Health Psyc Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
, Breast cancer screening mammogram
women 45-54 - every year
women 55+ - every other year (b/c unlikely to develop at this age)
Cervical cancer screening pap smear, followed by colposcopy (if abnormal)
pap smear removes cells from cervix to test for abnormalities
start at 30; every 3 years unless abnormal
Colorectal cancer screening stool tests - every 1-3 year
flexible sigmoidoscopy - every 5 years (checks lower 1/3 of colon)
colonoscopy - every 10 years (checks entire colon)
everyone 45-75
Prostate cancer screening digital rectal exam
prostate-specific antigen test (blood test)
low risk = beginning at 50, every 2 years
high risk = beginning at 40-45, every year
Peripheral nervous system components somatic (skeletal muscles) and autonomic (involuntary) autonomic further branced
to sympathetic (stress/fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest)
Health onion core: age, sex, genetics
layer 1: individual lifestyle factors
layer 2: social and community networks
layer 3: living and working conditions
layer 4 (outer): general socio-economic, cultural, environmental conditions
, Breast cancer screening mammogram
women 45-54 - every year
women 55+ - every other year (b/c unlikely to develop at this age)
Cervical cancer screening pap smear, followed by colposcopy (if abnormal)
pap smear removes cells from cervix to test for abnormalities
start at 30; every 3 years unless abnormal
Colorectal cancer screening stool tests - every 1-3 year
flexible sigmoidoscopy - every 5 years (checks lower 1/3 of colon)
colonoscopy - every 10 years (checks entire colon)
everyone 45-75
Prostate cancer screening digital rectal exam
prostate-specific antigen test (blood test)
low risk = beginning at 50, every 2 years
high risk = beginning at 40-45, every year
Peripheral nervous system components somatic (skeletal muscles) and autonomic (involuntary) autonomic further branced
to sympathetic (stress/fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest)
Health onion core: age, sex, genetics
layer 1: individual lifestyle factors
layer 2: social and community networks
layer 3: living and working conditions
layer 4 (outer): general socio-economic, cultural, environmental conditions
