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Heart Health
100

This body part is roughly the size of your heart.

What is your fist?

100
When ventricles ________, the AV valves are closed.
What is contract?
100
Larger blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called _______.
What are arteries?
100
Poor diet choices and lack of _____ activity are two of the most preventable causes of heart disease

What is physical?

200

This is the largest vessel in the body.

What is the aorta?

200

A recording of the hearts electrical activity is referred to as a(n)__________.

What is electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)?

200
The left atrium receives blood from the lungs via vessels called
What is pulmonary veins?
200

A _____-based diet is thought to prevent and maybe even reverse heart disease

What is plant?

300

These are the smallest vessels in the body.

What are the capillaries?

300
The pressure blood exerts against the inner walls of the blood vessel is known as ________.
What is blood pressure?
300
Arteries are normally depicted as red while veins are colored blue. The exceptions to this rule are the _________ arteries and veins.
What is pulmonary?
300

High blood pressure also known as _________ is the number one indicator of heart disease

What is hypertension?

400

The 2 superior receiving chambers of the heart are known as the _______and the 2 inferior discharging chambers are called the ________.

What is the atria and the ventricles?

400
Blood leaves the right ventricle through a large artery called the
What is the pulmonary artery?
400
Larger veins have ________ to prevent backflow of blood.
What are valves?
400

An estimated __% of heart disease cases are preventable

What is 80%?

500
The structure that divides the left and right ventricles is called the ____________.
What is interventricular septum?
500

Your heart pumps about ______ gallons of blood a day

What is the 2,000?

500
Blood nourishing the myocardium with oxygenated blood comes from vessels that branch off the aorta called______
What is coronary arteries?
500

You should avoid _______ fat and fried food to stay heart-healthy

What is saturated?