Week 4
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What does the cardio vascular system transport?
Gasses (oxygen) Nutrients Waste Hormones
Cardiovascular diseases?
Coronary heart disease Peripheral vascular disease stroke Hypertension
risk factors for cardiovas diseases?
High blood pressure High cholestrol Obesity Physical inactivity Poor diet Smoking/alcohol
Absolute diease risk?
risk of developing a disease over a period of time
acute myocardial infarction (ami) heart attack?
An interruption of blood flow to the heart muscle causing heart cells to die
Angina?
Chest pain caused by a decreased flow to the heart usually caused by coronary heart disease
Auscultation of heart rate?
listening to heart beat with a stethoscope
Arterial pressure?
Pressure waves generated by election of blood from the heart
Blood pressure?
force distending the arterial walls
Dyslipidaemia?
Abnormal levels of blood fats (lipids) or liproteins the carriers that move fat
Hypertension?
Causes constriction of peripheral arteries so that blood flow is hindered, increasing workload of the heart