chapter 7

• the scientific term for alcohol is __


  ethanol
• type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages : ____


  ethanol
• Ethanol: ___ alcohol. safe to ____, excess can be _____, can damage the body and can be lethal

  ethyl, consume, toxic
• Standard drink serving sizes for beer, wine, liquor:

  ___ounces of beer,

  __ ounces of wine,

  __ ounces of liquor

  12, 5, 1.5
• Where is most alcohol is metabolized?? ____

  liver
• effect of moderate drinking of alcohol: Moderate intake may be ______ ( serving to protect the heart from injury, disease, or malfunction)

  cardioprotective
• more than ___drinks a day can be harmful. Increases ____ synthesis by the liver and increases blood pressure

  3, cholesterol
• excessive amounts of alcohol can trigger cardiac ____ or cause cardiac ____

  arrythmia, myopathy
•  MEOS (________) begins to work when there is too much______and the liver enzymes ca

  n not keep up. Microsomal ethanol oxidizing system, alcohol
• Review MEOS:

  • used to metabolize drugs and other foreign compounds.
  • Alcohol takes precedence over drugs, so consuming alcohol and drugs together can result in lethal levels of drugs building up in the bloodstream.
  • The more you drink, the more active MEOS becomes. This can result in alcohol tolerance
• Alcohol liver disease progresses to _____.

  hepatitis
• ____ is stage 2 of alcoholic liver diseases, liver becomes ___

  hepatitis, inflamed