Cardiovascular Health
how can you pervent coranary artery disease
eating a healthy diet, staying active, not smoking or vaping, and finding healthy outlets
how can it be managed
Limit alcohol. Lower blood pressure to less than 120/80 mmHg. Maintain a healthy weight. Manage diabete
The heart pumps about 100 gallons of blood each hour
What are some lifestyle choices that will enhance cardiovascular wellness? How do activity and nutrition play a role?
Be Smoke-free, Physically active, Know and control your blood pressure, Eat a healthy diet that is lower in fat, especially saturated and trans fats.
By being physically active, ensuring you have good social support and not smoking, your risk of heart disease is reduced
What causes coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the wall of the arteries that supply blood to the heart
What causes the disorders?
High cholesterol
High blood pressure
Smoking or using tobacco products
medicines
how many times will your heart beat in one day
Your heart will beat about 115,000 times each day
How does aging affect the function of the cardiovascular system
Aging can cause changes in the heart and blood vessels. For example, as you get older, your heart can't beat as fast during physical activity or times of stress as it did when you were younger.
What is coranary artery disease
when coronary arteries struggle to supply the heart with enough blood, oxygen and nutrients. Cholesterol deposits, or plaques, are almost always to blame.
What is a vascular disorder? Give at least 2 examples
Vascular disease includes any condition that affects your circulatory system or the system of blood vessels.
Hypertension- blood pressure that is higher than normal.
Stroke- Occurs when something blocks the blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
what are the four chambers called
right and left atrium
right and left ventrical
How does the cardiovascular system affect achieving and maintaining overall wellness?
The cardiovascular system delivers oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other important substances to cells and organs in the body. It plays an important role in helping the body meet the demands of activity, exercise, and stress. It also helps maintain body temperature, among other things.
What can be done to treat it?
Cholesterol drugs, Aspirin, Beta-blockers, Calcium channel blockers
how can it be treated
Lifestyle changes, such as eating a heart-healthy diet and getting more exercise.
Medicines, such as blood pressure medicines, blood thinners, cholesterol medicines, and clot-dissolving drugs
why is your cardiovascular so important
helping the body meet the demands of activity, exercise, and stress.
How do lifestyle choices affect the cardiovascular system?
by not eating health or keeping active you are more prone of having heart problems. having to much sailty foods in your diet can rasie your blood pressure, and not working out/ keeping active can aslo can lead to heart problems
What impact does it have on the rest of the body?
Over time coronary artery disease can weaken the heart muscle. This may lead to heart failure, a serious condition where the heart can't pump blood the way it should.
what impacts does it have on the rest of the body.
Blood clots in your arteries can increase the risk for stroke, heart attack, severe leg pain, difficulty walking or even the loss of a limb.
heart, veins, arteries, and capillaries.