Chronic and Acute Conditions
When blood pressure consistently measures 130/80 or higher, a person is diagnosed as…
What is Hypertension (HTN) or High Blood Pressure?
Muscle that pumps the circulatory system.
What is the Heart?
Three types of blood vessels are found in the body:
What is Arteries, Capillaries, and Veins?
Blood is made up of _____ ____ and _______.
What is Blood Cells and Plasma?
This reduces the supply of blood to the heart muscle and deprives it of oxygen and nutrients.
What is blood vessels in the coronary arteries narrow?
The four chambers of the interior of the heart are…
What is the left atrium and right atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle?
____ carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart. The blood is pumped from the left ventricle through the aorta, the largest ___.
What is Arteries, Artery?
Erythrocytes (__ _____ ____) carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body.
What are Red Blood Cells?
Must receive emergency treatment from personnel.
What is someone having a Myocardial Infarction (MI) or Heart Attack?
The heart is located…
What is in the middle lower chest, on the left side?
____ carry blood to the heart itself.
What is Coronary Arteries?
Leukocytes (_____ _____ ____) defend the body against foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses.
What are White Blood Cells?
Signs and Symptoms of ______ include the following: fatigue, rapid or irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, dizziness, weakness, etc.
What is Congestive Heart Failure?
The Systole and Diastole is…
What is Systole: when the ventricles pump blood through the blood vessels. Diastole: when the chambers fill with blood?
____ tiny blood vessels that receive blood from the arteries.
What are Capillaries?
Thrombocytes (_________) are also carried by the blood. They cause the blood to clot, preventing excess bleeding.
What are Platelets?
Risk factors for this disease include smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, inactivity, and obesity.
What is Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)?
The heart muscle is made of three layers:
What is the Pericardium, the Myocardium, and the Endocardium?
____ carry the blood containing waste products from the capillaries to the heart.
What are Veins?
______ is the liquid portion of the blood. It is made up of mostly water and carries many substances, including blood cells, nutrients, and waste products.
What is Plasma?