HHB 2.7 CVD Quizs

Transports excess cholesterol from the body cells to the liver for elimination

• HDL

• LDL

If a thrombosis occurred in the brain, what could result?

• Stroke
• Myocardial Infarction
• Pulmonary embolism
• Deep Vein Thrombosis

Transports cholesterol to body cells.

• HDL

• LDL

A detached thrombus travelling through the bloodstream is known as...

• an embolus

• a hormone

• an atheroma

• thrombin

Threads of which substance form a meshwork that clots the blood, seals the wound and provides a scaffold for the formation of scar tissue

• fibrin

• fibrinogen

• prothrombin

• thrombin

• clotting factors

A higher ratio of HDL to LDL will ...

• increase the chance of developing atherosclerosis
• decrease the chance of developing atherosclerosis
• raise blood cholesterol

Circulates in the blood where it may deposit cholesterol in the arteries forming Atheromas.

• HDL

• LDL

Cholesterol is also used in the synthesis of...

• Fibrinogen
• Statins
• Prothrombin
• Steroid hormones such as oestrogen & testosterone

A pulmonary embolism results when...

• part of a thrombus breaks free & blocks a lung blood vessel
• part of a thrombus breaks free & blocks the aorta
• part of a thrombus breaks free & blocks a liver blood vessel
• part of a thrombus breaks free & blocks a brain blood vessel

What is the name given to the fatty deposit that forms in arteries in atherosclerosis?

• lumen
• atheroma
• thrombus
• fibrin