You and Your Heart
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cholesterol -
Too much _____ in the diet can cause the build up of fatty deposits on artery walls. -
Coronary -
When arteries that supply heart muscle with blood are
narrowed or blicked it's
___________ heart disease. -
blood pressure -
Amount of force the blood
exerts on the walls of
the arteries -
Oxygen -
Blood is rich in _______ -
hypertension -
Another name for high
blood pressure -
heart attack -
Occurs when the flow of blood that supplied the heart is cut off or reduced -
nitroglycerine -
A medicine that can relieve
angina -
1/2 -
Heart and blood vessel ailments are a direct cause of over ___ the deaths in the
U.S. -
Muscle -
The heart is a __________
(Bone? Muscle?) -
angina -
Temporary chest pain casued from lack of oxygen to the heart muscle. -
left -
The ______ side of your heart receives blood full of
oxygen from the lungs -
atherosclerosis -
____________ is responsible for angina and heart attacks. -
TO the heart -
A vein carries blood ____
(direction) -
fatty tissue -
Atherosclerosis is caused by a bulid up of ________ ______ on the inside of arteries. -
murmur -
An unusual sound produced by blood passing thorugh the valves and chambers of the heart. -
congenital -
A _________ heart disease is the failure of the heart to form normally before birth. -
Away from the heart -
An artery carries blood
(which direction?) -
stroke - Blood supply blocked to the brain can cause _________