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Worksheetschp2 Cardiovascular/Digestive/Endocrine terms
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 22mins
chest pain, tightness, or pressure due to narrowed coronary arteries which temporarily reduces blood flow and oxygen to the heart
(a)
hardening of the arteries which decreases the elasticity of the arteries walls and leads to increase of blood pressure.
Atherosclerosis
Angina Pectoris
Hypertension
CAD
what is Atherosclerosis?
what does CHF
(a)
What does CAD stand for?
(a)
(a) is a condition in which the heart does not pump effectively enough to empty completely
Blood from the heart can be back up into abdomen and lower extremities causing edema/swelling or into the lungs causing ____ and ____
(a)
(a) is a condition in which narrowed coronary arteries reduces the flow blood carrying oxygen and nutrients to the heart to the heart muscle
what is a coronary
what is hypertension
What does MI stand for?
(a)
Myocardial Infarction is also known as?
(a) is a condition which a coronary artery is blocked, preventing any oxygen or nutrients to the heart muscle past the blockage which results in the affected heart muscle to die
what is the protective membrane surrounding the heart?
pericardium/pericardial Sac
What does PVD stand for?
(a)
Poor circulation/blood flow that affects blood vessels outside of the heart but most commonly affects the legs and feet
What is Cronh's disease
A condition of having pouches in the large intestine called diverticula
(a)
What does GERD stand for?
what is Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Sores in the stomach that can be painful
(a)
What is Ulcerative colitis
What is diabetes?
High blood sugar
(a)
Low blood sugar
(a)
what is Polyphagia
(a)
what is polyphagia
(a)
What is polyuria?
