Week 4 Flashcards
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
