Alcohol

It takes the brain ___________ to react to alcohol.

Underaged children can drink alcohol if at home or at private locations.

In the UK, 1 unit of alcohol contains [blank_start]8[blank_end] greams of pure alcohol. In the USA, 1 unit of alcohol contains [blank_start]14[blank_end] greams of pure alcohol. In the Australia, 1 unit of alcohol contains [blank_start]10[blank_end] greams of pure alcohol.

What is the legal drink-and-drive boundary for alcohol concentration in the UK?

How long does it take to eliminate one unit of alcohol?

Food [blank_start]decreases[blank_end] the rate of alcohol absorption. This means that food leads to a [blank_start]lower[blank_end] blood alcohol leve.

What is the daily maximum of alcohol for men?

What's the daily maximum of alcohol units for women?

Men can drink more than women because they metabolize alcohol faster than women do.

Alcohol is composed to beverages made of or containing the organic compound [blank_start]ethanol[blank_end]. [blank_start]Ethanol[blank_end] has a [blank_start]low[blank_end] molecular weight and is a [blank_start]highly[blank_end] lipophilic compound. [blank_start]Ethanol[blank_end] is the most commonly [blank_start]abused[blank_end] drug.

What does alcohol do to the body?

What does alcohol produce?

Which of these are sensitive and affected by ethanol?

Alcohol can cause an inspecific increase in membrane fluidity and leads to disruption in the ordering of lipids.

To calculate alcohol content, you multiply [blank_start]percent[blank_end] [blank_start]alcohol[blank_end] [blank_start]by[blank_end] [blank_start]volume[blank_end] (%ABV) and [blank_start]specific[blank_end] [blank_start]gravity[blank_end] (it usually has a value of .[blank_start]7[blank_end][blank_start]8[blank_end] .)

Measuring alcohol content in units makes it harder to compare how much alcohol is in different beverages.

I unit of alcohol is in [blank_start].5[blank_end] pint(s) of beer [blank_start]1[blank_end] glass(es) of wine [blank_start]1[blank_end] glass(es) of fortified wine [blank_start]1[blank_end] shot(s) of spirit

Fill it in (the first one is just an abbreviationand has no spaces between any of it )

How many units per week are considered dangerous for men

How many units per week is considered dangerous for women?

What is the recommended maximum units per week for women?

What is the recommended maximum number of units per week for men?

It doesn't matter if you spread the number of units per week over the course of the week or drink it all in one-two days.

Which of these provide guidelines regarding safe drinking?

Many male admissions to acute medical wards are due directly/indirectly to alcohol.

Why is alcohol sometimes misconceived as a stimulant?

Drinking 1-2 units of alcohol would have you characterized as [blank_start]tipsy[blank_end]--that is, light-headed and with slight impairment of [blank_start]judgement[blank_end].

Drinking 3-4 units, will have you feeling buzzed. You will have less [blank_start]inhibitions[blank_end] and therefore feel [blank_start]more[blank_end] relaxed. You will have exaggeration of [blank_start]emotion[blank_end] and loss of [blank_start]motor[blank_end] [blank_start]control[blank_end]. Anymore than this amount is considered as being [blank_start]legally[blank_end] [blank_start]impaired[blank_end] in terms of driving.

A BAC (mg/100 ml) of [blank_start]100[blank_end]-[blank_start]200[blank_end] ([blank_start]5[blank_end]-[blank_start]10[blank_end] units) is the equivalent of being drunk. You will have notably [blank_start]slurred[blank_end] [blank_start]speech[blank_end], very impaired [blank_start]motor[blank_end] [blank_start]control[blank_end], and impairment of [blank_start]judgement[blank_end].

Any more than [blank_start]15[blank_end] units (in occasional drinkers--all of these questions are for the occasional drinkers) may lead to a [blank_start]coma[blank_end]. Any more than [blank_start]20[blank_end] units can lead to, in addition to a coma, [blank_start]respiratory[blank_end] [blank_start]failure[blank_end] and [blank_start]death[blank_end].

Which of these affects BAC?

Where in the body is alcohol most rapidly absorbed?

Alcohol is first metabolized in the [blank_start]stomach[blank_end]. It is mainly metabolized in the [blank_start]liver[blank_end].

What is true regarding alcohol?

How much alcohol is metabolized per hour in the liver?

Alcohol causes an decrease in vasopressin which leads to an increased urine concentration.

Ethanol is (broken down) oxidized into [blank_start]acetaldehyde[blank_end]. Then, it is oxidized into [blank_start]acetate[blank_end]. And then finally, it's oxidized into [blank_start]water[blank_end] and [blank_start]carbon[blank_end] [blank_start]dioxide[blank_end].

Alcohol is eliminated through first ordered kinetics if the BAC> 20mg/100 ml.

There is a lower alcohol clearance in women.

Most of the alcohol is eliminated via urine.

About 5-10 of males and females will become addicted/abuse alcohol.

What is true regarding the benefits of low drinking of alcohol?

How may alcohol be used?

Alcohol interactions with other drugs can make it even more toxic.

How does ethanol interact with other drugs?

Which system is most associated/affected with/by alcohol/ethanol? The [blank_start]cytochrome[blank_end] [blank_start]P450[blank_end] [blank_start]enzyme[blank_end] system.

Which of these are associated with chronic drinking?

One can have a greater genetic susceptibility to becoming addicted to alcohol.