Heart Disease

I feel like I know THIS much about the heart:

• a lot

• a little bit

• not much

• zero things

The heart is an example of:

• a muscle

• a bone

• a ligament

• an organ

WHAT is blood pressure?

• The force of circulating blood on the walls of the arteries.

• Something you get taken at the doctor's office.

• If your blood is stressed out.

• I honestly do not know.

How many deaths occur annually around the world from cardiovascular disease?

• 500,000
• 3 million
• 7 million
• 100 million

WHAT are benefits to our HEART if we exercise?

• less stress

• reduces our risk for other diseases

• helps us stay at a healthy weight

• lowers our blood pressure

WHY do people have heart attacks?

• a blood clot blocks blood flow to the heart

• they hit their heads

• usually from car accidents

• only really old people have them because they are OLD

Any condition that reduces the strength or functioning of the heart and blood vessels and makes them less functional

• Heart Attack
• Stroke
• Heart Disease
• Hypertension

What is the most common symptom that heralds the onset of a heart attack?

• Shortness of Breath
• Nausea
• Fatigue
• Chest Pain

A serious condition that occurs when the blood supply to the heart slows or stops and the heart muscle is damaged

• Stroke
• Arteriosclerosis
• Heart Attack
• Blood Pressure

A condition in which the pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood vessels stays at a level that is higher than normal

• Stroke
• Heart Attack
• Blood Pressure
• Hypertension