Circulation and Coronary Heart disease

Question 1

Arteries and Veins usually carry what type of blood?

Answer 1

Arteries - OXYGENATED blood

Veins - DEOXYGENATED blood

Question 2

What artery carries DEOXYGENATED blood.

Answer 2

PULMONARY ARTERY

Question 3

What vein carries OXYGENATED blood?

Answer 3

PULMONARY VEIN

Question 4

What artey carries blood to the LIVER?

Answer 4

HEPATIC ARTERY

Question 5

What vein carries blood away from the LIVER?

Answer 5

HEPATIC VEIN

Question 6

What vein carries blood away from the KIDNEYS?

Answer 6

RENAL VEIN

Question 7

What artery carries blood to the KIDNEYS?

Answer 7

RENAL ARTERY

Question 8

What vein carries blood from the GUT to the LIVER?

Answer 8

HEPATIC PORTA:L VEIN

Question 9

What is CORONARY HEART DISEASE?

Answer 9

It’s when the coronary arteries that supple blood to the heart muscle get blocked by layers of fatty material.

Question 10

When fatty material builds up in the artery what does it cause?

Answer 10

It causes the arteries to NARROW, so blood flow is restricted and there’s a lack of oxygen to the heart muscle -this can lead to a heart attack.

Question 11

What is a RISK FACTOR?

Answer 11

Risk factors are things that increase the likelihood that a person will develop a certain disease during their lifetime.

Question 12

Name 3 risk factors for heart disease.

Answer 12

• a diet high in SATURATED FATS as this leads to fatty deposits forming inside the arteries
• SMOKING, this increases blood pressure damaging the coronary arteries making them more likely to form fatty deposits
• INACTIVITY, this leads to high blood pressue damaging the arteries makint them more likely to have fatty deposits.