Vocab
Types of Diseases
TREATMENT /BLOOD VESSELS
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What teens need to know
100
What is atherosclerosis?
A disease characterized by the accumulation of plaque on artery walls
100
What can cause plaque to build up in your arteries walls?
IF you smoke,have high blood pressure, or have high cholesterol levels
100

Which blood vessels have thick muscular walls to smooth out pulses of blood flow from the heart?

Arteries

100
What are the three signs of a stroke that you should call 911 if you are experiencig them?
- pressure, fullness, squeezing, or aching in the chest area -pain spreading to arms, neck, jaw, abdomen, or back -chest discomfort, with shortness of breath, lightheaded feeling, sweating, nausea, or vomiting
100

When does CDV start to develop?

adolescence or early childhood

200

What is angina ?

Chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen.

200

What are 4 different heart diseases?

Angina, stroke, Heart Attack, and coronary thrombosis

200
What are the four treatment options for treating heart disease?
Coronary Bypass, Angioplasty, Pacemaker, and Laser Intervention
200
What are the warning signs of a stroke?
severe headache, numbness on one side of the body, confusion, trouble walking, dizziness, and trouble seeing out of one or both eyes.
200
What are the three risk factors that the american heart association has identified?
Heredity, gender, and age can all increase the risk of heart attack or stroke
300

What is the name of the cardio vascular disease that results when the coronary arteries are blocked?

Heart Attack

300
What is another name for high blood pressure?
Hypertension
300

Which blood vessels have walls that are thin so that blood can exchange dissolved foods & gases easily with the cells

Capillaries

300
Drugs know as ____ ____ can break up a clot and restore the normal flow of blood to the brain.
Clot Busters
300

What controls the beating of the heart

pacemaker

400
What is an acute injury in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted?
A Stroke
400
What is arteriosclerosis?
hardened arteries with reduced elasticity
400

Which treatment option uses a small balloon to clear a blocked artery?

Angioplasty

400

Identify the  antigen and antibodies that blood group A has 

Antigen A, Antibody B

400
What preventive measure should you take if you have high cholesterol?
eat fewer high-fat and high-cholesterol foods, and get regular physical activity
500

how many chambers does the heart have? Name them

4, left and right atriums, left and right ventricles

500

What is a CVD, ONLY AFFECTS OLD PERSONS ( TRUE OR FALSE)

FALSE

500
What is it called when you remove a healthy vein from another area to create a detour around the blocked artery?
Coronary Bypass
500

Which blood type is known as the universal Donor

Blood group O

500

Map the transport of blood through the heart

Vena--> right atrium(tricuspid valve) --> Right ventricle( pulmonary valve)--> Pulmonary artery --> lungs ---> pulmonary veins--> left atrium ( mitral valve) --> left ventricle ( aortic valve) ---> Aorta --> body
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