4.4 Diseases of the Cardiovascular System

Question 1

What is syncope?

Answer 1

fainting

Question 2

Why can you experience syncope when standing?

Answer 2

blood pools at the feet, loss of blood pressure in brain can cause fainting

Question 3

What are the leading cause of death in Americans?

Answer 3

cardiovascular diseases

Question 4

What does heart failure cause?

Answer 4

abnormal back up of fluids in the body leading to edema and/or high blood pressure

Question 5

What does left sided heart failure usually cause?

Answer 5

pulmonary edema

Question 6

What is pulmonary edema also known as?

Answer 6

congestive heart failure

Question 7

What does right sides heart failure typically cause?

Answer 7

peripheral edema

Question 8

What is hypertension?

Answer 8

condition when the systolic and diastolic pressures are significantly higher than 120/80

Question 9

What type of cardiovascular condition is known as the silent killer?

Answer 9

hypertension

Question 10

What is atherosclerosis?

Answer 10

accumulation of soft masses of fatty materials inside of arteries

Question 11

What is a form of hypertension?

Answer 11

artherosclerosis

Question 12

What is plaque?

Answer 12

fatty deposits inside of arteries

Question 13

What is a thrombus?

Answer 13

stationary blood clot

Question 14

What is an embolus?

Answer 14

blood clot that has dislodged and moves with the blood

Question 15

What is a thromboembolism?

Answer 15

embolus that becomes lodged in a vessel as it travels

Question 16

What is a pulmonary thromboembolism? (PE)

Answer 16

blockage of a major artery in the lungs

Question 17

What are symptoms of PEs?

Answer 17

shortness of breath
angina

Question 18

What is angina?

Answer 18

chest pain

Question 19

What is an infarction?

Answer 19

occurs when the blood vessel is entirely blocked causing tissue death

Question 20

What is a myocardial infarction?

Answer 20

heart attack