Heart + Heart Disease (Health Class)

Question 1

What is angina?

Answer 1

Angina is a type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart.

Question 2

What is an aorta?

Answer 2

The aorta is the main artery of the body, and supplies oxygenated blood to the circulatory system.

Question 3

What is arrhythmia?

Answer 3

Arrhythmia is improper beating of the heart, whether irregular, too fast, or too slow

Question 4

What are arteries?

Answer 4

Arteries are blood vessels that distribute oxygen-rich blood to the body

Question 5

What is arteriosclerosis?

Answer 5

Arteriosclerosis is the buildup of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls.

Question 5

What is arteriosclerosis?

Answer 5

Arteriosclerosis is the buildup of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls.

Question 6

What is atherosclerosis?

Answer 6

Atherosclerosis is a certain type of arteriosclerosis that causes plaque. Plaque can cause arteries to narrow and block blood flow.

Question 7

What is blood pressure?

Answer 7

Blood pressure is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels

Question 8

What are blood vessels?

Answer 8

Blood vessels are tubular structures that carry blood throughout tissues and organs.

Question 9

What are capillaries?

Answer 9

Capillaries are any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.

Question 10

What is congestive heart failure?

Answer 10

Congestive heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should

Question 11

What are coronary arteries?

Answer 11

Coronary arteries are small branches that supply blood to the heart.

Question 12

What is coronary artery disease?

Answer 12

Coronary artery disease is damage to the heart’s major blood vessels.

Question 13

What is a heart attack?

Answer 13

A heart attack is a blockage of blood flow to the heart.

Question 14

What is hypertension?

Answer 14

Hypertension is high blood pressure

Question 15

What is hypotension?

Answer 15

Hypotension is low blood pressure.

Question 16

What is a stent?

Answer 16

A stent is a metal or plastic tube inserted into the lumen of an anatomic vessel or duct to keep the passageway open

Question 17

What is a stoke?

Answer 17

A stroke occurs when something blocks the blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

Question 18

What are valves?

Answer 18

Valves are devices for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe.

Question 19

What are veins?

Answer 19

Veins are any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body + Carrying oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart