Question 1

The term ________ refers to when vessels narrow and the heart muscle does not get enough blood and, therefore, not enough oxygen and other nutrients.

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Question 2

Medical researchers, practitioners, and society at large have begun to understand that cardiovascular disease is a(n) ________ disease, the interaction of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors to produce a disease.

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Question 3

There are two components to blood pressure measurement.The resting pressure within the vessels that occurs between beats of the heart, the second reading, is called ________ pressure.

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Question 4

Three quarters of all strokes occur when the blood vessels to the brain become blocked; a stroke caused by a blockage in a blood vessel in the brain is called a(n) ________ stroke.

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Question 5

The disease referred to as ________ is the result of atherosclerosis in the vessels of the arms and legs; it affects many older people and causes pain, aches, or cramping in the muscle supplied by a narrowed blood vessel.

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Question 6

One type of cerebrovascular accident is a(n) ________ stroke, where there is a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain with bleeding into brain tissue.

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Question 7

A(n) ________ is a package of proteins, phospholipids, and cholesterol that transport lipids in the blood.

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Question 8

An irregular or disorganized heart beat is called a(n) ________.

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Question 9

Three quarters of all strokes occur when the blood vessels to the brain become blocked; if a blood clot that blocks the artery travels from elsewhere in the body, it is called a(n) ________.

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Question 10

A(n) ________ is the result of a complete blockage of a heart vessel, resulting in a lack of blood to the heart muscle with resulting death of the heart tissue.

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Question 11

A(n) ________, also called a brain attack or stroke, is a lack of blood flow to an area of the brain that results in death of brain tissue.It is most often caused by a blocked artery, but it may be caused by bleeding within the brain.

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Question 12

A category of blood pressure measurement called ________ identifies people at high risk of developing hypertension.

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Question 13

Atherosclerosis starts with damage to the inner lining and the formation of a(n) ________ in an artery

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Question 14

The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries is referred to as ________.

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Question 15

An acute heart disease that can occur as a complication of an untreated strep throat infection is ________.

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Question 16

Pain, pressure, heaviness, or tightness in the center of the chest caused by a narrowed coronary artery is called ________.

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Question 17

The group of cells in the right atrium that generate the heart's electrical signal and coordinate the pumping of the atria and ventricles is called the ________.

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Question 18

A condition in which the heart is not pumping the blood as well as it should, allowing blood and fluids to back up in the lungs, is called ________.

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Question 19

A type of arrhythmia in which the ventricles contract rapidly and erratically, causing the heart to quiver or "tremor" rather than beat, is called ________.

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Question 20

There are two components to blood pressure measurement.The highest pressure that is in the vascular system, and is the first reading, is called ________ pressure.

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