HEALTH: FINAL EXAM REVIEW
THE FINAL EXAM COVERS EVERYTHING WE’VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER.
STUDY YOUR NOTES, TESTS, GRADED ASSIGNMENTS AND HANDOUTS.
BRING A #2 PENCIL TO THE EXAM.
YOU MAY USE (2) 3”X5” INDEX CARDS DURING THE EXAM.
TOPICS:
• 6 classes of nutrients (why each one is important, recommended servings per day, etc)
• Nutritious diet (health benefits of a good diet, diseases & effects of a poor diet, etc)
• Alcoholism (effects on body, family, treatment and support groups)
• Arthritis (types, cause, treatment)
• Behavior problems (compulsions, delusions, obsessions, phobias, etc)
• Blood sugar diseases (diabetes, hypoglycemia, detection, treatment)
• Body changes during puberty
• Breathing & respiration (anatomy, how we breathe, etc)
• Cancer (types of cancer & tumors, risk factors, prevention, detecting, treating)
• Cardiovascular disease (types, risk factors, prevention, detecting, treating)
• CDC death rates (leading causes of death for U.S., and for different age groups)
• Cervical cancer (causes, treatments, etc)
• Defense mechanisms
• Eating disorders (types, risk factors, treatment)
• Exercise (benefits of, target heart rate, types of, endorphins, etc)
• Fertilization
• HDL, LDL, cholesterol (what they are and what problems they cause)
• Health insurance (HMO, PPO, Medicaid, Medicare, deductible, premium, etc)
• Hepatitis (what it is and how it’s treated)
• HIV & AIDS (body fluids, methods of transmission, age groups of most new infections, etc)
• Hormones (endorphins, adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin)
• Illegal drugs (classifications, types, short & long-term effects on the body & mind)
• Immune and Autoimmune diseases
• Infectious diseases
• Insomnia (what it is, what causes it, how to treat it)
• Kidneys (why they’re needed / what they do, diseases of, etc)
• Liver (why it’s needed / what it does, diseases of, etc)
• Male and female reproductive disorders
• Male and female reproductive hormones
• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Meningitis (types, causes, symptoms, effects on the body, treatment)
• Mental illness (study of, types: depression, schizophrenia, paranoia, dementia, anxiety, etc)
• Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases (causes, effects on the body & mind, treatment)
• Personality (types, how they’re shaped: environment, conditioning, socialization, etc)
• Physician specialties: psychiatry, cardiology, neurology, dermatology, oncology, ob/gyn
• Reproductive anatomy
• Sleep (health benefits, how much do you need, problems caused by sleep deprivation, etc)
• STD’s (types, causes, symptoms & treatment of each, etc)
• Tobacco (effects on body, nicotine & what it does, carbon monoxide & other chemicals, quitting)
• Personal Values (types, how they’re formed and changed, etc)
• Violence (emotional and situational causes, dating violence, anger management techniques, etc)