Heart Health
The name of the top 2 chambers of the heart
What are the right and left atrium?
A Localized tumor is limited to the organ of origin and has not spread.
This is the name of the spread of a cancer from the initial site to another part of the body.
What is Metastasis?
According to bystander CPR, these are the four things you should do when you see someone under cardiac arrest.
What are: 1.call 911 2. check for breathing 3. begin chest compression (100 per minute) 4. continue until they start breathing or help arrives?
BSE and TSE both require this number of fingers for an effective examination of tissue
What is 3 fingers
This behavior is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.
What is Cigarette smoking?
The bundle of nerves on the top of the heart that serves as our body's natural "pacemaker".
What is the sinoatrial node or SA node?
This is the name of the procedure to remove a piece of tissue or a sample of cells from your body so that it can be analyzed in a laboratory.
What is a biopsy?
These are the first and second leading causes of death for adults over 65 in USA?
What are 1. Heart disease 2. Cancer?
The percentage of lumps women find during a BSE that are benign (not cancer)
This is the chemical in cigarette smoke that limits our body’s ability to carry oxygen.
What is Carbon monoxide?
Blood pressure knowledge is essential for hypertension prevention. This is the name for the resting portion of a blood pressure reading.
What is diastolic?
This is the name for cancer causing agents that can damage our cells, increasing our risk for disease.
What are carcinogens?
These are warning signs that a person is having a myocardial infarction (heart attack)
What are
Pressure or pain in the center of the chest, Pain that spreads to the shoulders, neck, jaw, arm, Fainting, Sweating, Nausea/Indigestion
A guy should do his TSE (testicular self exam) after taking this
What is a shower?
Nicotine increases blood pressure and increases heart rate which in turn increases the smoker's risk for developing this "silent killer" condition.
What is hypertension
Remember Essential Hypertension has no known cause
This is four of the controllable factors related to heart disease.
What are smoking, exercise, low salt diet, manage stress, get recommended sleep, monitor cholesterol, eat a plant based diet low in saturated fat
Surgery, Radiation, Stem Cells, Hormone Therapy, Immunotherapy, and Precision Medicine are all treatments for cancer.
This is the treatment that includes drugs that locate and kill cancer cells in the body.
What is Chemotherapy?
A Cerebral Thrombosis, Embolism in the brain and an Aneurysm (Cerebral Hemorrhage) are there different kinds of this disease.
What is a stroke
This is the name of the pattern to use for the most effective method of BSE (breast self exam) because it covers all breast tissue.
What is the Vertical Strip Pattern
Smoking cigarettes and vaping damages the heart and lungs which results in your score going down towards premature death and away from optimal wellness on this scale
What is the Health and Wellness Continuum?
These are the blood vessels that are the source of blood for the heart muscle.
What are the coronary arteries?
Testicular cancer is most often diagnosed in males in this age range.
What is 15-35?
Arteriosclerosis, which is the hardening/thickening of the arteries, can lead to a clogging of the arteries called
What is Atherosclerosis (Clogging)
Use the ABCDE method when examining the skin for changes that could be cancer. The D reminds us to check for
Smokers damage these tiny (filtering) structures lining the trachea and bronchial tubes of the respiratory tract.
What are cilia?