamed gingivalLeukemia How should an allergic reaction to barbiturates on lip be treated?Benadryl Patient does not like look on canine (pictured), asked what it wasHypoplasia Facial erosion due to acidic beverages Amelogenesis Imperfecta (xray) Blue sclera (eye picture), what dental findings should you see?Dentinogenesis imperfecta All of the following are Hyperthyroid symptoms except? a. fatigue b. exopthalamus c. tachycardia d. tremor of extremit...

5 Health related fitness components Correct Answer-Cardiorespiratory endurance Body Composition Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance Flexibility ACSM-AHA Primary physical activity recommendations Correct Answer-minimum 3-5 days of 30-60min of moderate and vigorous exercise including minimum of 2 days muscular strength and endurance ACSM-AHA recommendations for moderate exercise Correct Answer-minimum 5 days/ week 30min/ day ACSM-AHA recommendations for vigorous exercise Correct Answer...

5 Health related fitness components Correct Answer-Cardiorespiratory endurance Body Composition Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance Flexibility ACSM-AHA Primary physical activity recommendations Correct Answer-minimum 3-5 days of 30-60min of moderate and vigorous exercise including minimum of 2 days muscular strength and endurance ACSM-AHA recommendations for moderate exercise Correct Answer-minimum 5 days/ week 30min/ day ACSM-AHA recommendations for vigorous exercise Correct Answer-...

Epimysium Correct Answer-The connective tissue encasing the entire muscle body. (NSCA CPT, pg. 21) Muscle Fiber Correct Answer-The structural unit of muscle. Also referred to as a muscle cell. (NSCA CPT, pg. 22) Action Potential Correct Answer-A temporary change (reversal) in the electrical charge of a muscle or nerve cell when it is stimulated. (NSCA CPT, pg. 22) Myosin Correct Answer-One of the two primary myofilaments; binds with myosin to cause a muscle action. (NSCA CPT, pg. 24) Aden...

1. The major impact of the physiological changes that occur with aging is: A. Reduced physiological reserve B. Reduced homeostatic mechanisms C. Impaired immunological response D. All of the above - Ans-D All of the above ____ 2. The strongest evidence regarding normal physiological aging is available through: A. Randomized controlled clinical trials B. Cross-sectional studies C. Longitudinal studies D. Case control studies - Ans-C. Longitudinal studies ____ 3. All of the following sta...