Unit 19

Question 1

Leading cause of death

Answer 1

Heart Disease

women on average die 10 years later

Question 2

Factors contributing to CVD

Answer 2

smoking
hypertension
hgh LDL / low HDL
obesity ("apple shape")
glucose intolerance
lack of exercise
hereditary
gender
menopause

Question 3

Atherosclerosis

Answer 3

• increases plaque formation in the arteries

Question 4

two conditions that interrelated and work together to increase atherosclerosis

Answer 4

• chronic inflammation

- higher cholesterol and lipids

Question 5

Production of lipoproteins

Answer 5

Chylomicron travels through blood to cells that need it
Dietary trycglyceride and delivers it to the cells
Gets smaller, fats come off as triglycerides
HDL
Good cholesterol because it takes the cholesterols out of the tissues and arteries and takes it back to the liver to be recycled
The liver can also make fat
When this happens it packages it in VLDL
Goes the triglycerides the liver makes and makes it available to the body
When carried to cells it becomes LDL
LDL – carries mostly cholesterol

Question 6

%’s of how much triglycerides make up

Answer 6

Chylomicron 80% triglyceride
VLDL = 50% triglyceride
LDL = 50% cholesterol
HDL = 50% protein

Question 7

HDL

Answer 7

Good Cholesterol
helps remove cholesterol from the blood
escorts it to the liver for excretion

Question 8

LDL

Answer 8

Bad cholesterol
incorporated into plaque
high LDL increases chances of atherosclerosis and heart disease