Cardiovascular Disease

The main purpose of the heart is to pump blood throughout the body.

• True

• False

Blood is only pumped to a few major parts of the body.

• True

• False

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The way you treat your body does not have an effect on how your heart works.

• True

• False

Shelley has diabetes. She is not at risk of developing heart disease.

• True

• False

High cholesterol can increase your risk of developing heart disease because of the

• pressure

• plaque

• diabetes

• obesity

Smoking increases your risk of heart diseases because it causes

• obesity

• diabetes

• blood vessel damage

• increases HDL

Which of the following blood vessels carries blood back to the heart (returns the blood)?

• veins

• arteries

Which blood vessel carries oxygen rich blood

• veins

• arteries

Which blood vessels takes blood away from the heart?

• arteries

• veins

Plaque is made up of

• cholesterol

• calcium

• other minerals

• all of the above