Health Science Exam Three Study Guide

Ch. 15 The Cardiovascular System

What is the leading cause of adult death in the U.S. and what is it primarily caused by?
What are the risk factors for CVD that you can and cannot change? For the ones that can be modified, how do you decrease the risk of CVD?
What are the normal values for blood pressure? For cholesterol (LDL and HDL)?
What are the components of the Cardiovascular System and what are their functions?
What are the phases of a heartbeat called and what is happening when they occur?
What are the great vessels, chambers and valves of the heart and what are their functions?
Be able to label the front and internal view of the heart pictured on the power point.
What is the coronary circulation and where do the coronary arteries branch from?
What are the major forms of CVD and what are the characteristics of each?
Differences between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke?
What are the other forms of CVD mentioned in class and what do they involve?
What are the ways discussed in class to detect and treat heart disease?
Know the five ways to protect yourself against CVD

Ch. 16 Cancer

What three lifestyle choices are attributed to 60% of all cancer deaths?
What is cancer? What is the difference between benign and malignant tumors?
How do most cases of cancer begin?
What are the stages of tumor development?
What is the most common cancer related death in women? Men?
What are the top three cancer sites for men and women?
What are the two most common forms of cancer treatment? What are side effects/characteristics of these treatments?
What are the symptoms and detection methods for all cancers discussed in class?
What are oncogenes?
What is the tumor suppressor gene and what does it do? How can a defect in this gene cause a tumor to develop?
What is a cancer promoter? What is one specific example?
What are some environmental carcinogens discussed in class?

Ch. 11 Toward a Tobacco Free Society

Who uses tobacco more, men or women?
How does level of education relate to number of smokers?
What do the terms morbidity and mortality mean?
What is a psychoactive drug?
What is the psychoactive drug in tobacco?
What does it mean when you talk about loss of control and tolerance as it relates to a smoker?
What are some withdrawal symptoms?
What are secondary reinforcers?
What is the average age in which people start smoking?
Why do people even begin smoking?
What is tar?
Know the carcinogens and other additives in cigarettes that you were asked to remember in lecture and how they

impact the body.

Ch. 10 The Responsible use of Alcohol

What is the psychoactive drug in alcohol?
Symptoms of varying doses of alcohol discussed in class.
Alcohol percentages in beer, malt liquor, table wine, fortified wines, hard liquors.
What is the proof value?
Calories/gram in alcohol?
Where in the body is alcohol absorbed and what factors decrease/increase absorption rate?
What is BAC and what is it determined by?
Which organ is the main site of alcohol metabolism?
What are the immediate and long term effects of alcohol?
What is cirrhosis?
Possible health benefits of alcohol?
What is the difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence?
What is tolerance and what are common symptoms of withdrawal?
What is binge drinking?