Category: F

Also known as the Big Five; the five relatively independent factors of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness.  

Cannon’s term for the body’s physiological activation response when it prepares to fight off or flee from a threat.  

Optimum intensity range for exercise. The lower limit of the zone is the threshold of training; the upper limit is the maximum amount of exercise that is beneficial for health-related fitness.  

A give-and-take relationship based on mutual trust, acceptance, and common interests or values.  

The frustration and hostility that sometimes result when people feel unable to improve their lives.  

A family in which an adult or couple provides care and a temporary home for children whose biological parents are unable to care for them. Parents who take care of children whose own parents are unable to do so.  

Term used to describe a food that has had nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, or proteins, added to it, which it does not normally contain.  

A flood that occurs suddenly, without warning, after a heavy rainfall or snow melt.  

Involuntary, sometimes painful contractions of the flexor muscles, which pull the legs upward into a clenched position. These spasms, which last 2 to 3 seconds, are symptoms of spasticity. They often occur during sleep, but can also occur when the person is in a seated position.  

A type of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in MS resulting from demyelination of the pathways between the spinal cord and brain. Typically seen in a small, spastic bladder, storage failure can cause symptoms of urinary urgency, frequency, incontinence, and nocturia.