2nd Semester Test Flashcards
Define heart attack, or Myocardial Infarction
A sudden loss of blood to the heart mussel resulting in the death of any tissue or muscle in that area
Define plaque
Fatty deposits
Define Aneurysm
A weakening wall of blood vessels often at high risk for bursting
Define stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
A sudden attack or weakness or paralysis that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts or becomes blocked
What is Hypertension?
Chronic (having it ALL THE TIME) blood pressure.
What are the warning signs of a heart attack?
Pain in the chest, and spreading pain in the shoulders, neck, and arms. Also may include chest discomfort combined with lightheadedness, fainting, sweating, nausea, and shortness of breath
What are the warning signs of a stroke?
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, an arm or a leg, trouble seeing in one or both eyes, sudden dizziness or loss of coordination, or a sudden severe head ache
What is considered a healthy blood pressure reading?
Less than 120/80
What is CVD?
What are controllable and uncontrollable risk factors of it?
Cardiovascular disease
Genes
Smoking
Explain the components of an energy model.
CO does not occur naturally in the blood stream, but H2O and O2 go into the cell and then CO2 goes back into the blood stream.
What is LDL cholesterol? HDL? What are the differences between the two?
Low density lipoprotein and high density lipoprotein.
LDL is bad cholesterol,HDL is good.
Cancer
A disease caused by an uncontrollable division of abnormal cells in a certain part of the human body.
Tumor
A swelling part of the body that is caused by an abnormal growth of tissue
What’s the difference between benign rumors and migrant tumors
Benign tumors are non cancerous and cannot attack neighboring tissues, malignant tumors are the opposite
Metastasis
A secondary growth that’s separate from where cancer first started it growth
What the most common type of cancer?
Breast cancer
What cancer causes the most deaths per year?
Lung cancer
What are ways to treat cancer?
Biopsy (removal of tissue to look) Surgery (removal of tumor) Radiation Chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) Immunotherapy (immune system stimulated)
What are ways to reduce risk of cancer? (9steps)
Know 8 warnings, tobacco free, sun protection, antioxidants/drink from plastic, good weight/body composition, no alcohol, no dangerous chemicals/air born fibers, no air pollution, know your family’s cancer history.
What’s the ABCD of skin cancer?
Asymmetry (mole not symmetrical) Border (mole irregular, fuzzy, raised) Color (black, grey, red, or blue) Diameter (larger than 6 mm) Evolution (changing over time)
Whats Diabetes, and what are its warning signs?
A condition when the pancreas does not produce enough and/or can’t use insulin.
What’s the role of insulin?
hormone that regulates blood sugar level, by removing glucose from the blood stream
How do you reduce the risk of and/or treat diabetes?
Don’t be overweight, female, over 40, or have a family history
Caused by a auto immune disease,
will need daily insulin injection
What are the differences and similarities between type one and type two diabetes?
Type one can’t produce insulin at all, and is an autoimmune disease
Type two produces very little or produces insulin that resists cells
