PHYSICAL INACTIVITY Flashcards
-is the accumulation of plaques (fatty deposits, blood cells, calcium
and and tissue debris) in inner walls of the artery.
Atherosclerosis
This would mean
that the presence of plaques might narrow lining of artery walls that
may eventually lead to complete blockage of blood flow.
Atherosclerosis
-which the heart is supplied with insufficient blood due to clogging
of coronary arteries.
Coronary Heart Disease
A symptom of this disease is known as angina
pectoris, a kind of chest pain that indicates that there is not enough
blood flow to the heart.
Coronary Heart Disease
chest pain that indicates that there is not enough
blood flow to the heart.
angina
pectoris,
the person may experience
difficulty in breathing or shortness of breath, feeling sick or
vomiting, feeling light-headed, breaking into cold sweat, and
becoming pale.
Coronary Heart Disease
-a disease when the blood supply to the brain is
reduced for a prolonged period of time.
Stroke or Cerebrovascular Accident
occurs when there is a blockage of arteries leading to
the brain and when there is a cerebral blood vessel
rupture that disturbs normal blood flow to the brain.
Stroke or Cerebrovascular Accident
-is abnormally or chronically elevated blood
pressure.
Hypertension or High Blood Pressure
systolic BP
force of blood against the arterial
wall when the heart contracts and blood is pumped
out of the heart,
diastolic BP
heart relaxes.
NORMAL BP
SYSTOLIC: LESS THAN 120
DIASTOLIC: LESS THAN 80
ELEVATED BP
SYSTOLIC: 120-129
DIASTOLIC: LESS THAN 80
HYPERTENSION STAGE 1
SYSTOLIC: 130-139
DIASTOLIC: 80-89
HYPERTENSION STAGE 2
SYSTOLIC: 140 OR HIGHER
DIASTOLIC: 90 OR HIGHER
