chapter 5 uppers, downers and all arounders

Every state defines the legal limit for driving while intoxicated (whether or not the driver can function) as a blood alcohol concentration of

0.08

Which of the following statements is true about cirrhosis of the liver?

It is caused by the toxic effects of alcohol, free radicals, and acetaldehyde.

Which of the following drinking patterns increase the risk of becoming an alcoholic for a person under age 65?

More than 4 drinks per day for men More than 3 drinks per day for women more than 14 drinks per week for men more than 7 drinks per week for women

Alcohol is categorized as which of the following?

a depressant or downer a drug

Which of the following is the correctly ordered progression for levels of alcohol use?

abstention, experimentation, social/recreational, habituation, abuse, addiction

The primary enzyme involved in the metabolism of alcohol is ______ and is located in the ______ and the ______.

alcohol dehydrogenase; stomach; liver

High-dose alcohol affects the central nervous system by ______ its function. At higher blood alcohol levels, this leads to ______ heart rate and breathing.

decreasing | decreased

Which of the following speeds up the absorption rate of alcohol?

drinking on an empty stomach

According to Uppers, Downers, All Arounders and the American Society of Addiction Medicine, alcoholism is

influenced by environmental factors influenced by genetic factors and heredity

Which of the following physical factors affect the rate at which an individual's liver can metabolize alcohol?

race and ethnicity gender heredity