Cardiovascular Disease and Blood Circulation

Question 1

What is the renal vein?

Answer 1

Takes blood from kidney to heart

Question 2

What is the renal artery?

Answer 2

Takes blood from heart to kidney

Question 3

What is atheroma?

Answer 3

A build up of fatty plaque in the arteries that can cause thrombosis and increase the risk of aneurysm and can cause a myocardial infraction if it affects the coronary arteries (heart cannot get oxygen or glucose so muscle cells cannot respire)

Question 4

What is thrombosis?

Answer 4

A blood clot in the arteries

Question 5

What is an aneurysm?

Answer 5

When stretchy endothelium balloons out through the muscle of an artery

Question 6

What is a myocardial infraction?

Answer 6

A heart attack