Chapter 21 Flashcards
What term is this?
Bloodborne fats, such as triglycerides and cholesterol.
Blood Lipids
What term is this?
A heart defect present at birth that occurs from abnormal prenatal development of the heart or associated blood vessels.
Congenital Heart Disease/Defect
What term is this?
A disease characterized by pathological changes in the coronary arteries that supply blood flow to the myocardium.
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
What term is this?
Layer of thin cells that line the lumen of the blood vessels.
Endothelium
What term is this?
Early lipid deposits within blood vessels.
Fatty Streaks
What term is this?
A clinical condition in which the myocardium becomes too weak to maintain adequate cardiac output to meet the body’s oxygen demands; it usually results from the heart’s being damaged or overworked.
Heart Failure
What term is this?
Involves bleeding within the brain, which damages nearby brain tissue.
Hemorrhagic Stroke
What term is this?
Abnormally high blood pressure.
What is the value that dictates this disease?
Hypertension.
> 140 mmHg Systolic
90 mmHg Diatolic
What term is this?
A temporary deficiency of blood to a specific area of the body.
Ischemia
What term is this?
Brain tissue damage resulting from insufficient oxygen supply to an area of the brain. May be caused by narrowing or blockage of blood vessels supplying the area.
Ischemic Stroke
What term is this?
The proteins that carry the blood lipids.
Lipoproteins
What term is this?
Death of heart tissue that results from insufficient blood supply to part of the myocardium.
Myocardial Infarction
What term is this?
Important cellular signaling molecule involved in many physiological processes, including dilation of arterioles.
nitric oxide (NO)
What term is this?
The physiology of a specific disease or disorder.
Pathophysiology
What term is this?
Diseases of the systemic arteries and veins, especially those to the extremities, that impede adequate blood flow.
Peripheral Vascular Disease