BBH 101 Q&A Bundle

Humoral Theory 4 humors/ liquids; need to be balanced or you'll get sick Reductionism understanding individual parts to understand whole system John Snow: Chlorea caused severe diarrhea and vomiting. caused my infested water pumps Semmelweis: Child bed fever mother and babies were dying after bi...

Researchers want to investigate the relationship between drinking energy drinks and blood pressure. They recruit a sample of 100 participants and randomly assign 50 of them to group A and 50 of them to group B. Blood pressure is measured in both groups. Then participants of group A drink an energy d...

Prevention overall goals are to extend life span, compress morbidity; aim is to reduce the risks or threats to health Primary prevention -health enhancing efforts to prevent disease or injury from occurring -aims to prevent disease or injury if it ever occurs -this is done by preventing exposures t...

Sign that may signal disease symptom Activity undertaken by people who feel sick and wish to discover their state of health illness behavior Activity undertaken by people who have been diagnosed as ill that are directed at getting well sick role behavior Label for a disease or sickness diagnosis ...

When it is successful, deep-brain stimulation causes the neurodegeneration associated with Parkinson's disease to stop, allowing a patient to live mostly unaffected by the disease for the rest of his or her life. False __________ is generally characterized by insulin deficiency, while _________ is...

Cancer the rapid reproduction of irregular cells forming a neoplasm (tumor). Results in a dysfunction in the cell's dna. Rate of tumor growth tumor cells reproduce at different rates. Doubling times range from 23-209 days. When we discover a tumor or ump, the cancer is already well on it's way be...

Beginning of medicine always trying to make people feel better, became smaller when witch hunting grew Hippocrates greek, greatest thinker of early medicine, examined only things that are observable, wanted to explain medicine through observations not spirits, humoral theory Humoral. theory four f...

Cardiovascular system (3 main parts) 1.Arteries away from heart(oxygen rich blood -->body,Oxygen poor blood-->lungs) 2. Veins toward heart 3. Capillaries: small blood vessels Myocardium the muscle tissue of the heart Atria 2 upper chambers that receive blood from body and lungs Ventricles 2...

Stressor an event that can be something external (e.g death of a loved one) or internal (e.g. Psychiatric disorder) causing a negative emotional experience in response to it. Hans Selye a Hungarian doctor who was the first person to identify stress as a medical issue and its effects on people. Know...

Health Belief Model - posits that there are several important factors that are involved in determining whether or not someone is going to change their behavior in a healthy way. - a dynamic predictor of behavioral change that is successful in some circumstances. It has been found in some studies to...

The new model of health care that combines the efforts of physicians, psychologists, and other health care providers is called: A) Palliative care B) Primary care C) Collaborative care D) multidimensional care C Sensitizers are people who cope with health problems by: A) Closely scanning their bo...

Cardiovascular Disease -Refers to a variety of diseases of the heart, blood vessels, or both -Includes: coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, stroke -Leading cause of death Hypertension -Most common form of CVD -Abnormally high blood pressure Coronary artery disease and stroke contribute to...

Drug abuse is the use of a drug to the extent that it impairs you biological, psychological, or social well-being Blood brain barrier network of tightly packed capillary cells that separate the blood and the brain Teratogens drugs, chemicals, and environmental agents that can damage the devel of t...

Non-modifiable risk factors Age Sex Race Family history In many studies, must be controlled Statistical control: allows for the removal of variables influence Age Main risk factor for major diseases like cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, etc. About 2/3 of all deaths wo...

The hypothesis that telomeres connected to aging suggests that aging increases as telomeres get shorter Roger is a 40 year old male. He just had an appointment with his physician. Although he is currently healthy, his doctor told him it would be in his best interest to lose some weight and begin ex...

This term describes the death of tissue due to lack of blood flow: infarction The most common form of cardiovascular disease is: hypertension The vast majority of diabetes cases in the U.S. and world are: type 2 diabetes Benzodiazepine drugs generally act to ___________ neural activity. reduce T...

Define stress term that refers to the sum of the physical, mental, and emotional strains or tensions on a person; the human body's reaction to anything that throws off the balance inside it (injury, exercise, infection, fear, pain) In what order does the body react during a stress response? -alarm...

Diabetes insulin deficiencies in production or effect Role of insulin - hormone that promotes the absorption of glucose from the blood. -breaks down glucose after eating Symptoms of hyperglycemia - polyuria: increased urination - polydipsia: increased thirst. Caused by polyuria - Both occur bec...

Which of the following best corresponds to a biomedical perspective on disease? Disease is due primarily to the influence of pathogens (e.g. viruses, bacteria, parasites) Which of the following is a correct interpretation of a p-value of 0.03? there is approximately a 3% chance that the observed ex...

L-DOPA is capable of stopping the neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson's disease true or false? false Bill recently had a diagnostic test done that involved the use of ultrasound to create an image of his heart. The test revealed he had damage to his heart that may have been the result of a...

What is the physiology of stress? The nervous system plays a central role in the physiology of stress. When a person perceives stress, the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system stimulates the adrenal medulla, producing catecholamines and arousing the person from a resting state. The p...

C) A person develops the disease when they are exposed to a pathogen (ie. germ) that causes the disease Which of the following sounds like a description of a disease that would fit best under the biomedical model of health? A) a. a person develops the disease due to a combination of factors, includi...

1. Somatic, 2. Autonomic- parasympathetic James was walking to the kitchen when his roommate jumped out at him from behind a door and tried to scare him, causing his heart to race. What divisions of the nervous system were most active 1) when he was walking to the kitchen, and 2) immediately after h...

Healthy Behaviors -a health-enhancing behavior or habit -ex: exercising regularly, using sunscreen, healthy eating, practicing safe sex, wearing seat belts, getting enough sleep Health-Risk Behaviors -a health-comprising behavior or habit -ex: smoking, excessive eating, substance abuse, dangerous d...

Physical movement bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles Physical exercise planned, repetitive, and purposeful physical activity (improves or maintains one or more aspects of physical fitness) Aerobic/anaerobic exercise two broad categories of physical exercise Aerobic exercise light-to-mod...

Types of Risk Factors modifiable (controllable) non-modifiable (incontrllable) Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor for disease? a. Jim has a family history of lung cancer b. Jim is a smoker himself c. Jim has a genetic predisposition toward addictive behavior B. The only thing that ...

Stressor an event or situation that causes stress Eustress A positive stress that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal Distress negative stress Allostasis process by which the body achieves stability through physiological change Allostatic load the long-term negative impact of the ...

Hormones synthesized in the hypothalamus (i.e. oxytocin and vasopressin) are secreted into the bloodstream by the: posterior pituitary The theory that a person progresses through 6 stages of change before achieving sustained behavior change is known as the transtheoretical model The difference bet...

1.) Compare and contrast the biopsychosocial and biomedical models. Include the advantages of the biopsychosocial model over the biomedical model ***Biopsychosocial Model*** -view point that health and other behaviors are determined by the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors...

General adaptation syndrome prolonged stress has harmful effects in the body Immunosuppression model stress suppresses the immune system, leaving the individual ruler to opportunistic infection and disease Glucocorticoid resistance model stress interferes with the immune system's sensitivity to t...

What was the ancient perspective of diseases? That they were controlled by evil spirits and uncontrollable forces. What is Trepanation? An early form of surgery that attempted to release evil spirits Who developed the humoral theory? Hippocrates Humoral Theory 4 Fluids in the body: - Phlegm -Yell...