Heart and Respiration diseases What is a cardiovascular disease? Cardiovascular disease or heart disease is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases are very deadly. It remains the biggest cause of deaths worldwide. Cardiovascular disease refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system‚ principally cardiac disease‚ vascular diseases of the brain and kidney‚ and peripheral arterial disease. The causes of cardiovascular disease
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in African Americans Heart disease‚ technically known as cardiovascular disease (CVD)‚ is the number one killer of African Americans. Cardiovascular disease is the narrowing of arteries due to the build-up of atherosclerosis‚ or plaque‚ in the walls of arteries (Heart.org). This narrowing of the blood vessels and arteries causes the blockage of oxygen and blood supply needed for proper function of the heart. African Americans are at much higher risk for heart disease because of socioeconomic status
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3. List 4 abdominal organs that you observed. Describe their position relative to each other using correct anatomical terms. (Rachel Mindel) The pancreas is located in the upper abdomen‚ is posterior to the stomach and some parts are in between both the stomach and the spine. The right side of the organ which is called the head‚ is nestled in the curve of the duodenum (juncture where the stomach meets the first part of the small intestine). The tapered left side of the organ is called the body
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A) Joseph has many risk factors‚ one of them including his family has a history of vascular disease‚ and he had not thought much about it because he was not living a healthy life style. He had gained weight from eating fatty foods‚ and had started smoking again. Joseph had a lot of stress from working long hours‚ and did nothing when he had felt tightness in his chest. These risk factors all affect cellular function. The blood slows‚ along with oxygen‚ glucose‚ and essential ions it carries that
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Atherosclerosis Effect of the heart: Plaques build up in the coronary arteries‚ which leads to decreased blood flow causing some of the heart tissue to become oxygen deprived. Also if a artery is completely blocked then tissue death occurs which can cause a heart attack. Symptoms: This disease develops gradually‚ usually doesn’t have symptoms. Symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack and may cause chest pain. If you have it in your arteries leading to your brain then you may have symptoms such as numbness
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Cardiovascular diseases include a wide range of heart abnormalities‚ as well as diseases of other parts of the circulatory system‚ such as the coronary arteries‚ ther cerebrovascular system‚ the aorta and pulmonary vessels‚ and the peripheral arteries and veins. Abnormalities of these structures may be either congenital or acquired over time. It has been said that cardiovascular disease kills about 954‚000 people annually‚ including more than 156‚000 people under the age of sixty-five years.
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Chest pain is due to the occlusion of a pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a blood clot or a foreign material (Patient.info‚ 2017). However almost all the cases are secondary results of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and the risk factors associated with pulmonary embolism like smoking‚ obesity and
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which plaque builds up mainly inside the medium to large elastic and muscular arteries that carry oxygenated blood to the heart and other areas of the body. Over time‚ plaque‚ made up of fat‚ cholesterol‚ calcium‚ and other substances‚ hardens and narrows the arteries limiting the flow of oxygen to organs and other parts of the body. This condition is the most significant underlying cause of heart failure‚ coronary artery disease‚ strokes and infarction resulting from ischaemia of the heart‚ brain
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A&P 203- Study Guide (Review) for Practical #2 Blood Vessels 1. Identify Arteries and Veins on checklist on: Torso model Blood vessel Flat board 1/2-size Muscle Figure Arm and Leg models Life size Wall Chart. 2. Slides - Identify artery‚ vein‚ capillary and aorta. - Identify the three tunics (wall layers) in all vessels and the tissue that composes each tunic. Tunica interna (intima)- endothelium (simple squamous epithelium) Tunica media- smooth muscle Tunica externa
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pressure your blood is traveling through your arteries. Now if your arteries are hardened or getting clogged that will make your heart beat faster so your blood can pass through. Which brings me to my first point‚ blood pressure can be very serious if let get out of hand. One problem can lead to many more. Blood pressure when too high damages many organs in your body‚ your heart for instance when pumping fast or hard to compensate for the damaged arteries actually damages other blood vessles in the
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