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WGU - C458 - Health, Wellness and Fitness Exam With Verified Solutions Amphetamines - answerUppers, stimulants. Legitimate and useful medical applications, but often abused. Example Ritalin for ADHD. Adderall for obesity, ADHD and narcolepsy. Ecstasy - answerMDMA. Club drug often used at all night dance parties (raves). Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood pressure and can lead to heart or kidney failure; regular use produces long-lasting, perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ...

WGU C458 Health, Fitness and Wellness Exam With Verified Solutions Nutrition - answerprovides the body with the nutrients it needs to perform its daily tasks Undernutrition - answerimplies that the individual is not getting enough nutrients. This can occur even if the person is consuming more than enough calories Malnutrition - answeran imbalance of proper nutrients Anorexia nervosa - answerliterally means loss of appetite, but this is a misnomer: A person with this is hungry, but denies ...

WGU C458 Health, Fitness and Wellness Exam With Verified Solutions 2024 Which immune system structure is the site where white blood cells gain the ability to chemically identify specific foreign agents? - answerThymus gland The body system forms a protective barrier - answerIntegumentary system The body system that regulates body temperature - answerBoth integumentary and central nervous system The body system that controls blood pressure - answerCentral nervous system The body system th...

WGU C458 Health, Fitness and Wellness Exam With Verified Solutions 2024 Fatty acids that are produced when polyunsaturated oils are hydrogenated to make them more solid - answerTrans fats Compounds that facilitate the transport of cholesterol in the blood to the liver for metabolism and elimination from the body - answerHigh-density lipoproteins (HDL) Basic nutrients composed of carbon and hydrogen molecules; needed for the proper functioning of cells, insulation of body organs against sh...

WGU C458 Assessment Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct | Latest Update 2024 where 2 bones come together - answerjoint tough flexible tissue that covers the ends of the bones of freely movable joins and protects bones by preventing them from rubbing against each other - answerCartilage Connective tissue that binds one bone to another - answerLigament Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone - answerTendons Internal framework that the body needs to stand - answerBones skeletal m...

C458 Assessment Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct | Latest What are the components of a healthy diet? - answer-less than 10% calories from saturated fatty acids -include fiber -less than 2,300 mg sodium How do antioxidants affect the aging process? - answer-may reverse/forestall some of the negative effects of the aging process What do carbohydrates provide for the body? - answer-only energy source used by brain cells Definition: Protein - answer-synthesizes antibodies which help...

WGU - C458 Health Fitness Wellness - Unit 1 Module 1 Exam With Verified Solutions Key structures in skeletal system - answerbones, joints, cartilage, ligaments, tendons 4 types of bones - answerlong, flat, short, irregular 3 types of joints - answerimmovable, slightly movable, freely movable description & location of cartilage - answertough but flexible covering at bone ends and joints to reduce friction; also shape and support at nose, ears, windpipe 2 types of connective tissue - answer...

WGU C458 Health Wellness Fitness - Unit 1 Module 2 Exam With Verified Solutions 2024/2025 communicable disease - answerdef: disease transmittable from one person to another by means germs - virus, bacteria, fungus, or parasite (e.g. cold, flu, hepatitis, lice, athlete's foot) noncommunicable disease - answerdef. non-transmittable disease caused by means other than germs (e.g. cardiopulmonary disease, diabetes, cancer) communicable diseases by virus - answercommon cold influenza (flu) m...

WGU C458 Pre Assessment Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers what immune system structure is the site where white blood cells gain the ability to chemically identify specific foreign agents - answerthymus gland integumentary system or nervous system? - forms a protective barrier - regulates body temperature - controls blood pressure - regulates thirst and hunger - regulates muscle coordination - answer- integumentary - both - central nervous - central nervous - central nervous ...

WGU - Health, Fitness, and Wellness - C458 Exam With Complete Solutions 2024/2025 Structures of the Skeletal System: - answer· Joint-two bones that come together at a joint, which vary in type, allows for movement · Cartilage- a tough but flexible tissue that covers the ends of bones · Ligament- connective tissue that binds one bone to another. · Tendons- connective tissues that attaches to the bone. Aides in movement of bone or structure. striated muscle - answer· (skeletal muscle)-...