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Strokes
Heart Attack
Coronary Artery Disease
Blood Pressure
Prevention
100
When the brains cells do not receive enough oxygen.
What is a stroke?
100
This causes a heart attack
What is plaque in the coronary arteries
100
This is what the coronary arteries do.
What is bring oxygen and food to a beating heart?
100
This is the definition of blood pressure
What is a measure of how strongly blood pushes against the walls of blood vessels
100
This is when you should start healthy habits to prevent circulatory system diseases.
What is when you are young?
200
Loss of memory, unable to speak, paralysis
What are signs and symptoms of a stroke?
200
This is used to diagnose an heart attack
What is electrocardiogram?
200
This is what plaque is made of.
What is fat and calcium?
200
This is what pushes the blood throughout the body?
What is your heart?
200
This should be avoided to decrease your risk of diseases of the circulatory system.
What is alcohol?
300
This is what happens to cause a stroke.
What is plaque build up or blood clot in arteries?
300
Name three symptoms of a heart attack
What are: stomach pain, dizziness, nausea, sweating, anxiety, unusual tiredness, shortness of breath, chest in the upper body or chest.
300
These two things causes plaque build up
What is genetically inherited or an unhealthy lifestyle?
300
People with high blood pressure have a higher risk of these three serious problems
What are stroke, heart attack and kidney failure?
300
Name three things you should do to avoid cardiovascular diseases.
What are: maintain a healthy body weight, eat fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly, eat less salt, do not smoke and get regular medical checkups.
400
This can happen to stroke patient if medical help does not arrive quickly
What is death or severe brain damage?
400
These are the four leading causes of death in Canada in the circulatory system
What are High Blood Pressure, Coronary Arteries Disease, Heart Attack and Stroke?
400
This is a special x-ray in which fluorescent dye is injected into the blood stream and helps identify blockages in the bloodstream.
What is an angiogram?
400
This is when your blood pressure rises naturally without cause for alarm.
What is when you are active?
400
Circulatory system disease causes this fraction of all deaths in Canada
What is one-third?