BIOL 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Acetaldehyde, Water–Electrolyte Imbalance
25 Dec 2020
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4 drinks for women, and 5 drinks for men. Binge drinking : consuming excessive amounts of alcohol in short periods of time. Alcohol dehydrogenase : a zinc-containing enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of small. Alcohol poisoning : an overdose of alcohol; the body is overwhelmed by the amount of. Fetal alcohol syndrome : a set of physical and mental abnormalities observed in infants born to women who abuse alcohol during pregnancy; affected infants exhibit poor growth, characteristic abnormal facial features, limited hand eye coordination, and mental retardation. Alcohol crosses the placenta into the tiny body of the fetus, where its effects are grossly magnified. Alcohol can interfere with embryonic develop by disrupting the body"s use of vitamin a and folic acid, nutrients clearly required for fetal growth and development. Alcohol"s technical term is ethanol, or ethyl alcohol. The metabolism of alcohol primarily produces fat. Mechanism a binge drinking event can kill someone:
