Heart Anatomy
The heart is divided into this many chambers
4
The human heart is roughly the size of this body part.
A closed fist
The normal heart rate range for a human adult heart.
60 to 100 BPM
This condition, often known as high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for heart disease.
Hypertension
What does the term “bradycardia” mean?
Slower than normal heart rate
Type of animal heart that is used for human heart transplant.
Pig’s heart
Experts recommend adults get at least this many minutes of moderate exercise each week.
150 minutes
When there is increased resistance or a blockage in the circulatory system, which chamber of the heart works the most?
Left Ventricle
The heart chamber that has the thickest wall.
Left ventricle
The Peter Munk Cardiac Centre performs up to this many heart transplants per year, the most in Canada.
42
This is the reason why you should avoid sodium to maintain a healthy heart.
Because it retains water in your body, which then increases blood volume and therefore blood pressure.
This is the term used for the enlargement of heart muscle.
Cardiomegaly
The “lub-dub” sound of a heartbeat comes from these structures snapping shut.
Valves
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar began experiencing shortness of breath, fatigue, and light headedness that would come and go. He initially dismissed the symptoms, but they were later linked to a heart rhythm condition that causes irregular and rapid heart beat.
Atrial Fibrillation
These minerals help in lowering blood pressure by relaxing the walls of the blood vessels
Potassium and magnesium
This heart illness develops after extreme physical or mental stress. It is sometimes mistaken for heart attack-like symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest pain.
Broken heart syndrome
Blood flows the fastest in _______ and the slowest in _______.
Aorta, capillaries
This is the day and time when heart attacks usually peak.
Monday mornings
Salmon, mackerel, walnuts, and flax seeds all have this in common.
Omega-3 fatty acids
This is an invasive diagnostic test that measures/analyzes the electrical activity in your heart to help determine what kind of arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) you have.
Electrophysiology (EP) study