health: drugs

respiratory system
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respiratory system
Brings in oxygen from the outside environment and into our bodies, removes carbon dioxide
nasal cavity
Warms, cleans and humidifies air
Larynx
Vocal box responsible for speaking
Trachea
Tube the air travels from the throat into the bronchial tubes
bronchus
2 main branches off the trachea
bronchial tubes
branches off the bronchus, leads to alveoli
Alveoli
Grape like clusters of air sacks, exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen in our blood
Diaphragm
Large band of muscle that controls the size of chest cavity, responsible for our breathing
pleura
Our membrane of our lungs
Lungs
The 2 large respiratory organs of the body
blackoutBeing conscious but having no memory of what you didPassoutThe body's inability to wake itself upAlcohol is absorbed in our_____ and processed in the ______Stomach, liverproofTwice the percent of alcoholFactors that affect BACbody weight, rate of consumption, gender, amount of food in stomachWhat is considered one drink?12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, 1.25 oz of liquorliver cirrhosisAlcohol interferes with the ability for the liver to breakdown fatsexamples of depressantstranquilizers, barbiturates, alcoholexamples of stimulants (physically addictive)Amphetamines, cocaine(crack), nicotineexamples of hallucinogens (brain damage)LSD (lasts 8-12 hrs), psilocybin, PCPPCPused originally as a large animal tranquilizerOpiatesAny drug made from psychoactive compounds continued in the seed pods of poppy plantsBarbituratesa class depressant, also called sedative hypnoticsdrug synergismOccurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would produce aloneMarijuana (own category of drug)properties of a depressant, stimulant and hallucinogenexamples of opiates/narcoticsheroin, morphine, codeineexamples of club drugsEcstasy, GHB, Ketamine