Problems
Heart Attack
Blockage of the flow of blood to the heart
Plasma
Transports nutrients, hormones, blood solids
Arteries
Carry blood away from the heart
Systolic
When the heart contracts to push blood into arteries; your blood pressure is at its highest
Limit ___ in food
Fat
Stroke
Results from blood clots that block vessels in the brain, or from the rupture of a blood vessel
Red Blood Cells
Carries oxygen to the body's cells and carbon dioxide away from the body's cells
Veins
Carry blood to the heart
Diastolic
When the heart relaxes to refill; blood pressure is at its lowest
Regular ___ activity
Physical
Anemia
Abnormally low level of hemoglobin
White Blood Cells
Fights disease and infection by attacking germs that enter the body
Capillary
Tubes that carry blood from arteries to cells and then back to veins
Avoid ___
Tobacco
Hemophilia
Disease in which the blood plasma does not contain substances that help the blood to clot
Platelets
Helps form clots
Manage ___
Stress
Arteriosclerosis
Condition in which arteries harden, reducing the amount of blood that can flow through them
Erythrocytes
Scientific name for red blood cells