Anatomy
The heart has this total number of chambers.
What is four?
The heart’s natural pacemaker.
What is the SA node?
Cardiologists attend this type of professional school after undergraduate studies.
What is medical school?
Walking, jogging, and swimming are examples of this heart-strengthening type of exercise.
What is aerobic exercise?
The lower chambers of the heart are called these.
What are the ventricles?
The bottom number in a blood pressure reading is called this.
What is diastolic pressure?
This doctor specialises in diagnosing and treating heart disease.
What is a cardiologist?
This habit greatly increases risk of heart disease and stroke.
What is smoking?
This chamber pumps blood to the lungs.
The top number in a blood pressure reading is called this.
What is systolic pressure?
This specialist performs surgeries such as bypass surgery and valve repair.
What is a cardiothoracic surgeon?
High blood pressure is also known as this.
What is hypertension?
This valve separates the left atrium and right atrium.
What is the mitral valve?
This test measures the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an ECG (or EKG)?
Before becoming a cardiologist, a doctor must complete this advanced training after medical school.
What is residency (and fellowship)?
Instead of 150 minutes per week, doctors also recommend about this many minutes per day, five days a week.
What is 30 minutes?
This large artery carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body.
What is the aorta?
This node slows the electrical signal before it enters the ventricles.
What is the AV node?
Cardiologists do this instead of surgery.
What is diagnose and manage conditions?
A healthy resting heart rate for most adults falls within this range.
What is 60–100 beats per minute?