CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES/DISORDERS

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS

• HYPOTENSION

• HYPERGLYCEMIA

• HYPERTENSION

• HYPONATREMIA

ERYTHROCYTES THAT ARE ABNORMALLY LARGE IN SIZE, BUT INADEQUATE IN NUMBER

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

• PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

• APLASTIC ANEMIA

RESULTS FROM INJURY TO OR DESTRUCTION OF THE BONE MARROW, LEADING TO POOR OR NO FORMATION OF ERYTHROCYTES

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

• PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

• APLASTIC ANEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

HARDENING OR THICKENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALLS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ELASTICITY AND CONTRACTILITY

• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

• ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

• ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

• ANGIOPLASTY

FOREIGN SUBSTANCE CIRCULATING IN THE BLOODSTREAM

• ANEURYSM

• EMBOLUS

• CHF

• HEMOPHILIA

ABNORMAL, CRESCENT-SHAPED ERYTHROCYTES THAT CARRY LESS OXYGEN, BREAK EASILY, AND BLOCK BLOOD VESSELS

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

• PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

• APLASTIC ANEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

HEART MUSCLES DO NO BEAT ADEQUATELY TO SUPPLY THE BLOOD NEEDS OF THE BODY

• ANGIOPLASTY

• CHF

• HYPERTENSION

• HYPOXIA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS

• ANGIOPLASTY

• SCLEROTHERAPY

• EMBOLECTOMY

• BYPASS

INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF IRON TO FORM HEMOGLOBIN IN ERYTHROCYTES

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

• PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

• APLASTIC ANEMIA

BALLOONING OUT OF THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL

• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

• ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

• BLOCKAGE

• ANEURYSM