Disorders

Question 1

CAD

Answer 1

Coronary arteries become narrowed by fatty deposits called plaque

Question 2

Angina pectoris

Answer 2

Pain or tightness in the chest when fatty plaque inside the coronary arteries restricts the blood flow to the ehart

Question 3

Myocardial infarction

Answer 3

Damage or death to part of the heart muscle caused by the lack of blood flow through the coronary arteries

Question 4

Hypertension

Answer 4

The force of blood against the artery walls is too high

Question 5

Hypercholesterolemia

Answer 5

Can increase risk of coronary artery disease

Question 6

Aneurysm

Answer 6

Localized enlargement of an artery caused by weakness in the arterial wall that can rupture and require emergency treatment

Question 7

arteriosclerosis

Answer 7

Hardening of arteries caused by cholesterol-like plaque

Question 8

Embolism

Answer 8

Blood clot, piece of plaque, or other substance that travels in the bloodstream and lodges in a blood vessel causing a sudden blockage

Question 9

Thrombosis

Answer 9

Formation of a blood clot attached to the interior wall of a blood vessel (thrombus) that can prevent the flow of blood through the vessel

Question 10

Varicose veins

Answer 10

Swollen, enlarged veins (usually n the legs) caused by faulty valves in the veins that allow the blood to pool

Question 11

Iron-deficiency anemia

Answer 11

Blood can’t produce hemoglovbin w/o enuff iron

Question 12

Sickle cell disease

Answer 12

RBC change their shape from normal disc to sickle shape, no longer flexible and burst apart as they move through blood vessels

Question 13

Pernicious anemia

Answer 13

Decrease in RBC that occurs when intestines cannot properly absorb B12

Question 14

Leukemia

Answer 14

Bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells

Question 15

Sepsis

Answer 15

Body has overwhelming immune response to an infectious organism that has entered the bloodstream