clinical

Question 1

chest pain brought on by exertion

Answer 1

angina

Question 2

slow progressive narrowing of __ __ therefore less O2 causes ANGINA

Answer 2

coronary vessels

Question 3

abnormal heart rhythms

Answer 3

dysrhytmia

Question 4

dysrhythmia occurs w/ damage of death occurs to __ __ and other conducting tissues

Answer 4

purkinje fibers

Question 5

infection in pericardial cavity w/ inflam of serous pericardium

Answer 5

pericarditis

Question 6

hardening of (primarily the largest of) arteries

Answer 6

arteriosclerosis/athersclerosis

Question 7

in arteriosclerosis, the __ __ becomes infiltrated w/ soft lipids causing lumen diameter to decrease

Answer 7

tunica intima

Question 8

in arteriosclerosis, the __ __ may also become affected, as collagen and sufated GAGs can accumulate there

Answer 8

tunica media

Question 9

the problem in elastic arteries and atherosclerosis is that blood moves v fast and cells in __ __ have trouble surviving as it is prone to injury irritation and infection

Answer 9

tunica intima

Question 10

causes of varicose veins include:

• loss of __ muscle tone around veins
• degeneration of __ wall
• __ incompetence

Answer 10

skeletal
vessel
valve

Question 11

varicose veins in lower esophagus common in alcoholics caused by portal hypertension

Answer 11

esophageal varices

Question 12

varicose veins at the end of the anal canal

Answer 12

hemorrhoids

Question 13

___ artery width INCREASES in your 20s and the number of elastic ___ increase in the tunica media

Answer 13

elastic

laminae

Question 14

in MUSCULAR arteries, collagen and proteoglycans __ after middle age, and have ___ flexibility
-esp in coronary vessels

Answer 14

increase

decreased

Question 15

an increase in SYSTOLIC bp can occur around 50 yo

Answer 15

hypertension

Question 16

hypertension occurs due to a ___ in elastic fibers and ___ in collagen I
-elastic fibers breakdown and replaced with collagen I

Answer 16

decrease

increase