Common Circulatory Ailments

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Common

CirculatoryAilmentsScience VI


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heart attack

also called myocardial infarction, itinvolves the death of a heart muscle.

coronary arteries

a blockage in these will result in heartattack.

chest pain also called angina pectoris, one of the

symptoms of heart attack


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cholesterol

fatty element that clogs the coronaryor heart arteries

hypertension

also called high blood pressure, this

occurs when excessive or too muchforce is exerted against the arterywalls as the heart pumps blood.


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obesity

very fat; may cause hypertension

sphygmomanometer

instrument used to measure systolic anddiastolic blood pressure

low blood pressure

also called hypotension, a disease that iscaused by poor diet or by some chronicdisease.


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anemia

most common blood disorder that is

marked by abnormalities in the number orfunction of red blood cells

iron-deficiency anemia

most prevalent type of anemia wherethere is lack of iron to make hemoglobin

leukemia

a type of cancer which affects the blood orbone marrow. there is abnormalproduction of white blood cells whichcrowds our red blood cells and platelets.


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atherosclerosis

condition where fatty depositsdevelop in the artery walls whichcause these to harden.

stress a kind of feeling that causes a person

a person to be anxious and worried

caffeine a kind of food that can raise your

blood pressure


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Column A Column B

1. fatty element that clogs a. Chest pain

the coronary or heart arteries -

2. also called high blood pressure, b. cholesterol

this occurs when excessive or too

much force is exerted against the c. coronary arteries

artery walls as the heart pumps blood.-3. also called myocardial infarction, d. hypertension

it involves the death of a heart muscle.-

4. a blockage in these will result in e. heart attack

heart attack.-

5. also called angina pectoris,

one of the symptoms of heart attack-


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6. very fat; may cause Hypertension a. leukemia

7. instrument used to measure

systolic and diastolic b. obesity

blood pressure

8. also called hypotension, a disease c. low blood pressure

that is caused by poor diet or by

some chronic disease. d. anemia

9. most common blood disorder thatis marked by abnormalities in the e. iron deficiency anemia

number or function of red blood cells

10. most prevalent type of anemia f. sphygmomanometer

where there is lack of iron to makeHemoglobin

11. a type of cancer which affects

the blood or bone marrow


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condition where fatty deposits - caffeine

develop in the artery walls which

cause these to harden.

a kind of feeling that causes - atherosclerosis

a person a person to be anxious

and worried

a kind of food that can raise - stress

your blood pressure

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